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Cathedral Pursuing $14M Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility

By Kevin Collison The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless. The brick Cathedral at 11th and Broadway with its striking gold dome steeple traces its roots to a…

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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception wants to build a New Donnelly Center at 11th and Broadway that would provide event space house parish offices.

Cathedral Pursuing $14 Million Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless.

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Ulisa Arreola-Campos says she couldn't have gotten her driver's permit without help from the Police Athletic League in Kansas City, Kansas.

Getting Unlicensed Drivers Off the Road … By Helping Them Get Licenses

Kansas City, Kansas, police have created what might be the nation’s first police-run driver training school to help get unlicensed drivers off the streets.

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Commentary: Looking Ahead to 2022

COMMENTARY By Kevin Collison A Tweet from Mayor Lucas over the New Year weekend inviting thoughts and questions about 2022 pushed my ambivalence off the fence about writing a beginning of the year opinion column. We hear plenty this time of year from pundits musing about the nation and the world, but since hyper-local greater…

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Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Missouri Legislature Set to Convene with Packed Agenda — and Continued GOP Infighting

Missouri lawmakers will return to the Capitol at noon on Wednesday faced with a lengthy to-do list and still simmering dysfunction.

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