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Harrisonville teacher sues district over firing a year ago
A former Harrisonville science teacher is suing the school district, alleging it violated his civil rights when it fired him…
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Letter to the Editor: Preston Smith for Jackson County Executive
Dear Editor, If you’ve seen Preston Smith’s campaign signs and wonder who he is, he’s a true fiscal conservative running…
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The real climate crisis: A look at Kansas City in 1936
Daniel Fahrenheit invented the thermometer in 1709. So, before that the nature of temperature was a hot or cold day.…
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Missouri Governor signs bill increasing Kansas City police funding
Attempts to reduce the budget of the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department have backfired. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday…
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Extreme heat poses challenge for ministries serving area homeless
With Kansas City temperatures rising the 100s this week, City Union Mission is just one ministry serving the homeless that…
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Murdered North Kansas City police officer remembered
Tributes are pouring in for a Kansas City police officer killed Tuesday during a routine traffic stop. Officer Daniel Vasquez,…
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Rising demand and record inflation drive crisis for food banks nationwide
Rising inflation and increasing demand are squeezing food banks across the nation. “We own a fleet of semis,” says Mike…
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Children recovering after Operation Blue Ghost rescues them from sex traffickers in Missouri and Kansas
Six weeks after a two-state sting, the children rescued from sex traffickers are being cared for by foster families and…
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Mike Vogt uses his business to make lives better
“My nicknames were ‘golden boy’ and ‘lucky,’” Mike Vogt says of his early vocational journey. He’d just left college when…
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Value Them Both, Catholic leadership respond to attack on Overland Park church
Kansans for Life and Catholic leaders are responding to the pro-abortion attack on a local church over the weekend. The…