Mike Sherry
Contributor and Former Senior Reporter
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Tobacco 21 gains approval in KCMO, Wyandotte County
The two municipalities hiked the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21 -- the first victories for a region-wide effort.
Anti-smoking measures advance to KC council
A Kansas City Council committee on Wednesday approved three anti-smoking measures that critics said wrongly include electronic cigarettes and premium cigars. Taken together, the three ordinances raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 and add e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, to the city’s ban on indoor smoking, including…
Parents, staff pan KC school district plan for Attucks Elementary
School supporters press the district on why it chose not to close two other nearby elementary schools.
KC Osteopathic School On Track To Open Joplin campus
New campus provides opportunity for model curriculum and chance to provide doctors to an underserved region.
Wyandotte County Could Lead Region In hiking Legal Age For Cigarette Sales
Smokers in the county would have to be at least 21 to legally purchase cigarettes under a plan under consideration.
Med students mix volunteerism, fitness in KC’s Historic Northeast
Students from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences are helping train elementary school students for an upcoming 5K
New KC Mental Health Center Will Get $20M From Hospital Sales
The sale of two Kansas City-area hospitals will generate $20 million in the next decade to help operate a new mental health crisis center.
Children’s services tax on table for Jackson, Clay Counties
Jackson and Clay counties are hoping to join a handful of Missouri municipalities that have enacted a local tax to fund services for at-risk
Agreeability trumps algebra, Kansans tell state education officials
Kansas residents, educators and business leaders agree that academic know-how takes a backseat to “soft” skills.