Cultivating Kansas City Community News

Tonight we share a quick collection of stories that offer another glimpse of this town beyond gossip, power plays and political propaganda.

As always, we're interested in how the people of Kansas City confront, endure, help one another and often triumph over so many challenges in their way.

Check TKC news gathering . . .

Get schooled: Meet the organization trying to improve the futures of Kansas City kids one book at a time

Join KMBC 9 and "Get Schooled" with Lead to Read - a Kansas City organization working to improve the futures of our children, one book and one volunteer at a time. Researchers say children who can read proficiently by third grade will be more successful in school.

Mothers, babies reunite after hospital experiences baby boom

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. (KCTV) - A baby boom is happening at St. Luke's East Hospital and it isn't the patients delivering babies, but the staff! Over the past year, more than a dozen women of the maternity ward were pregnant at the same time.

Mobile food pantry held in KCK, shoes and medical care offered

FOOD PANTRY IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY. KCK IS MEETING A BIG LOCAL NEED. PEOPLE LINED UP HOURS EARLY TO GET FRESH FOOD, GENTLY USED SHOES AND FREE MEDICAL CARE. TODAY IN KC, ORGANIZERS SAY THE FOCUS IS PREVENTABLE CARE WITH DENTAL SCREENINGS AND DIABETES TESTING.

7-year-old Lenexa boy helps find runaway tortoise, lost for nine months

LENEXA, Kan. - A runaway tortoise finds its way back home in a Johnson County neighborhood. A 7-year-old helped make it happen and the tortoise's owner could not be happier about the reunion. Fredericka is back home with a full belly after being lost for nine months.

'Honored to do it': Kansas City seamstress help families dealing with grief of loss

A native Kansas Citian's talents have touched thousands of families as they were going through difficult times.Seamstress Shelly Downs gets many requests for her Memory Bears. Every one of these handmade animals is stuffed with love and each one is made in memory of a lost loved one.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater KC work to prevent 'summer slide' for children

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City launched a summer enrichment program this week. The nonprofit hopes to prevent summer learning loss - commonly called "summer slide" - for roughly 2,000 children across the metro.

Military vets march across Kansas, Missouri for PTSD awareness

This week, a group of veterans are walking across Missouri and Kansas, raising awareness about PTSD.The group left Whiteman Air Force Base on Monday.Each of these team members have experienced PTSD.

Family, Ad Hoc Group Against Crime to canvass areas 28-year-old was last seen

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy Blake, 28, was last seen over a month ago and police believe he is in danger. "I've known him for seven years," said Jeff Ash, Blake's stepfather. "Musically, him and I connected. Being musicians, we would play, we enjoyed it. In the backyard, around a bonfire, downstairs."

Paul Tyler, an 'emotional heart' of Kansas City's arts community, dies at 68

Paul Tyler, a tireless supporter of artists in Kansas City, died last week at the age of 68. For more than two decades, Tyler helped artists and arts organizations in the region thrive and flourish by providing financial support, information, guidance and coaching.

Workshop aims to educate parents on breaking away from physical discipline

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - This weekend a Kansas City nonprofit will be hosting a workshop for parents predominately living in KC on how to raise children using nonviolent forms of discipline. According to the World Health Organization, globally around 60% of children between the ages of 2 to 14 experience physical punishment.

Knocking On Doors & Lighting a Fire for Jesus - The Catholic Key

Father Emmanuel Lopez helps lead evangelization efforts at St. Regis parish in Kansas City

Summer Reading 2023

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Hopefully, we'll have more for the morning update . . . STAY TUNED!!!