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AREA COVID-19 VACCINATION SITES

University Health: Regular testing hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Testing is available at the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City.

LIBRARY EVENTS TO MARK WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

The Kansas City Public Library is hosting several events in honor of Women’s History Month. In addition to the programs listed below, other events can be found by visiting https:// kclibrary.org/ and looking up “Women’s History Month.”

Bitcoin has a role in countering governments’ abuse of money

Bitcoin has made an absolutely remarkable run over the last decade. It may have gone up higher and faster than any other asset class, ever. It was trading under $5,000 at the onset of the 2020 COVID lockdowns, before running over $60,000 less than a year later. Today, I’d like to talk about why you might want to care from a perspective you may not have considered.

President to seek regulation of cryptocurrency

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded. The move comes as administration officials have raised concerns in recent weeks about Russia’s use of cryptocurrency to evade the impact of crushing sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

Hettie Ann Bailey

Hettie Ann Bailey was a preacher’s daughter, born to Eva Gray Duncan and William Arlester Duncan in Russellville, Kentucky on September 30, 1937. She attended Knob City High School in Russellville and was graduated in 1956. She married Delmus Bailey on December 9, 1956, and for the next twenty years embarked on a whirlwind adventure that included living in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; Ft. Lewis, Washington; Berlin, Germany; Sacramento, California; Baumholder, Germany; Ft. Knox, Kentucky and finally, the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area.

Three from Blue Springs killed in Iowa tornado

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family -- three of them from Blue Springs -- who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities said.