KC Week in Review: "Cataclysmic" – angry words from Governor Nixon. Could he be upset at efforts this week to impeach him?

By | April 26, 2014

Steve Kraske of KCUR, Stacey Cameron, Investigative Reporter, Barbara Shelly of the Kansas City Star and Steve Vockrodt of The Pitch join Nick Haines to dissect this week’s top news stories, including articles of impeachment against Missouri’s governor, JJ’s restaurant’s plans to reopen and more.   Jay Nixon photo courtesy of Salon.com  

Closing of clinic elicits rainbow of emotions

By | April 25, 2014

The pale white walls and beige cloth desk chair pretty much sum up the decor of the medical director’s office at the Shared Care Free Clinic of Jackson County in Independence. Yet just inside the doorway, underneath a seat for visitors, sit two bundles of fluorescently colored socks. The director, Dr. Bridget McCandless, keeps the…

KU Professor lends D-Day expertise to upcoming NOVA special

By | April 24, 2014

University of Kansas students and faculty will see a familiar face on PBS this spring. KU History Professor and retired U.S. Army Major Dr. Adrian Lewis is one of the key historians in NOVA’s two-hour special “D-Day’s Sunken Secrets,” which will premiere on KCPT and other PBS stations May 28, 2014. “Adrian had an incredibly…

1 Million Cups with The Fleet and Chai-Me.com

By | April 24, 2014

Two startups presented in front of a packed house at the Kauffman Foundation for the weekly 1 Million Cups event Wednesday morning. Representatives from The Fleet and Chai-Me.com spoke to the caffeinated crowd about who they are and what their startups do.

Education officials discuss future of KC public schools at forum

By | April 22, 2014

Several hundred people gathered at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library to hear local lawmakers and education officials discuss Kansas City Public Schools and the Missouri Transfer Law set to go into effect this summer. KCPT’s Nick Haines moderated the panel that included Missouri Board of Education member John Martin, Missouri Education…

Kansas Governor Announces Bond Funding For New KU Med Building

By | April 22, 2014

Alex Smith — KCUR Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced bonding authority Monday morning to help fund the construction of a new University of Kansas Medical Center education building. The funding comes as part of a school funding measure the governor signed into law Monday afternoon. The measure was approved by lawmakers on April 6. The…

Teens help community, themselves heal in aftermath of shootings

By | April 21, 2014

The plan was to memorialize each victim with the release of a hot-air-powered lantern, but the first attempt ended with stomps as a gusty wind ignited the white paper. A crew did finally get one to lift off in honor of all the dead. But a tree briefly snagged that one, and it skittered off…

Profile: Bo Nelson of Thou Mayest

By | April 21, 2014

Josiah “Bo” Nelson is the co-founder of Thou Mayest, a coffee company in Kansas City. The main coffeehouse and bar is currently under construction and will tentatively open late next month.

Kansas City Week in Review for Friday, April 18

By | April 19, 2014

Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom shootings, the arrest of the highway shooter, streetcar rails arrive in Kansas City and other stories on this week’s edition of the program with news reviewers Steve Kraske, KCUR/UMKC; Garrett Haake, 41 Action News; Kevin Collison, Kansas City Star and Stacey Cameron, Investigative Reporter.  

Health Profile: Nathan Jackson, Executive Director, Hope Family Care Center

By | April 18, 2014

Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism Hope Family Care Center provides primary care to three medically underserved, low-income ZIP codes in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo. The faith-based clinic at 3027 Prospect Ave. opened five years ago as an initiative of The Hope Center, a Christian community development organization that has…