Register for Girls Only March 7 Chess Tournament

The Girls Only LINC Chess Tournament will be Sat., March 7 at Blue Hills Elementary, 1911 N. Blue Mills Rd., Independence.

This is the second year the Girls Only Tournament has been held at the Fort Osage School District elementary school.

Future focus: You can help shape Kansas City schools' vision toward 2030

With Blueprint 2030, the Kansas City Public Schools aims to reimagine the city’s educational system — including the charter schools that share the city’s and state’s resources. And they want your help.

Wallace Hartsfield led by example for history and hope

The Rev. Wallace Hartsfield is recalled as the “grandfather of ministers” in The Kansas City Star by Robert Lee Hill, a community consultant and minister emeritus of Community Christian Church.

Community Assistance Council issues plea to help Nob Hill families in crisis

Deplorable conditions in the Nob Hill Apartments in southeast Kansas City are forcing more than 80 families into crisis, and the Community Assistance Council has put out a call for help get the families resettled in livable conditions — and support a healthier Kansas City community.

Hickman Mills forum seeks community ideas for school bond issue projects

The Hickman Mills School District is eyeing a bond issue election later this year and the board wants to hear what the community has in mind for potential projects.

The public is invited to a community forum Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the theater at Ruskin High School, 7000 E. 111th Street.

LINC's Rosemary Smith Lowe helps filmmaker tell Santa Fe Place Neighborhood's discrimination struggle

It’s no wonder, when filmmaker Nico Wiggins explored the emotional scars of America’s redlining legacy, that LINC Commissioner Rosemary Smith Lowe would be a central figure in the tale. Wiggins’ film, Land of Opportunity, premiered on KCPT this month.

LINC Commission meeting to be held Jan. 27

The LINC Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Jan. 27, 4-6 p.m., at the Kauffman Foundation.

The meeting will include presentations on Missouri Division of Youth Services and Families and Schools Together (FAST).

The public is invited to attend. Download the meeting booklet.

'So much juice': Community rallies with Hickman Mills schools to power resource center for families

This vision of an oasis for Hickman Mills families comes winging in on generosity, ingenuity and grit. The laundry program, “Loads of Love,” a free attorney’s office, a children’s library, an enrollment center and language services fill a family resource center that is coming to life in the district’s old administration building at 9000 Old Santa Fe Road.

Housing Town Hall offers five tips for tenants; No. 1: 'Get it in writing'

Gina Chiala, attorney for the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom, capped a recent town forum on housing on KCPT Public Television by offering “five things you can do to protect your rights as a tenant.”

Qiana Thomason to lead Health Forward Foundation; 'Blessed to serve the safety net system that once served me'

Qiana Thomason, a life-long Kansas Citian dedicated to the improvement of health and wellness across the region, will serve as the next president and CEO of the Health Forward Foundation. The foundation’s board picked Thomason for her life’s work and her special focus on communities with significant health disparities to lead the foundation that LINC was instrumental in forming 17 years ago..

'Justice in the Schools' free legal services offering aid to Hickman Mills families

Struggling families now have a legal ally in the Hickman Mills School District when facing eviction, foreclosure, domestic violence or other dangers that turn children’s lives inside-out.

Beginning in January, Justice in the Schools will put a lawyer in the southeast Kansas City district to help many families get aid that can stabilize lives, keep children in class, better prepared them to learn and help families thrive.

Overcome your past; Missouri's SkillUp program offers job training for Food Stamp recipients

At age 25, Victoria had a history of Domestic Violence, was living alone with her two children, didn’t know where to go or how to go about things. “I had to start from “ground zero,” Victoria said. See how Missouri’s SkillUp program offers Food Stamp recipients the opportunity to gain skills, job training and work experience.

'Kids see what they can become'; Mayor joins TTPKC, LINC in spreading joy of inclusive books

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas took top billing as LINC and Turn the Page KC’s campaign to distribute inclusive books for children visited at Whittier Elementary School.

Refugees' resilience celebrated in Kansas City film premier

Produced by KCPT and Gusewelle Films, Finding Refuge in Kansas City highlights the extraordinary resilience of immigrants who have endured war, dislocation and stints in refugee camps.

'From home to home to home,' KC Star's report on foster children featured on NPR

The psychological damage that children and foster care suffer nationwide when they are moved dozens of times from “home to home to home” harms the brain, The KC Star reported on NPR’s Morning Edition. The Star spent most of a year reporting a six-part series on America’s foster care system.

LINC In Photos 2019

We are happy to share LINC in Photos 2019 – a visual representation of LINC's impact and presence in the community.

KC council passes tenants bill of rights; trims tax incentives proposed for Waddell & Reed

UPDATE: Dec. 19, the council passes a trimmed-down incentives package for Waddell & Reed.

A tenants bill of rights sailed to overwhelming approval by the Kansas City City Council Dec. 12 as a full house of supporters — many of them renters with their own histories of housing struggles — cheered the fruits of their work. In a separate action, the City Council wants to take another look at tax incentives in a proposed move by Waddell & Reed that would impact the Kansas City Public Schools and charters.

Does your household qualify for a free phone? The Lifeline program is ready to help

America knows that a smart phone is essential to any household that hopes to thrive in today’s world. That’s why the publicly funded Lifeline program has been helping low-income families afford service — even get free smart phones. But too many people who would qualify for the help don’t know about it.

NEW DATE: KC planners want public's input in shaping Hickman Mills area vision

Would you like to help shape the future of Kansas City’s Hickman Mills area? Join city planners at a public meeting to give input on the Hickman Mills Area Plan update.

KCPS, Hickman Mills fall short of full accreditation targets

The Missouri state school board decided this week that the two area districts will remain among eight districts statewide under provisional accreditation. Both districts in recent years have reached overall scores in the state’s Annual Performance Report that qualified for full accreditation, but the state’s education commissioner and the state board say the districts need to sustain the scores two to three years in succession to come off of provisional status.