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A baby bottle is held up as a baby cries in the background, illustrating the difficulty parents are having during the formula shortage. Image by Adobe Spark.

National Formula Shortage Prompts Efforts to ‘Survive as a Community’

In Kansas City, folks are donating breast milk, searching for formula and working together to keep babies fed amid a national shortage of baby formula.

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Big Apartment Proposal Near Plaza Revived by Lane4

By Kevin Collison A big apartment project proposal on Belleview Avenue near the Country Club Plaza is back and this time it’s being pursued by Lane4, an experienced multi-family residential developer. Lane4 Property Group has obtained the rights to develop the site where The Dylan apartment project was proposed more than two years ago. The…

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Rendering of The Dylan apartment project.

Big Apartment Proposal Near Country Club Plaza Revived by Lane4

Lane4, an experienced multi-family developer, is pursuing a big project near the Country Club Plaza.

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Photo illustration of a woman on a couch, gazing into the distance.

When Grief Doesn’t Go Away

Known as prolonged grief disorder, a new diagnosis recognizes that long-lasting grief can lead to depression. But treatment is available.

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Rabbi David Glickman of Congregation Beth Shalom tells a community gathering at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection that “something better” than the current piecemeal ways of dealing with homelessness and mental health crises is possible in Johnson County.

Good Faith Network Targets Homelessness and Mental Health

Aa newly formed interfaith network of 20 congregations is focusing on addressing homelessness and mental health in Johnson County.

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