News & Issues
Age of Coronavirus: ‘Food is Comfort’
Ladybird Diner in Lawrence, Kansas is providing free brown bag lunches in amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Age of Coronavirus: Civil Rights Legend in Nursing Home Where First Kansas Fatality Lived
Kansas City civil rights legend Alvin Sykes, partially paralyzed, lives in the nursing home where the first COVID-19 fatality in Kansas lived.
New Garment District Concert Series Planned–After Virus Fears Calm
A new monthly concert series at Garment District Place that will feature local musicians and students from the Crossroads Preparatory Academy is in the works once the all-clear is given for public health restrictions prompted by the coronavirus endemic. Organizers of the “Garment District Grooves” concert series had hoped to begin in April, but the…
‘High’ Time To Get Missouri Medical Marijuana Off The Ground
Missouri’s nascent medical marijuana industry is battling delays in getting growers, manufacturers and retailers up and running.
Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary
Flatland reporter Vicky Diaz-Camacho recounts her return from an idyllic European vacation to quarantine in Lawrence, Kansas.