For people who have trouble staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year, Kansas City’s Union Station is offering daytime alternatives this Friday. Science City’s annual New Year’s event, Noon ...
Read More »‘DOME Pods’ installed by City Union Mission increase homeless bed capacity
As arctic weather arrives this weekend, City Union Mission has now received and installed customized “murphy bed”-like units called DOME pods at their Family Shelter. These murphy-like bed units will help the ...
Read More »City Union Mission Christmas store serves 800 families this year
The City Union Mission’s Christmas Store, where homeless, near-homeless and at-risk men and women can shop for their families at no cost, will close its doors for the season tomorrow, December 22. ...
Read More »H&R Block not happy with Square’s name change to Block
The financial services company Square is changing its name to Block, and Kansas City-based H&R Block is not happy about it. Until the end of November, Jack Dorsey, as chief executive of ...
Read More »World’s largest mule train at area college makes it into Guinness World Records
Mules parading through a college town have made it into the Guinness World Records. The feat was confirmed after review of video, photographs and other supporting materials by the Guinness organization, confirming ...
Read More »Biden touts infrastructure in Kansas City as polls plummet
President Joe Biden was in Kansas City on Wednesday to discuss infrastructure but its the polls that need rebuilding according to news reports. Biden touted the $1 trillion bill he signed into ...
Read More »Twelve previously homeless men to graduate from City Union Mission program
On Tuesday, Dec. 7, twelve previously homeless men will participate in a special ceremony as they graduate from City Union Mission. Supporters of the Mission are invited to attend as these men ...
Read More »New MOScholars program will provide tuition assistance for low-income Missouri families
School choice remains a hot topic in the Missouri Legislature, with the new session starting in early January. Republican state Rep. Phil Christofanelli of St. Peters recently wrote an opinion piece for ...
Read More »Local ministries rely on your generosity to serve women, babies and adoptive children
Dwight and I go out for breakfast to celebrate special occasions such as the first snowfall of the season, election day, and school snow days. Last year while enjoying the snowflakes, a ...
Read More »Kansas City charter schools enrollment surpasses public schools
For the first time ever, more K-12 students in Kansas City are enrolled in charter schools than in traditional public schools. Charter schools are public schools that operate outside the control of the ...
Read More »‘Tootsie’ marks Broadway’s return to Kansas City
We all need to laugh. And you will laugh with, and at, Tootsie. The latest iteration of the 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman, will be presented by Broadway Across America and the ...
Read More »Independent Catholic church formed in Kansas City to promote LGBT issues
The growing liberal independent Catholic movement has come to Kansas City. Christ the King Independent Catholic Church has moved into a new building on the west side of Kansas City near the ...
Read More »Local artist brings visuals to poems in unexpected ways
“I wanted to put pictures into poems, give voice to a visual,” says Hasna Sal of her new book, Poems In Glass. The visuals are turning heads. Her book launch was recently ...
Read More »Auschwitz exhibit at Union Station extended until March 2022
If you’ve been to the Auschwitz exhibit at Union Station, you know that it has brought visitors from around the world. Now area residents have more opportunities to view the record-setting exhibit. ...
Read More »Women, teen trafficking survivors find new life through Freedom 43:19 ministry
“When she came to us, her trafficker did not let her do simple things like brush her teeth,” states Jacqueline Williams describing one of many sex trafficking survivors. “She had to almost ...
Read More »City Union Mission uses innovative solution to increase bed capacity
City Union Mission is expanding its bed capacity in their Family Shelter in response to the growing needs of the homeless. The addition of shelter beds comes just in time for the ...
Read More »Parents concerned over CRT play role in local school board elections
Provoked by a number of outrages across the country, parents have begun pushing back on politicians, school boards, and educators who use children as guinea pigs in radical social experiments and left-wing ...
Read More »Birthright continues to spread love beyond 50 years
No doubt you have known someone facing difficulties when pregnant. In 1968 Louise Sommerhill, Toronto, Canada, opened a pregnancy center because she saw the need to help those who were facing an ...
Read More »Freshman Kansas lawmaker Aaron Coleman under pressure to resign over abuse
A freshman Democrat Kansas legislator must undergo mental evaluation after he was arrested for domestic violence. Rep. Aaron Coleman of Kansas City, Kan. was charged with domestic battery in a disturbance involving ...
Read More »Chris Tomlin drops plans for VIP tickets after criticism about celebrity culture
Christian musician Chris Tomlin has eliminated the VIP ticket option from his latest tour, which is scheduled to include Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center in February. Ticket options initially included a pricey VIP ...
Read More »Christian Family Services – Compassionate, Friendly, Safe
For 40 years Christian Family Services has been a resource to those struggling with unplanned pregnancies and those who want to build their family by adoption. For 40 years we have seen ...
Read More »Innovative programs may provide energy expense relief for Missouri households
Although energy prices are rising, help may be on the way for Missouri consumers. Evergy is the state’s latest utility to launch a Pay As You Save (PAYS) program, in which the ...
Read More »Abundant Life Church, Jackson County settle lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions
Abundant Life Church in Lee’s Summit and Jackson County have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions. The county will pay the church $146,750 and agree that any future health ...
Read More »‘What’s That Sound’ is a decidedly different picture book for kids
A distinctively different ABC picture book written by Kansas City author and artist, LeAnne Litka released in late September to much praise. What’s That Sound? took Litka four years to produce, but ...
Read More »Missouri won’t comply with Democrat’s bank snooping plan
If the Democrat-controlled Congress enacts invasive new bank financial reporting rules, Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick will not comply. The proposal being pushed by the Biden administration requires financial institutions to report information ...
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