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Kansas Last in Nation on Mental Health Ranking

The annual State of Mental Health in America report found that Kansas ranks lowest of all states for mental health care.

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Q&A with ‘Preserving Our Past’ Producer Catherine Hoffman 

Kansas City PBS producer Catherine Hoffman discusses the process behind the new film, “Preserving Our Past: The Story Continues.”

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Historic Midland Apartment Project Expected to Begin This Spring

By Kevin Collison The renovation of the historic Midland Building into 135 apartments, a deal struck with the Cordish Co. in 2018 to obtain incentives for the luxury Three Light building now under construction, is expected to begin this spring. What’s being called The Midland Lofts project is expected to be completed in mid-2024, according…

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A bottle of J. Rieger & Co.'s special edition wheat vodka honoring the Chiefs sitting on a bar.

Tap List | J. Rieger & Co. Honors Chiefs With Limited Edition Super Bowl Vodka

J. Rieger & Co. has released a special edition wheat vodka in honor of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.

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The rendering above depicts the 10-story “signature facility” the University of Kansas Cancer Center plans to build on the KU medical campus in Kansas City, Kansas.

KC Emerging as a Life Sciences Powerhouse

A wave of new health care facilities are the latest signs of a decades-long quest to establish Kansas City as a life sciences powerhouse.

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Map of the neighborhood where Carmaletta Williams grew up.

Passing the Baton | Carmaletta Williams on Highways Breaking Neighborhoods

Carmaletta Williams, CEO of the Black Archives of Mid-America, shares how a new highway in her neighborhood altered the course of her life.

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Kansas City Southern headquarters with a city-owned parking lot in the foreground.

City Manager Brian Platt Talks About Potential Railroad HQ Expansion, Police

(Editor’s note: This article was originally published April 21, 2022) By Kevin Collison City Manager Brian Platt continues his conversation with CityScene KC covering topics including a potential expansion by Kansas City Southern once its merger with Canadian Pacific is concluded, the Buck O’Neil Bridge linear park concept and the police department. Word is Kansas…

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Nick’s Picks | Up, Up and Away at the New KCI

It’s been more than five years since Kansas City voters approved a new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport. It’s finally opening on Tuesday. 

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The historic stone Central United Methodist Church at 52nd and Oak in Kansas City became the sixth COR campus late in 2022.

Church of the Resurrection Confronts Uncertain Future

The ground seems to be shifting under the strikingly successful United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR), which now has six campuses in the Kansas City area.

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H&R Block Contributes $10M to South Loop Link Plan; Cost Now $200M

em>By Kevin Collison Backers of the proposed South Loop Link downtown park hope a $10 million donation from H&R Block and affiliated foundations will spark other private donors to help pay for what’s now an estimated $200 million project. As press conference announcing the donation today, Mayor Quinton Lucas praised the contribution and said the…

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