With 11 additional apartments under construction, Drumm Farm Center for Children continues to expand its transitional living program for young adults. The apartments being built on donated land north of 39th Street near Missouri 291 will give Drumm Farm 20 apartment units on that site for its COMPASS program, which is for young adults age 17-22 who are homeless or have aged out of the foster care system.
Sharp-eyed Rian Marques was involved in two of the biggest moments of the Kansas City Comets’ decisive 3-1 win over the Dallas Sidekicks. The Comets forward scored the first goal of the 15-minute minigame that followed Kansas City’s 7-5 regulation loss to the Sidekicks in the second game of the Major Arena Soccer League quarterfinal series.
Successful communities, especially those of much size and complexity, demand a good deal from their elected leaders. Have an overall vision for the future, communicate it clearly and bring others along.
NEW YORK (AP) — The man arrested Wednesday in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway was charged with a federal terrorism offense, a day after the attack on a crowded rush-hour train. The U.S.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks as part of the Republican’s sprawling border security operation.
Sunday, March 27 Arrest 12:30 a.m., 700 block of N. Westwood Dr.
President Joe Biden on Monday finally carried through on a promise to rein in “ghost guns” — guns assembled from kits that are sold without serial numbers, allowing anyone to own an untraceable weapon. Biden announced new federal requirements including that such kits have serial numbers and that background checks be conducted on those who buy them.
The good thing about a long drive is it gives you time to talk. My grandson, Randy, is 11, soon to start middle school, that turning point in life when being with friends is a lot more fun than hanging out with Nana.
It’s been a few years and memories fuzz and fade, but I recall a history professor who seemed to think part of his calling was to get his students to prepare for “the cosmic cocktail party.” That’s not a euphemism for drugs or a four-figure weekend retreat of enlightenment at the spa. What he meant was, what if you found yourself at the ultimate cocktail party, surrounded by the smartest and most creative and successful people you could think of? Could you hold your own? This is not the time to drop the pig-with-the-wooden-leg joke.
John William Tann, 76, of Independence, Missouri passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 11, 2022. John was born to William “Bill” and Lucille Tann on January 2, 1946, in Independence, Missouri.