News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Nick’s Picks: Navigating the Age of Coronavirus
Starting Tuesday, the Kansas City area is under an emergency stay-at-home order. Here’s a look at how it will affect our lives.
Age of Coronavirus: Swooping from the Swiss Alps to Sitting on the Couch
A Kansas City pro volleyball player was swept from the Swiss Alps to sitting on her parents couch to get away from the coronavirus.
Age of Coronavirus: Survival Strategies for Restaurants, Distilleries and Breweries
Kansas City restaurants, breweries and distilleries are creating business survival strategies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Downtown Homeless Agencies Team to Serve Meals Despite Flooding and Virus Woes
By Kevin Collison First, a broken water pipe in early February forced NourishKC out of its dining room where it served lunch for up to 425 homeless and poor people daily. The agency found temporary refuge with Morning Glory Ministries, which provides breakfast to about 150 homeless each morning at the community center of Cathedral…
Age of Coronavirus: Kansas City Confronts Hospital Bed Crunch
Kansas City-area hospitals could face a hospital bed crunch if the worst-case scenario occurs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Age of Coronavirus: ‘Food is Comfort’
Ladybird Diner in Lawrence, Kansas is providing free brown bag lunches in amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Age of Coronavirus: Civil Rights Legend in Nursing Home Where First Kansas Fatality Lived
Kansas City civil rights legend Alvin Sykes, partially paralyzed, lives in the nursing home where the first COVID-19 fatality in Kansas lived.
New Garment District Concert Series Planned–After Virus Fears Calm
A new monthly concert series at Garment District Place that will feature local musicians and students from the Crossroads Preparatory Academy is in the works once the all-clear is given for public health restrictions prompted by the coronavirus endemic. Organizers of the “Garment District Grooves” concert series had hoped to begin in April, but the…
‘High’ Time To Get Missouri Medical Marijuana Off The Ground
Missouri’s nascent medical marijuana industry is battling delays in getting growers, manufacturers and retailers up and running.
Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary
Flatland reporter Vicky Diaz-Camacho recounts her return from an idyllic European vacation to quarantine in Lawrence, Kansas.