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Kansas farmers face a higher risk of suicide. This group wants to reduce the stigma of seeking help

When Isabelle Blackwood was in middle school, her Kansas farming family was devastated when her oldest brother Ian died by suicide.Blackwood, who is now a high school senior in Clay Center, responded by learning about the mental health struggles among agricultural professionals, especially men.

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Richardson to deploy as reservist

It might have been destiny that led Dillon Richardson to become a firefighter in central Kansas – his father worked for Sedgwick County Fire EMS for more than two decades.“The firehouse was a second home to me growing up,” Richardson said.But he did not follow in his father’s footsteps right after high school.

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