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• Four taken to hospital after crash

  A two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 73 in Brown County, Kan., sent four people to area hospitals Tuesday.

• Department gun turns up in Arizona

  PLATTE CITY, Mo.—The Platte County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the discovery of a firearm in Arizona Wednesday.

• 1985 fire still haunts Atchison County

  Upsetting rumors have circulated enough around Atchison County, Mo., to reopen the case of a 1985 triple-fatality fire that still weighs heavily on the minds of people who experienced its aftermath.

• Late notices, Feb. 22, 2012

• Council lays down law on hookahs

  Few would expect an ordinance to regulate smoking in public places to escape public notice, but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday evening at City Hall.