When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Calvin Vick and Kinley Strickland to close down their popular KC Daiquiri Bar in Kansas City’s Power and Light District, the duo had just completed a very successful first year. Patterned after the New Orleans daiquiri bars, the concept was new to Kansas Cit…
Individuals returning to their community after jail are faced with a number of challenges, which too often land them back in jail.
At the end of last month, hundreds of Kansas Citians were shocked, mourned, and disgusted by the death of personal trainer Gary Taylor, 34, who was killed in a shooting in the 18th and Vine Jazz District. Two other people in the area were injured. Taylor owned a gym called Power House Fitnes…
The Jackson County Legislature has appropriated about $5 million in CARES Act funding to a project led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City to promote and deliver widespread COVID-19 vaccinations and other health services to neighborhoods on Kansas City’s east side, the city’s most soci…
Kevin Hart is set to star in Fatherhood — based on the inspiring novel Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin — and Netflix just dropped the official trailer. The movie will fittingly premiere on the streaming platform this Father’s Day, June 18, 2021.
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Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd — Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigila…
President Joe Biden’s administration says he wants to make a $1.8 trillion down payment on the future of children, families and higher
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, is headed to appeal her 10- year sentence for killing Botham Jean
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