“When I took office, millions of Americans were locked out of our health care system. So, just as leaders in both parties had tried to do since the days of […]
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Kansas Lawmakers Closer to Approving Expansion of Medicaid
Kansas Lawmakers Closer to Approving Expansion of Medicaid Kansas legislators moved closer Thursday to approving an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program to provide health coverage for thousands of non-disabled […]
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Wichita Heights Hair Club Puts Focus on Natural Hair
Playing with hair is a girl’s thing. No wonder Veronica Parnell, the Heights High School Hair Club sponsor, has so many girls in her group. Some of them have an […]
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Party Time 03/09/2017
SILK Bounce the premiere night club for fantastic events located in Old town in Wichita hosted 90’s R&B group SILK last month. The club was a full house of party […]
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More than 10,000 Attendees Expected in KCMO at National Society of Black Engineers Annual Convention
Two years ago, the National Society of Black Engineers set a bold, ambitious goal for itself: to lead the United States to graduate 10,000 new Black engineers annually by 2025, […]
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The Cotton Club Comes to Wichita
On Feb 18, the Wichita Northeast Optimist Club held their version of “A Night at the Cotton Club” at the Olive Tree Banquet Hall. Ladies decked out in their pearls, […]
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Overflow Crowd Attends Annual Yates Awards
New Wyandotte County District Atty. Mark Dupree and Dr. Etta Ruth Hollins, the first holder of the Kaufman Endowed Chair in Urban Education at the University of Missouri in Kansas […]
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Trail To Highlights Black History – Kansas Style
The journey is the story. The story is the contributions African Americans have made to the history of Kansas. The Kansas African-American History Trail is being set up to tell […]
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Wichita Police Officers Gather for Historic Photo
Members of Wichita’s Police Department were looking for a way to show their support for Black History Month and what they came up with was historic. African-American employees of the […]