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Seg. 1: Summer Programs Keep Kids Healthy, Engaged. Seg. 2: Troost Festival And The Avenue's Future.Segment 1: Keeping kids engaged, fed and healthy during summer months.Most students are overjoyed when summer break rolls around. But what about the…
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Most cities have a school system. Kansas City has a system of schools.It’s an important distinction in a metro bisected by a state line, in a city with…
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Segment 1: In the face of uncertainty, fear is not your friend.The leader of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country says Americans live…
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Operation Breakthrough, a beloved early education center in Kansas City for more than four decades, announced Thursday a $17 million expansion that will…
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From Twinkies to smoothies: If you grew up in Kansas City, you may remember the Wonder Hostess Thrift Shop Bakery on Troost. We visit Ruby Jean's Juicery,…
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For decades, the Wonder Hostess Thrift Shop Bakery was an institution at 30th and Troost in Midtown Kansas City. People in the neighborhood remember it…
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At the end of President Donald Trump's first year in office, KCUR wanted to know how his agenda was affecting the Kansas City metro, and how residents…
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Across America, gentrification is pricing people out of the communities they grew up in. Today, we look at alternatives to avoid raising the cost of…
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On the southwest corner of Troost and Linwood Boulevard, Katz's Drug Store was quietly torn down after years of vacancy. Today, we learn what old…
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For people on fixed incomes, being priced out of house and home by redevelopment and rising property values is a real concern. Today, we learn how…
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He's a jazz trombonist with an 18-piece big band, and he also tours with Janelle Monae. Meet Marcus Lewis, who has collaborated with two local rappers to…
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The new book “Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation" includes contributions from 36 "major contemporary writers" including…