Akeam Ashford is the new Director of Strategic Communications for Sedgwick County, overseeing county government’s internal and external communications efforts. He is best known as a reporter for KWCH-12 News, […]
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Hutchinson Celebrates Emancipation With 131st Annual Parade
Some traditions can’t be stopped even by a pandemic. Such was the case for the 131st Emancipation Day Celebration held in Hutchinson, KS, just 40 miles northwest of Wichita. The […]
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Rent is Still Due, Evictions Still Taking Place, But KC Tenants Take Small Victory
KC Tenants, a group fighting to ensure affordable housing for those in Kansas City, held a protest in front of the Jackson County Courthouse last week where two protestors were […]
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How Black Women Shape Democratic Politics
Black women are often called the backbone of the Democratic Party — reliable and loyal voters whose support can make or break a candidate. In 2018, they were more likely […]
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Braeden Bradforth’s Family Settles With School in Football Practice Death
Just a few hours short of the second anniversary of his death, the family of a New Jersey teenager settled with Garden City Community College. The settlement ended a long, […]
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Race is Heated for Wyandotte Co. District Attorney
Incumbent Mark Dupree faces prosecutor Kristiane Bryant in the Kansas primary Aug. 4. The winner will run the District Attorney’s office for the next four years, since no Republican has […]
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Kansans Who Got Coronavirus Still Struggling Weeks or Months Later
More than 26,000 people in Kansas have contracted COVID-19. Roughly 350 of them have died. While that’s a low death rate, survivors talk of the brutality of the disease, and […]
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National Eviction Crisis Looms; 34% of Kansas Renters + 48% of Missouri Renters Are At Risk
An unprecedented eviction crisis will soon hit the U.S. On July 31, the federal moratorium on evictions in properties with federally backed mortgages and for tenants who receive government-assisted housing expired. The Urban […]
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Civil Rights Groups Call On Kansas City Mayor To Reject Operation LeGend Agents
Operation LeGend becomes news around the world as civil rights organizations accuse Mayor Lucas of allowing “undue civilian terror.” A coalition of civil rights organizations is calling on Kansas City […]