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Kansas official's comments on coronavirus raise eyebrows

| April 23, 2020 10:27 AM

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A city commissioner in Manhattan, Kansas, said he was frustrated with government stay-at-home orders when he commented at a commission meeting this week that he was close to hoping everyone would get the coronavirus so the pandemic would end.

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