Mike Sherry
Contributor and Former Senior Reporter
Stories by Mike Sherry
Homeless in Johnson County
With cold weather setting in, and winter fast approaching, advocates for Johnson County’s homeless population are scrambling to provide overnight shelter.
Trove of Historical Records Comin’ To Kansas City
The State Historical Society of Missouri has announced receipt of a $250,000 lead gift from the Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation toward relocating and expanding a research center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Hey Kansas Taxpayers: Do You Want To Save Nearly A Million Bucks?
Editor’s Note: According to unofficial results available right after the Nov. 5 election, Kansas voters approved the constitutional amendment by a tally of 60% to 40%. That means Kansas will no longer have to adjust its census figures. All the counties in the Kansas City area voted for the amendment. You might be hearing chatter…
Kansas Authorities Join National Counterparts In Trying To Contain Vaping Illnesses
With a population of nearly 3 million people, Kansas is less than one tenth the size of California. Yet according to national health data, the two states are equal in one category. They both have logged two of the confirmed deaths from vaping, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oregon is…
Suicide-Prevention Specialists Urge Parents To Safely Store Guns, Ammo
The teen was beautiful and fun-loving, a cheerleader, a peacemaker, and a girl who kept everyone in stitches. Her personality didn’t change even after face-altering surgery prompted jeering at school. Life turned darker when a female friend was shot and killed. The week after the funeral, 13-year-old Ashley Craddock, took her own life. She used…
Want To Know 10 Interesting Factoids About The KC Metro?
We have been hearing a lot about the census lately, and for good reason: The national headcount is coming around next year. But the U.S. Census Bureau does not exactly sit on its hands in between the once-a-decade population tally. It churns out a ton of data, including the annual American Community Survey, which the…
In Full Bloom
Kansas City’s embrace of green space dates back to the late 1800s, when famed landscape architect George Kessler laid out its system of parks and boulevards. A century later, in 1991, the local chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Kansas State University drew on Kessler’s inspiration to develop MetroGreen. The report, and…
Push is Underway in Kansas City to Make the 2020 Census Count
The mantra of the U.S. Census Bureau could very well be: For every vote to count, every person must be counted. That’s because the bureau carries out the constitutionally mandated population count that drives congressional representation. It’s what the census bureau calls the founders’ “bold and ambitious plan to empower the people over their new…
Sex and Cancer
Five years ago, Kansas had the dubious honor of being the worst state in the nation when it came to protecting adolescents against a cancer-causing virus. Missouri was not a whole lot better. The measure, released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the rate at which states were vaccinating kids against…
Kansas City-Area Foundations Fund 2020 Census Push
With billions of dollars at stake, a group of Kansas City-area foundations is funding an effort to ensure the most accurate count possible in next year’s federal census. The initiative comes in the form of the Metro Kansas City Census Equity Fund, with grants of as much as $10,000 now available to nonprofits focusing on…