Providence names new emergency service leader

Angie Fincher

Providence Medical Center has named Angie Fincher, RN, as the new emergency services director.

Fincher has more than 25 years of nursing emergency experience, including being a former staff nurse at Providence. She has managed area emergency room departments, most recently with St. Luke’s Community Hospitals in Olathe and Legends Kansas City, Kansas, locations.

She has a broad background of nursing experience, including serving as a traveling nurse across the country.

She obtained her nursing degrees from Kansas City Kansas Community College and Western Governors University and is currently pursuing her master’s in nurse informatics and epidemiology.

“We are pleased that Angie has returned home to Providence and is our new emergency room director,” Jennifer Cannon, RN, chief nursing officer, said. “With more than 25 years of nursing experience, we are fortunate to have her tenured experience as we provide expert care close to home to the residents in this area.”

“The current nursing field is very fluid,” Fincher said. “As nurses we are finding our versatility is more important now than ever.”

“Our job is to evolve and streamline the ever-changing process and provide the education needed for key issues, methods, and responsibilities,” she said. “The staff has been very welcoming, and I am proud to be working with this amazing team of talented nurses.”

Fincher has three children, including a set of 8-year-old twins and a 10-year-old. They are busy family with soccer and other family activities. Fincher is a member of the American Nurses Association and has enjoyed volunteering with Special Olympics and American Heart Association events.

BPU to meet Wednesday

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 6.

A work session will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

On the agenda for the work session will be a board update, general manager update, 2022 budgetwork workshop and 2022 staffing plan.

The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

On the 6 p.m. agenda are a public comment time, general manager and staff reports, KERA program update, moratorium update, August financial report, electric operations budget transfer, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

A BPU Finance Committee meeting will begin at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.

The public may access the meetings through the telephone and Internet. The Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

The public also may call toll-free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID is 845 2313 9724.

To access the board meeting information packet, visit https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-10-6-21.pdf.

For more information on how to connect to the meeting, visit https://www.bpu.com/About/MediaNewsReleases/October6thBPUBoardMeetingNotice.aspx.

Police chase stolen vehicle in Bonner Springs

Bonner Springs police officers chased a Ford F150 on Oct. 2 at K-7 and I-70, according to a Bonner Springs police brief post.

The truck was found to have been stolen in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the report.

The suspect drove at officers twice, and continued to flee before off-roading near the Kansas Speedway, according to the report. The driver lost control and struck the Speedway fence.

Then the driver jumped the fence and tried to escape, the report stated. Officers pursued him, and he was taken into custody, according to the report.