Election Day Aug. 2 is more than a political primary for Hickman Mills School District residents. The district is asking voters to approve a $1.35 increase in the district’s operating levy and a $20 million no-tax-increase bond issue.
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Need a computer? The Kansas City Public Library now has 900 Chromebooks available to anyone with a library card for 21-day checkouts..
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Food can symbolize connection, celebration, and unity, but food is not created equal. Tune in to see how creative strategies, education and passion gives hope for a more secure, sustainable food system.
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Missouri is joining states that make critical calls to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline as easy as 9-8-8. Beginning July 16, anyone who is in mental distress, or knows someone in distress, can dial the three-digit code and get on the line with a suicide prevention specialist, in multiple languages.
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LINC’s drone program at Smith-Hale Middle School in Hickman Mills was one of many adventures in educational play in summer school before- and after-school programs in LINC’s Caring Communities in June.
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At a state conference themed as “A World of Opportunities,” LINC’s team led several workshops exploring the powerful potential of Caring Communities at after-school programs across Missouri.
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“It’s rewarding when a national organization that promotes good history (says) your project is important,” said Jeremy Drouin, who manages the Kansas City Public Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections.
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Step by step, the Fort Osage School District keeps working through that list of priority projects set in the district’s community-driven master plan. The latest: Groundbreaking for a new gymnasium.
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This is a complicated business, closing schools. The Kansas City Public Schools has created an online exercise that invites everyone to take a turn sorting out difficult choices that lie ahead in its Blueprint 2030 plan to shape the district’s future.
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An interactive state map can help Missouri families find emergency food sites to help children get meals during the months that schools are out. Families can bring their children to these sites and receive meals regardless of income. There are no registrations or fees.
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LINC Caring Communities are celebrating Juneteenth in a host of events across many of our Caring Communities sites. At one of those programs, dancers and drummers from the Esoke Cultural Arts Center in Kansas City performed for — and with — the students and staff at LINC’s summer program at Ingels Elementary School.
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“It’s time,” Superintendent Mark Bedell said, as he prepares after six years to leave a district that has regained full accreditation and is positioned for a strong transition and greater achievement with Interim Superintendent Jennifer Collier. “Brighter days are ahead.”
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Kansas City history is making national history. The American Association for State and Local History has named the Kansas City Black History Project as a 2022 winner of its “Award of Excellence,” honoring the work of LINC, the Kansas City Public Library and the Black Archives of Mid-America
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“Do your favorite dance move!” was the Simon Says command, and in a moment LINC children launched into an dazzling array of gyrations, spins and leg kicks — as varied and entertaining as LINC’s menu of summer recreational and educational fun.
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The summer of 2022 has arrived with refreshing joy and possibilities — but also with a heavy air of fear. The hot season has long brought out the best and the worst of the fellowship that brings neighborhoods together and the violence and neglect that endangers children and families. Here’s what KC is doing about it and how you can help.
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The spirit of LINC’s Caring Communities Day in Kansas City radiates with a promise. None of our families and neighbors should have to go without lights. None should worry about losing water or gas. Rents are paid. Internet is working. There’s food in the fridge. The June 11 fair means to make good on that promise.
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Beginning Wednesday (June 1), all Kansas City tenants in eviction cases will have the right to an attorney in Housing Court. The new ordinance, passed six months ago, continues what has been a rising tide in the support of renters who have long been overmatched in legal proceedings with property owners.
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LINC’s Caring Communities capped off the 2021-22 school year with a host of field days, talent shows and parties across the 52 LINC Caring Communities. See our gallery — and sign up for summer!
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Start your reading engines, kids. The Kansas City Public Library and the Mid-Continent Public Library are stocking up again at neighborhood branches near you with adventurous, beautiful themes — and prizes — to inspire summer reading.
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“It is our fervent hope that the report can be useful in providing healing stitches in the mending of our community that too often has been frayed at the seams,” said listening sessions co-facilitator Rev. Bob Hill.
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