News & Issues
Don’t Like Doctor Visits? Medical Giant Offers Patients DIY Health Tools
When Amanda January was growing up in Gardner, Kansas, regular doctor’s visits weren’t a regular thing at all. “When I was a kid we almost never went to the doctor,” January says. “I was rarely sick. My siblings were rarely sick. We just didn’t go.” She’s now a dancer and Pilates teacher who works hard…
Midwest Farmers Prepare For Another Year In The Red
Farmers across the Midwest are trying to figure out how to get by at a time when expected prices for commodities from corn, to wheat, to cattle, to hogs mean they’ll be struggling just to break even. “Prices are low, bins are full, and the dollar is strengthening as we speak and that’s just making…
50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race
On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts were killed when a fire broke out in their Apollo 1 cockpit during a test on the launchpad. The capsule will be put on public view for the first time Friday.
The Cost of Our Water | Preview
If you’ve ever wondered where your water comes from, how it gets there, and what shape those pipes are in, follow The Cost of Water, the first in of a five-part general overview series on our city’s aging infrastructure. Here’s a preview in advance of Monday’s Episode 1. All five overview episodes culminate in a 30-minute documentary at 7:30 p.m., March 2…
Tireless Activist Battling Back After Being Hit By Car
The day that a car shattered Steve Israelite’s body in September, he was in a crosswalk on 63rd Street heading to the Panera Bread in Brookside. While there, he planned to check his e-mail because he was early for a meeting with our mutual friend Julie Warm, co-director of the UMKC Service-Learning Program. Steve’s injuries…