The 2020 Census began on April 1st, but news about the kickoff has been lost in the shuffle thanks to the continuing COVID-19 crisis. One local organization, Westside Housing, is doing what…
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Every day, hundreds of registered nurses are being deployed from across the country to COVID-19 hotspots like New York City and New Orleans. Heather Smith of Olathe is a former pediatric home…
If you’re eating like it’s the end of days, well, never fear—so is the rest of America. Call it what you will—stress eating, emotional eating—but it’s a thing and it’s helping us…
An area healthcare provider who is typically on the front lines of medicine—and chooses to remain anonymous—shares their personal experience with getting tested positive for COVID-19 on March 25th. “Want to know…
Krucial Staffing in Overland Park has been going nonstop over the last couple of weeks trying to get in-demand healthcare pros to some of the nation’s Coronavirus hotspots. The company—which specializes in…
Social media feeds are suddenly rife with “I just had the weirdest dream” posts. Is it because we’re sleeping more? Less? Is quarantine causing us to go stir-crazy? We have so many…
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“I was born and raised in New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, my wife and I were transitionally homeless refugees for nearly two months, cut off from a city that…
He’s a designer to the stars, living in a sparkling glass-box house high atop Beverly Hills with broad steps cascading down to an emerald lawn and winding infinity-edge pool. It looks like…
As owner and president of Manica Architecture, David Manica and his team design sport and entertainment facilities around the world—including the new Chase Center in San Francisco. “When I travel the world…
Hey, Kansas City! Everybody hanging in there? It’s weird being home all the time, right? As a full-time writer, pants-loather, and curmudgeon, I was positive the stay-a-home order wouldn’t be a problem…
KCTV5’s chief meteorologist Gary Amble is a good sport. Between putting on make-up and getting his home computer set up for tonight’s weathercast, the affable, veteran forecaster took our call to let…
A mere decade ago, Ben Edwards founded Swappa, an online marketplace for gently used phones and other tech. At the time, Edwards was working in software development when he was sold a…