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Dr. Gary Yarbrough has practiced family medicine in small towns for 30 years. In that time he's met some memorable people.In this conversation with Steve…
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When Saundra Hayes returned to her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, it wasn’t to become a neighborhood advocate.In this conversation with Steve Kraske,…
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How many of us followed a childhood dream into the job of our dreams? Eric Peterson did.By the age of 8 Eric had his first train set and taken his first…
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Visit Grandview Park Presbyterian Church on any regular Sunday and, unless you know him, you're unlikely to distinguish Rev. Rick Behrens from his…
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Newspaper publisher Sarah Kessinger keeps a close eye on the goings-on in her neck of the woods, in and around Marshall County, Kansas so it didn't escape…
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When we first met Officer Nicole Wright last December we learned why this Kansas City, Mo. native chose to serve on the force and in the neighborhood…
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Being raised to be self-sufficient, gaining the rank of Sergeant during six years of military service and maintaining employment as an experienced office…
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Maybe 2009 wasn't the best year to decide to become a full-time dairy farmer but Eric Neill had waited long enough. Despite the economic downturn and some…
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There are few images of the West as iconic as cattle and few people as optimistic as a cattle rancher. Just ask Howard Blender.Following in his father's…
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While many big newspaper companies are struggling to stay afloat, some 8,000 weekly papers are surviving and thriving due in large part to the dedication…
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How do you make a 124-year old church in a socio-economically depressed inner-city neighborhood relevant? That's the challenge Rev. Rick Behrens has met…
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"I've never been the kind of person to say 'I don’t think I could do that' but more like 'I’m gonna do THAT!', says singer/songwriter Amy Farrand and from…