News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Eleventh Hour | Eleventh Day | Eleventh Month
The history of the day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: In November 1919, “Armistice Day” was proclaimed by President Wilson as a day for businesses and citizens to “briefly” pause at 11am on November 11, as moment to remember the temporary cease-fire between the Allied nations and Germany during WWI. The next great war came,…
Take 5 for your health
Weed Eradication Changes In Kansas Draw Environmental Concern The rows of grapevines at Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery near Paola, Kansas, are withering, with dying leaves and shriveling fruit. But that’s expected this time of year. The prospect of it happening in the middle of the growing season concerns owner Dennis Reynolds more. Grapes are a…
“It’s the right thing to do.”
During a press conference this morning, University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe stepped down in an emotional speech after weeks of mounting pressure from students and faculty for the university to tackle race issues. “To our students…to our football players and other students, the frustration and anger I see is real. And I don’t doubt it,”…
Novel Cancer Treatment At KU Signals Start Of ‘Remarkable Revolution’
Carl Adams has an aggressive form of blood cancer that has resisted multiple attempts to treat it through chemotherapy. So in September, the 47-year-old father of two young daughters traveled halfway around the world with his family from their native Australia to The University of Kansas Cancer Center. There, a clinical trial is underway to…
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.
Sounding Smarter
It was a big week for weed news. Oregon’s legalization laws went into effect with shops racking up roughly $11 million in sales in the first week. Meanwhile in Ohio, a weed legalization effort failed at the polls, at least partially due to concerns about a monopoly on distribution of the drug. (Similar concerns have been raised in Missouri.) Then…
We are Royal. Bring on the confetti.
Confetti has grown up. Today, 16 confetti cannons will blast the Royals celebration into the atmosphere.
Take 5 for your health | Nov. 3
Truman Clinic Aims To Fill Health Care Hole In Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City, Mo., has a new outpatient surgical center and the University of Kansas School of Medicine has some local competition as it trains the next generation of KC doctors. Leaders of Truman Medical Centers and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School…
Kansas Kids Count Shows Improvements But Persistent Problems
An annual report on child well-being in Kansas shows some positive trends, but they’re overshadowed by persistent problems. Among the improvements cited in the 2015 Kansas Kids Count report: There are fewer uninsured children in Kansas. “That dropped to 5.5 percent in 2014,” says Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of Kansas Action for Children. “That’s an all-time low,…
Crown: Clenched
NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won their first World Series crown since 1985, rallying in the ninth inning when Eric Hosmer scrambled home to tie it and then breaking away in the 12th to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in Game 5 Sunday night. The daring Royals capped their postseason full…