Union Station Massacre paper trail lives on at National Archives
As an archivist, Jake Ersland gets a firsthand look at many of the 70,000 cubic feet of federal records maintained by the National Archives at Kansas City. “I love that I work with original documents that capture history as it happened,” Ersland said. “When a person studies history in books, they are presented with an…
Bitcoin freeze causes value to plummet
Bitcoin, the largest digital currency on the market right now, is in the midst of some trouble. The currency, which was valued at over $1,000 per coin late last year, has dropped down to $628, according to the value tracking site preev.com. The cause of this latest drop is due to major bitcoin exchanges freezing bitcoin withdrawals for customers.
Health law helps thousands of area Latinos, feds say
Approximately 95,000 uninsured Latinos in Missouri and Kansas combined are eligible for health coverage through the marketplaces established by the federal health reform law, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The department broke out state-specific numbers in the report, which concluded that approximately 8 in 10 of…
Free dental care on way from UMKC
Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism Dental students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City are set to provide free services for low-income individuals next month. The students selected 240 patients during a day-long event at the school Saturday. Students selected the participants from approximately 350 individuals who showed up at the event. Organizers…
Local employers urged to help in the fight against cancer
Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism Fighting the nation’s second leading cause of death is a smart move for companies to make when it comes to their workforces, a top U.S. health official told a local business audience during a Tuesday appearance at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. The topic was cancer prevention,…
Storify: 1 Million Cups for Feb. 12, 2014
Entrepreneurship reporter Kyle Geary shares what’s happening this week at 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. Local businesses Manos Chocolates and the Paw Wash presented, and Kyle captured some of the reactions using Storify. [<a href=”//storify.com/KCPT/1-million-cups-with-manos-chocolates-and-the-paw-w” target=”_blank”>View the story “1 million cups with Manos Chocolates and The Paw Wash” on Storify</a>]
Education Q&A: Elyse Max, Adult Education Administrator
Elyse Max is the adult education enrollment manager at Kansas City Kansas Community College, where every year about 1,000 students are enrolled in college-preparation, English as a Second Language, Pre-GED and GED classes. Max says adult education involves working with students at all levels, from pre-literacy all the way to college preparation. Each year about 150…
Ovarian cancer patients see benefits from vitamin C
Todd Feeback — The Hale Center for Journalism A study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine points to vitamin C’s ability to help kill cancer cells without harming normal tissues. Vitamin C, administered in high doses along with conventional chemotherapy drugs, can also reduce the toxic effects of chemotherapy. According to an article from…
Board hopes growing library of college courses will simplify student transfers
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education wants to make it easier for students to transfer between the state’s two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Last Thursday, the Board added 16 courses to a new statewide “transfer course library,” which guarantees equivalent credit at any of the state’s 26 public two- and four-year institutions. “There…
Kansas City man correctly predicts winner of $1.5 million Esurance contest
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism A Kansas City man correctly predicted the winner of Esurance’s $1.5 million Super Bowl contest on the Kansas City–based app Knoda. According to Kyle Rogers, CEO and cofounder of Knoda, the user “Johnny Optimist” predicted the result roughly 36 hours prior to the official announcement of the winner….
Sprint Accelerator to host mobile health application companies
Walking into the Sprint Accelerator is a lot like walking into a recently remodeled college student union: there are open work spaces, MacBooks galore, pingpong and shuffleboard tables and white board surfaces everywhere — literally everywhere, even painted onto the wall. The accelerator is a lot different than a place to lounge between classes, however….
Bridging the Gap’s Riott shares her vision for sustainable KC
Kristin Riott is the executive director for Kansas City environmental nonprofit Bridging the Gap. Kristin Riott is executive director of Bridging the Gap, which she said is one of the leading environmental nonprofits in the Midwest. BTG follows the philosophy that environment, economy and community are tightly connected. A simple example of the connection between…
Former Chiefs players file concussions lawsuit before changes to workman's compensation law
John G. McGrath — The Hale Center for Journalism The NFL season is over, and it was a mixed bag for the Chiefs. The team made the playoffs after an abysmal 2012 campaign, but it closed out the season with a monumental collapse against the Indianapolis Colts. Prospects for the team might look bright on…
Block by block: LEGO robotics builds interest in STEM
Red Bridge Elementary fourth grader KayShawn Whitworth wants to be both a scientist and an inventor when he grows up. “Scientists, to me, connect to inventing things,” Whitworth said. “If I was just a scientist I would be studying things and then, out of nowhere: pop! an invention comes into my head. … Most of…
Boulevard’s Chocolate Ale returns to Kansas City
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism Boulevard Brewing Company has teamed up once again with Christopher Elbow Chocolates to make its seasonal Chocolate Ale. This beer is infused with cocoa nibs, or chopped roasted cocoa beans, in the brewing process to create the drink, which has been in high demand. Shipments of Chocolate…