Harbor House Catholic Charities has provided an emergency safe-haven for victims of domestic violence in Wichita since 1992. For those fleeing an abusive relationship, or in need of support, Harbor […]
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Everett’s History-Making Year as Chamber President was Tumultuous
In 2017, when Junetta Everett was asked about lining up to be chair of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce board, she knew it was a history-making opportunity she couldn’t […]
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KC Tenants Blocks Almost All January Evictions in Jackson County
KC Tenants ended their “Zero Evictions January” campaign aimed at halting evictions by blocking more than 700 eviction hearings, which stopped almost all evictions from taking place in Jackson County […]
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Local Mutual Aid Groups Building Solidarity Over Charity
A Wyandotte County mother messaged the WyCo Mutual Aid Facebook page explaining she had recently become unhoused and had been trying to find someplace for her 6-year-old and 9-year-old children […]
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Scholarship Opportunities
Free Educational Child Care Available at TOP Early Learning Centers The Fidelity Bank Foundation and TOP (The Opportunity Project) Early Learning Centers have partnered to offer 27 early childhood education […]
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KC and Missouri Covid-19 Vaccine and Testing Briefs:
Missouri Gov. Parson Announces New Vaccination Plan Involving Hospitals Just more than 400,000 Missourians have received the Covid-19 vaccine and just more than 100,000 received the second dose, but rollout […]
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Chiefs Under Pressure to Ditch the Tomahawk Chop Celebration
Pressure is mounting for the Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs to abandon a popular tradition in which fans break into a “war chant” while making a chopping hand motion designed […]
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Why an Open Enrollment Period for ObamaCare and How It Will Work
Individuals 36 states served by Marketplaces that use the HealthCare.gov platform will have another opportunity to sign up for health care coverage through the federal marketplace later this month. Late […]
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Lack of Vaccine Data by Race Frustrating Efforts Toward Equity
Members of the Biden administration expressed frustration with the lack of race and ethnicity data being reported with vaccination data. Without that information, policy makers and health workers cannot efficiently […]
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COVID-19 Immunity Found to Last Eight Months or More
Recent research has found that individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 have exhibited lasting immunity for up to eight months. To better understand immune memory of SARS-CoV-2, researchers led by […]