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Myron McCant and Penny Dale-McCant pose in front of what will become the new KD Academy.

24/7 Child Care Becoming a Thing in Kansas City

A local couple with a heart for serving Kansas City’s east side is fulfilling their promise to provide more high quality and accessible child care, even overnight.

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Missouri State Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City.

Exhibit on History of LGBTQ Rights Removed from Missouri Capitol

A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri Capitol after only a few days on display.

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Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over River to Booming North KC

By Kevin Collison The KC Streetcar Authority is pursuing a long-sought extension over the river into North Kansas City, seeking proposals that would result in a detailed plan by mid-2022 about its design and financing. The agency has released a request for proposals that’s due later this month. It would use as a starting point…

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Burlington Road is the route recommended in a 2014 study that would bring the streetcar into the heart of North Kansas City.

Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over Missouri River to North Kansas City

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority is exploring plans to extend the streetcar route across the Missouri River into North Kansas City.

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MU Health Care opened a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. on Jan. 25, 2020.

COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month

One effect of the Delta variant wave is that children are a much larger share of recent COVID-19 cases, just as the school year begins.

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