After the Centers for Disease Control announced its updated mask guidance on Tuesday, recommending everyone wear masks indoors, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced that he is reinstating the indoor mask mandate. […]
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CDC Changes Course on Indoor Masks in Some Parts of the US
AP- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. […]
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Activist Groups Call for Federal Investigation into KCPD
A coalition of activist groups in Kansas City are calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the Kansas City Police Department. The groups including, the Urban League of Greater […]
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Ben Crump Files Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson on Behalf of Black Women
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a lawsuit earlier this week alleging that Johnson & Johnson targeted sales of talcum power products to Black women, knowing that it could cause […]
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JetBlue Begins Selling Tickets for Flights From Kansas City International Airport
In April, JetBlue announced its intent to begin serving Kansas City. It is now official and Kansas City will have a new airline in March 2022. Last week, JetBlue published flight schedules […]
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Prosecutors Air More Claims in R. Kelly Case; 1 Involves Boy
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors […]
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Long-Lost Cousins Found at Dialysis Center; Want Stigma Around Treatment to Change
Many dialysis patients are unsure how treatment would affect their lives, but long-lost cousins Al Hobson, 81, and Bill Washburn, 71, have dialysis treatments to thank for their reunion. Last […]
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Additional Funding and Art Approved for Redesigned Chester Lewis Park
With work underway on the redesign of the Chester I. Lewis Reflection Park in -downtown Wichita, the City Council voted last week to increase funding and contract with artists for […]
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VA Requires COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant […]
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New Law Aims to Help Get More Services to Homeless Teens in Missouri
Trysta Herzog owns a successful marketing business in Springfield. But when she was a teenager, she was homeless. At 15, Herzog and her older brother decided that living with their […]