It is a calm Saturday morning in Holton, Kan., the kind of day it seems like there’s nothing to worry about. But, to the people at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, there is always something to prepare for.
Inside the slightly downtrodden building are enough supplies, guns, knives and more to last through almost any natural disaster. The supplies and weapons are on display for the Kansas Preppers Expo.
Kansas City’s feud with Lyft heads to federal court. City officials are trying to put the breaks on the new ride sharing service. They claim Lyft and its pink mustached vehicles are operating illegally in the city. Its drivers, they argue, are bypassing the normal screening and certification process and have not paid the required…
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, case, which stated that segregated schools are unconstitutional. The historic decision was handed down May 17, 1954. Just a few years earlier, the District of Kansas upheld a state law that required black and…
Representatives from a broad spectrum of agencies and organizations, including hospitals and courts, are crystallizing plans they hope will help solve a health problem in Kansas City, Mo. The issue is that people who are high, drunk or in psychiatric crisis clog emergency rooms and tie up first-responders with needs more suited to mental health…
Big Brother Tom Cowherd and his Little Brother Aaron, now 18, have been matched for 10 years — paired in the youth mentorship program at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. They have spent the past decade playing football, fishing and going to movies. Aaron’s mother, Kathy Wilmes, enrolled Aaron in the BBBS-KC…
E.B. Wiltz is passionate about three things: good sausage, quality construction and creating better opportunities for young people in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo., through his organization Brother for Another. A construction worker by trade and Cajun by birth, Wiltz got the idea to work with a group of five young men to…
After a year of study, there’s finally a decision. A task force appointed by Kansas City Mayor Sly James says they’ve wrestled with all the information and decided that the metro needs a new single terminal at KCI. Also on this edition of KANSAS CITY WEEK IN REVIEW, Friday May 9th, 2014 at 7:30…
Entrepreneurs filled their cups to the brim at 1 Million Cups early Wednesday morning at the Kauffman Foundation. Two Kansas City–based startups, LigoSphere and Royal Loyal, shared their early stage startups with the audience and each participated in a brief question and answer session after their presentations.
Missouri has a distinction that troubles many involved in public health: It’s the only state in the country that does not monitor prescription drugs. Some say that heightens the problem of prescription drug abuse. Missouri legislators are trying to create a drug monitoring system, but concerns over privacy have stirred opposition. Rising abuse Since the…
A whopping 202 young authors submitted their stories to the 2014 KCPT Kids Writers Contest for K–3 students. From a saga about a lost Jayhawk to the tale of an African dwarf frog that aspires to be a popstar, the stories reflected the unique interests of each author. A team of educators and librarians poured…