Ambulance merger expected October 1

The combining of Baxter Springs Ambulance service with the other two EMS units in the county is expected to take place late next week. “The plans are that at midnight on the September 31, the Baxter Springs Ambulance Association 3, service will discontinue operations and at the same time we will combine that operation with Columbus and Galena,” said Doug Mogle, director of the Cou...