Lights On Afterschool events celebrate Caring Communities' strength

All across LINC’s sites in six different school districts, Lights On Afterschool celebrations will be marking the shared experiences of communities that have been through so much, bringing “joy and hope to everyone.”

Seizing the moment: A decade of stories, two centuries of Black lives to be celebrated

This fall the annual Black History project marks ten years of celebrating great men and women who forever shaped our city and our nation with a free book compiling the stories, along with contemporary essays by local leaders.

Genesis' schoolyard flu shot clinic to model partnerships at most critical time

In a world laced with coronavirus symptoms, the need for widespread common flu vaccinations could hardly be more urgent. And that goes especially for school communities that have always been vulnerable to flu outbreaks.

Supreme Court allows census counting to end Oct. 15

Time may be running out in getting a complete Census count. The Trump administration can end the count early after the Supreme Court approved a request to suspend a lower court order that extended the count's schedule.

Watch: How-to-vote advice from former KC Election Board attorney and circuit court judge

For a complicated election season, here is pertinent voting advice from attorney Jon R. Gray, a partner with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a retired Jackson County Circuit Court judge and former attorney for the Kansas City Election Board.

Got a voting plan? Deadline to request mail-in, absentee ballots is Oct. 21

Get a voting plan. That’s everyone’s call to action ahead of the Nov. 3 election.nAnd even though Covid-19 and an anticipated heavy turnout are complicating things, many people and resources are committed to help voters keep it simple — and get it done.

Eviction filings on the rise again in Jackson County despite national moratorium

More than 1,700 evictions were filed in Jackson County since May 31, including more than 60 since a CDC moratorium on evictions was initiated Sept. 4, says data collected by the KC Eviction Project and KC Tenants.

'Hit the Woah!' LINC grooves in Covid's surreal world as more schools open

Finding new ways to enjoy and comfort each other can mean dancing to “Hit the Woah!” instead of hugs as LINC staff and children reunite in-person in re-opening schools.

Last call: Final days for high schools to register 18-year-olds to vote Nov. 3

With so many high school students learning at home online, schools have to get creative in getting newest voters enrolled. Online registration offers opportunities, and now is the time, because Oct. 7 — Wednesday — is the last day to get on the rolls.

Health Forward's 15th anniversary: 'What is it we will do while the hungry child awaits?'

Accompanied by area artists and poets, Health Forward Foundation commemorated its 15th anniversary colored in beauty and pain while committing to fight against the racial inequities that shadow the health and prosperity of many Kansas Citians.

Stadium voter registration, food distribution draws wide attention

Take a look at coverage of the event that included video stories by The Kansas City Star, KSHB-41 and FOX 4, plus a photo montage by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kansas City at its best — sharing strength in food, voting power with Chiefs, Royals

Here, outside the Chiefs and Royals stadiums, was Kansas City at its best — though not playing sports this time. This was a city registering voters, raising its civic voice and sharing thousands of pounds of food to help each other in a strange, challenging time.

All thumbs up! Girls On The Run goes virtual

“We’re getting to know each other,” Coach Shayla said. “We’re empowering each other, encouraging each other. That’s what Girls on the Run is all about — helping you be your better you, the best you can be.”

Virtual job fairs coming to help Missouri 'Return Strong'

Looking to skill up? A series of virtual job fairs in Missouri want to help the state and its work force rebound from the pandemic, beginning with a job fair for health care workers Sept. 29.

Rosemary Lowe remembered as the 'strong, proud voice of a movement'

Rosemary Smith Lowe broke color barriers in a segregated city, forged Black political power, raised up neighborhoods and, even in her 70s, could stand as a fulcrum of peace between police and angry youths. LINC remembers one of our founding commissioners.

'Learning Together Every Day' campaign rallies support, encouragement for critical school attendance

The work to help all children “cannot be the schools’ responsibility, alone,” write leaders in the campaign by the United Way of Greater Kansas City, SchoolSmartKC and Turn the Page Kansas CIty. “It requires the collaboration of our whole community.”

Relief needed: Unpaid rents amassing pain on tenants, landlords, communities

Without more financial relief, warn advocates for both tenants and landlords, evictions, foreclosures and bankruptcies will come falling down as from a burst dam when the current, inadequate pandemic protections give way.

Know someone who needs to register? KC Library branches will be open for National Voter Registration Day

Registered and Ready to Vote? Join the Library for National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 22. Drop by any library branch in person and register to vote. Library staff will deliver registrations to the appropriate election board.

Neighborhood schooling: LINC carries aid to families during pandemic

The path to this moment — when tears slipped from a grandmother’s eyes — had wound its way door by door through neighborhoods that are hurting. Like many of LINC’s Caring Communities site coordinators, Danisha Clarkson was out in the field helping her partner school reach families of children who were unaccounted for or needed help in the new school year . . .

KCPS Parent University to help ease online learning transitions

The new online school year continues to pose a challenge for families as everyone is trying to master technology and online platforms that are critical to their child’s success in school. The Kansas City Public Schools will be using its Parent University to help families succeed.