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Results of Nursing Program Encouraging
"There could be an end to the nursing shortage in Kansas thanks to a 10-year, $30 million state funding and matching grant program that...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2007!
Looking back and choosing the top good news stories of the year was a happy exercise and I've concluded that 2007 was a good...
One Man Tries to Spur an Urban Revival with Tulips
"Durwin Rice leads a drive to change the image of Troost Avenue, a racial and economic dividing line in Kansas City, by planting millions...
David Koch Donates $100M for Cancer Research
Koch Industries executive, David Koch, is giving the MIT a $100 million gift to fund a new cancer research facility to open in 2010....
Schools Riding an Eco-Friendly Green Wave
Kansas City area schools are reducing energy, taking steps to lower school-bus emissions, and constructing green buildings that improve air-quality and provide more sunlight....
High above the Concrete are Green Patches of Heaven
You might have to crane your neck to see the most exciting thing happening in places like Kansas City -- in the city and...
Web Sites Provide Big Savings on College Textbooks
Because the average first-year college student today spends over $900 on textbooks, Web sites have sprung up offering price-comparison tools that help save 50...
Earn Yourself Some Halo Points
We hear it, we read it, and indeed, we often say it: “This city has the most inconsiderate drivers on the planet.” ...
Boomers Answer Call to Service, in Legislatures and Classrooms
In the last four years, a growing number of boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are showing up in the freshman class of...
Honest Airport Worker Lands Handsome Reward
While working at his second job with an airline in Kansas City, Robert Lewis peeked into a bag to find "$266,000 worth of individually...
Senior Collects Cans for 30 Years to Build Community Pool
An 83-year-old Kansas woman spent 30 years driving open roads, picking up aluminum cans, in a single-handed effort to raise enough money to build...
Homegrown Power a Fix for Energy Crunch and Global Warming
Homegrown electricity could be one ingredient used to combat the 21st century’s expected energy crunch, easing the load on electrical grids with a system...
Oil Firm Offers to Pay College Tuition for All Students in Town for 20 Years
Executives of Murphy Oil Corporation thrilled their hometown of El Dorado, Arkansas when they announced to students in a packed gymnasium their intention to...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
Secret Santa Strikes Again- Handing out $100 Bills to the Needy
People wept with joy as a Kansas City businessman handed out $100 bills from his pocket to people in thrift stores and coin-operated laundries...
Secret Santa Revealed
The Secret Santa from Kansas City has long brightened the hearts of hundreds each holiday season by handing out hundred-dollar bills to strangers on...
Stranger Rescues Woman from House Fire
A rural Kansas woman is lucky to be alive, after a stranger goes to great lengths to rescue her after her home catches fire......
The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
Anti-Evolution School Board Members Lose Election
Voters in Kansas have ousted two anti-evolution school board representatives in the State's primary elections. (Not many more details, but here is the source:...