Crime & Safety

staff and children at summer camp activity under a parachute at a park

Pandemic Compounds Child Care Crisis During a Summer Like No Other

As the Kansas City area struggles to reopen the economy, job call-backs are exacerbating a child care crunch.

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Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman displays a swab used for COVID-19 testing.

Testing In The Middle of the Pandemic Riddle For Kansas City

In the roundabout world that is COVID-19 testing raises almost as many questions as it provides answers as Kansas City seeks to reopen.

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Toilet paper

Doing Our Doody To Combat COVID

Kansas researchers believe analyses of wastewater can help health authorities track the prevalence of the coronavirus.

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Hogs in a field

Pandemic Forces Food Chain Reaction By Small Farmers

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing small farmers to rethink the food chain to connect their products with customers.

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National Beef plant in Dodge City, Kansas

In Grip of Pandemic, Kansas Meatpacking Workers Say ‘We’re Right Next To Each Other’

Workers in Kansas meatpacking plants are worried that precautions now being taken aren’t enough to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

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