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Derby school district returning to in-person learning out of holiday break
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Derby school district on Wednesday (Dec. 30) announced that all of its students (early childhood-12th grade) will return in-person when school starts back up on Jan. 4 and will continue at least through Jan. 15. The school district emphasized that all year, families have had the option to choose either …
Police say man who tried to break into Micro Center shot at Overland Park officers before fleeing | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — An attempted Christmas morning burglary involved Overland Park police and a suspect exchanging gunfire at a Micro Center on Metcalf Avenue. Officers went to the store around 2 a.m., after the 30-year-old suspect tripped an alarm. When they attempted to arrest the man, he shot them, and officers returned fire. “They …
Kansas City Star apologizes for its coverage of Black people
The Kansas City Star published a story Sunday that apologized for the way it had covered Black people. “The Kansas City Star prides itself on holding power to account. Today we hold up the mirror to ourselves to see the historic role we have played, through both action and inaction, in shaping and misshaping Kansas City’s landscape,” …
COVID-19 forces Kansas health system to postpone surgeries
Steve Stites, the chief medical officer for the University of Kansas Health System KANSAS CITY, KAN. (AP) — University of Kansas Health System doctors on Thursday started postponing a small number of elective surgeries to free up bed space at its Kansas City, Kansas, hospital because the surge in COVID-19 cases is stressing it and other medical facilities …
Kansas City teen’s decades-old murder solved with new DNA technology
November 11, 2020 12:50 PM Site staff Posted: November 11, 2020 12:50 PM Fawn Cox was 16 when she was raped and strangled in her own bed in Kansas City, Missouri in July of 1989. KCTV KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Sixteen-year-old Fawn Cox was raped and strangled in her own bedroom in Kansas City, …
2 missing Kansas girls recovered in Oklahoma
UPDATE: The suspect vehicle was located by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol near Erick, Oklahoma. The suspect was detained and both children were recovered. The AMBER alert has ended. ___ LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (KNWA/KFTA) — An AMBER alert issued in Kansas has been expanded to Oklahoma and Arkansas after two young boys were found dead and two …
Chiefs vs. Ravens final score: Patrick Mahomes outplays Lamar Jackson as Kansas City rolls past Baltimore
Both Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes are ranked among the NFL’s top quarterbacks — not only in 2020 but perhaps of their time. But only one of them found success in the prime-time lights of “Monday Night Football” to close Week 3. Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens started hot with a promising opening drive to …
Mizzou disciplines 20 more people for breaking school’s COVID-19 policies | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri says 19 more students and one former have been disciplined for violating the school’s COVID-19 policies. MU said the punishments all stemmed from hosting gatherings of more than 20 people, which is a violation of a Boone County health order. Five students have been suspended for the remainder …
KCK Public Schools announce internet, technology help for students
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Virtual students in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools district are about to receive some help. The Board of Education approved a partnership Tuesday with Spectrum to provide free internet service to more than 6,000 residences served by KCK Public Schools. The service, which won’t cost families in need or better …
National Breastfeeding Month highlights benefits for babies and moms | LMH Health
Autumn Bishop, LMH Health August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, a time to promote the importance of breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization both recommend that infants be exclusively breastfed for their first six months. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 83% of infants in the United States receive …
