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5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (228+ words) Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. It began as a weeklong celebration in 1968 and was expanded to a month-long observance in 1988 to recognize the contributions of the Hispanic community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (284+ words) Some 5,000 Kansas City area residents were left without power Monday morning following a severe thunderstorm that swept through the region on Sunday night, tore the roof from a building and canceled a portion of Monday’s SantaCaliGon Days Labor Day weekend…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1012+ words) Update: On Friday, Sept. 4, Johnson County District Court Judge Stephanie Goodenow ruled that the retrial motion filed by the Kansas Attorney General’s office would be considered timely. A high-stakes court case challenging the constitutionality of Kansas abortion restrictions should be…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (920+ words) The exact origin of the expression “It takes a Village” isn’t known, as far as I can tell anyway. But the late writer Toni Morrison said something similar in 1981 in an Essence magazine interview, stating, “You really need the whole…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (663+ words) Bus routes relearned, carpools reassembled and after-school pickups negotiated. A small infrastructure takes shape around each child, much of it reliant on the child’s home address and particular school. For some families and teachers, preparations are even more painstaking. A…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas have formally filed suit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools over the school district’s guidelines pertaining to its transgender students, the department announced in a Tuesday news release. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (13+ words) Hundreds in KC metro mourning after William Jewell football player’s death (Video) kansascity.com...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (602+ words) Homeowners in a historic Kansas City neighborhood are already benefiting from a Jackson County-funded program aimed at keeping them in their homes while boosting their property values and stabilizing their neighborhoods. Gwendolyn Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (504+ words) Kansas City will provide additional support, including rent assistance, to North Lawn residents displaced while the new owner of the neglected apartment complex makes major repairs. KC Tenants, the citywide tenants union, said residents of the apartment buildings in the…...