Kansas City News Cloud Contemplation: Reunion & Local Tribute

For our most dedicated denizens of the discourse, we just wanted to share a few nicer stories and a few instances of bittersweet reporting that didn't really fit anywhere else on the blog . . .

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Help The Bridge Press 'Paws' on Pet Homelessness!

This Friday, March 24, join 90.9 The Bridge LIVE from KC Pet Project's KC Campus for Animal Care, from noon to 6 p.m.

Woman found as a baby in the snow reunites with the 2 men who found her

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Forty-one years later, two men who found a baby during a chance encounter on a snow-covered Kansas City porch had a long-awaited reunion with the grown woman they met as an infant decades ago. The men discovered the bundled baby left with a note on Jan.

KC nonprofit matches 1,200 high schoolers with employers for summer internships

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - ProX, a nonprofit in Kansas City, hosted its second annual hiring fair Saturday. The event helps match high schoolers with summer internships. Students and employers submitted basic applications, went through a vetting process and attended a training workshop in advance.

Literacy KC's transformative vision to make the world more legible for all

Students follow the line as they pick up any needed items provided by our monthly pop-up pantry partnered with Harvesters. In the great literacy landscape mapped across Kansas City, Literacy KC, with its vision of "Literacy for All," serves a unique mission of bringing literacy into the lives of adult students.

Kansas City families struggle to afford diapers as diaper banks see uptick in demand

KANSAS CITY, Mo - A diaper bank in Kansas City is in need of donations as demand for their services continues to increase due to inflation. Happy Bottoms is a nonprofit based in KC that distributes diapers to families in need by partnering with multiple agencies and hospitals.

'He was an icon': Funeral held for Kansas City Chiefs legend Otis Taylor

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - -Chiefs Kingdom said a fond farewell to one of its favorite receivers on Wednesday. Funeral services were held for Otis Taylor, 80, at the Friendship Baptist Church in east Kansas City. Taylor ended a long battle with Parkinson's Disease on March 9.

Kansas State's Jerome Tang talks about constructing the 2023 Wildcats

Jerome Tang took his time finding the right players to fit into the program he wanted to build at Kansas State.They meshed just right, taking Tang and the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in a season that started with them being picked to finish last in the Big 12.Four have

3 Doors Down to perform at Missouri State Fair

SEDALIA, Mo. - The Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down will perform at the 121st Missouri State Fair this summer. 3 Doors Down will perform alongside Candlebox at the State Fair Grandstand on Saturday, Aug. 12 as part of their "Away From The Sun" anniversary tour.

Jazz Draft takes over 18th and Vine!

UNESCO Creative City of Music - USA, in collaboration with the American Jazz Museum, will present a 12-hour jam session at the Blue Room at 18th and Vine on Thursday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Christopher Leitch: 'Cooking from Memory' - KC STUDIO

The thread of memory is intricately linked to our senses.

Neighbors still feeling impact of North Kansas City officer Danny Vasquez's death

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Officer Daniel Vasquez was near Clay Street and east 21st Avenue in North Kansas City when he was brutally murdered . He was the first North Kansas City officer to be killed while in the line of duty.

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