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While parents are campaigning to remove books in school districts around Kansas City, the Redacted Readers club in Liberty is meeting to read and discuss banned books holistically — and encourage members to speak out on behalf of the challenged texts.
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The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial honors the lives of 761 Black individuals who have been confirmed to be interred, mostly in unmarked graves, in the formerly segregated sections of Fairview and New Hope cemeteries in Liberty, Missouri.
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As the Russian war against Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KCXL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.
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A spectacle of lights and more add holiday joy to the Kansas City metro.
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Artist Nano Nore hikes the trails in Liberty, Missouri, to capture the colors and shapes of a changing season. She's drawn to the subtle beauty of the late-fall landscape.
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At the liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri, a group of researchers called the Slavery, Memory and Justice Project has caused a reckoning with the college's past.
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Teachers, parents and students are preparing for a new school year as the delta variant surge in Missouri continues.
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Residents from Platte, Jackson, Clay and Cass counties elected public school board members and Kansas City voters overwhelmingly renewed that city's 1% earnings tax.
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Ongoing concerns about the coronavirus keep venues closed. Two Liberty-based opera artists, a singer and a stage director, try to embrace the situation instead of fighting it.
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We asked two local teachers about their experiences with virtual learning, and their apprehensions about returning to in-person classes this fall.
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Teachers discuss their thoughts on virtual learning and returning to in-person classes during the pandemic, former state lawmaker Tom Love on his bid for the Republican nomination for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, and a 24-year-old survivor of COVID-19 shares his story.
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Nursing homes and long-term care facilities account for a disproportionate share of the nation’s COVID-19 cases and an even higher share of its deaths.