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Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

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Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

News Staff
Friday, December 10, 2021
This time there were tears of joy flowing freely at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) after National Baseball Hall of Fame President, Josh Rawitch, announced that John “Buck” O’Neil had been voted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
Recently exonerated Kevin Strickland (center) flips the switch to light the Mayor’s Christmas Tree, Nov. 26 as Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and others look on.

Recently exonerated Kevin Strickland (center) flips the switch to light the Mayor’s Christmas Tree, Nov. 26 as Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and others look on.

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Kevin Strickland Lights Mayor’s Christmas Tree

Jared Bush Staff Writer
Friday, December 3, 2021
If you would’ve told Kevin Strickland a year, matter of fact, a month ago, that he’d be flipping the switch for Mayor’s Christmas Tree in Kansas City, he’d probably think he was in a dream.
Tyrone Garner

Tyrone Garner

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Inauguration Dec. 13 for KCK Mayor

News Staff
Friday, December 3, 2021
The swearing-in ceremony for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County’s Mayor-elect, Tyrone Garner, will be held December 13 at 5 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 600 North 7th Street Kansas City, Kan. Persons attending are urged to arrive early. A reception will follow the ceremony.
Kansas City community and civic leader Alvin Brooks, 89, founder of the Ad Hoc Group against Crime, was awarded the Community MVP Award for his lifelong service to Kansas City from Patrick Mahomes, during his Second Annual 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Gala, Monday, November 22, 2021 held at Marriott Hotel Downtown.

Kansas City community and civic leader Alvin Brooks, 89, founder of the Ad Hoc Group against Crime, was awarded the Community MVP Award for his lifelong service to Kansas City from Patrick Mahomes, during his Second Annual 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Gala, Monday, November 22, 2021 held at Marriott Hotel Downtown.

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NLBM to Host Hall of Fame Selection Watch Party

News Staff
Friday, December 3, 2021
Buck O’Neil leads a group of Negro League players being considered for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame; fans can watch the televised announcement at the NLBM this Sunday.
Freed from prison after 43 years, wrongly-convicted Kevin Strickland managed a smile as he talked to reporters outside the Cameron Mo. prison. Courtesy photo

Freed from prison after 43 years, wrongly-convicted Kevin Strickland managed a smile as he talked to reporters outside the Cameron Mo. prison. Courtesy photo

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Finally Free after 43 Years!

Kansas City Globe Staff
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Sixty-two-year-old Kevin Strickland on Tuesday was exonerated after being wrongly convicted of a triple murder that occurred in Kansas City, Mo. in 1978.
After Guilty Verdicts, Civil Rights Leaders Exhort Black America to ‘Never Stop Running for Ahmaud!’

After Guilty Verdicts, Civil Rights Leaders Exhort Black America to ‘Never Stop Running for Ahmaud!’

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After Guilty Verdicts, Civil Rights Leaders Exhort Black America to ‘Never Stop Running for Ahmaud!’

Stacy M. Brown Nnpa National Senior Correspondent
Thursday, November 25, 2021
NNPA--Nov. 24, 2021-- After nearly two years of pain, suffering, and wondering if the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery would pay for their heinous crime, the 25-yearold’s family finally received justice.
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