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KCUR Morning news 9-27-10

By Maria Carter

Kansas City, MO – It's one year until Kansas City's Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is scheduled to open.

Local health providers are a step closer to sharing medical records with one another electronically.

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced funding to enhance libraries in rural communities across the country. One Missouri library will receive funding to invest in a new library building.

Enrollment in public universities and colleges is up in Kansas.

Thieves in Topeka are targeting air conditioning units for their valuable copper wiring.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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