Rev. Wheeler Parker Honors Friend, Cousin with Traveling Exhibit, Artwork
LAWRENCE — Black teenagers Wheeler Parker and Emmett Till were on vacation from Chicago when they stepped into the white-owned Mississippi Delta grocery store operated by Roy and Carolyn Bryant to buy candy in the summer of…
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The clock is ticking on TikTok’s existence in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday approving the ban of the popular social media app in the U.S. unless its China-based owners sell the company, adding significant pressure on the platform to find a new owner.
The…
Thursday, April 25, 2024
U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) this week wrote Attorney General Garland and Director Colette Peters of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, urging both to keep convicted felon Robert Courtney in prison.
“Robert Courtney’s violent crimes were heinous,” the members…
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Metropolitan Community College will host a ceremonial groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, to celebrate the imminent construction of the MCC-Maple Woods Agriculture Annex. The event will be held on the campus at 2601 N.E. Barry Road, Kansas City.
The $6.8 million facility, expected to be…
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Gem Cultural and Educational Center is partnering with Civic Saint, an urban core housing developer, to unveil a new Home Facade Project on “The Castle” grounds at 2001 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday (today), April 25, 2024.
The Home Facade Project will feature the outside walls…
Friday, April 19, 2024
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, this historic clean energy and climate resilience investment helps tackle the climate crisis in Northeast Wyandotte County
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Today (Thursday, April 18, 2024), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Great…
Thursday, April 18, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced a multifaceted strategy to bolster law enforcement and communitybased initiatives to combat violent crime in America. Speaking at a conference for federal grantees in Chicago, Garland highlighted the need to double down on recent progress and stem…
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Mrs. Verona M. Hughes, 76 of Shawnee, Kan. passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services will be held Friday April 26, 2024 at 11a.m. at Watkins Heritage Chapel, 4000 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City, Mo. Visitation is at 10 am. Interment in Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. For…
Friday, April 12, 2024
The Dallas, Texas Police Department on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice "in regard to a serious bodily injury crash" that took place March 30 on a Dallas highway according to a story posted Wednesday on nfl.com. At K.C. Globe presstime Wednesday,…
Friday, April 12, 2024
Hey Kansas Citians! Thanks for reading my update and showing interest in the legislative process. If I had to come up with a theme or tagline for this week’s activities, it would be “going there for health care.” This is precisely the direction the minority party headed when the Senate took up and…
Stacy M. Brown Nnpa Newswire National Senior Correspondent
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The clock is ticking on TikTok’s existence in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed a bill…
News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) this week wrote Attorney…
News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Metropolitan Community College will host a ceremonial groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, to…
Tim Carpenter The Kansas Reflector
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Rev. Wheeler Parker Honors Friend, Cousin with Traveling Exhibit, Artwork LAWRENCE — Black teenagers Wheeler Parker and Emmett Till were on vacation from Chicago when they stepped into the white-owned Mississippi Delta grocery store operated by Roy and Carolyn Bryant to buy candy in the summer of 1955.
