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MCC-Maple Woods Groundbreaking to Usher in New Era of Agriculture Education in KC

MCC-Maple Woods Groundbreaking to Usher in New Era of Agriculture Education in KC

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MCC-Maple Woods Groundbreaking to Usher in New Era of Agriculture Education in KC

News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Metropolitan Community College will host a ceremonial groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, to celebrate the imminent construction of the MCC-Maple Woods Agriculture Annex. The event will be held on the campus at 2601 N.E. Barry Road, Kansas City.
TikTok app icon on a mobile phone (Solen Feyissa, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

TikTok app icon on a mobile phone (Solen Feyissa, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

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TikTok in Jeopardy: Biden Signs Bill for Potential U.S. Ban of Chinese-Owned App

Stacy M. Brown Nnpa Newswire National Senior
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The clock is ticking on TikTok’s existence in the United States. President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday approving the ban of the popular social media app in the U.S. unless its China-based owners sell the company, adding significant pressure on the platform to find a new owner.
The Rev. Wheeler Parker, 85, was a 16-year-old Chicago resident on vacation during August 1955 in the Mississippi Delta when friend and cousin Emmett Till wolf whistled at a white woman. Within days he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two white men who were acquitted by an all-white jury but subsequently confessed to the crimes. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

The Rev. Wheeler Parker, 85, was a 16-year-old Chicago resident on vacation during August 1955 in the Mississippi Delta when friend and cousin Emmett Till wolf whistled at a white woman. Within days he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two white men who were acquitted by an all-white jury but subsequently confessed to the crimes. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

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Eyewitness to Kidnapping of Emmett Till Hasn’t Closed His Eyes to Quest for Racial Justice

Tim Carpenter The Kansas Reflector
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Rev. Wheeler Parker Honors Friend, Cousin with Traveling Exhibit, Artwork LAWRENCE — Black teenagers Wheeler Parker and Emmett Till were on vacation from Chicago when they stepped into the white-owned Mississippi Delta grocery store operated by Roy and Carolyn Bryant to buy candy in the summer of...
Verona M. Hughes Dies

Verona M. Hughes Dies

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Verona M. Hughes Dies

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Mrs. Verona M. Hughes, 76 of Shawnee, Kan. passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services will be held Friday April 26, 2024 at 11a.m. at Watkins Heritage Chapel, 4000 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City, Mo. Visitation is at 10 am. Interment in Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
From left: Marion Jordon, Sr. and wife, Denise Jordon, owners of The Kansas City Globe newspaper receive the Business Award presented by Brandon Hill, Southwestern Regional Director of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. photo/George Barrett

From left: Marion Jordon, Sr. and wife, Denise Jordon, owners of The Kansas City Globe newspaper receive the Business Award presented by Brandon Hill, Southwestern Regional Director of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. photo/George Barrett

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Local Kansas Citians Honored at Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity’s 72nd Southwestern Regional Conference

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
KCG-- The 72nd Southwestern Regional Conference of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was held April 4-7 at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. One of the highlights of the conference was the “First Class Experience Awards Gala” held Saturday, April 6 where awards in various categories were presented.
Read about Grant Elementary School in KCK’s Cornelius Springfield, Jr. who is Jegna Klub’s Student of the Week-- page B4

Read about Grant Elementary School in KCK’s Cornelius Springfield, Jr. who is Jegna Klub’s Student of the Week-- page B4

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HUD Presents $8.8 M Check for KCK’s Gateway Plaza Upgrades

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, this historic clean energy and climate resilience investment helps tackle the climate crisis in Northeast Wyandotte County KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Today (Thursday, April 18, 2024), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Great...
** FILE** USC’s O. J. Simpson, who scored both his team’s touchdowns, is interviewed by the press after leading Trojans to 14-3 Rose Bowl win in 1968. Simpson, who gained 128 yards in 25 carries, was named Player of the Game. ( Don Cormier/ Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

** FILE** USC’s O. J. Simpson, who scored both his team’s touchdowns, is interviewed by the press after leading Trojans to 14-3 Rose Bowl win in 1968. Simpson, who gained 128 yards in 25 carries, was named Player of the Game. ( Don Cormier/ Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

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O.J. Simpson, Former NFL Star and Controversial Legal Figure, Dead From Cancer at 76

Stacy Brown Nnpa Newswire Senior National
Thursday, April 11, 2024
O.J. Simpson, a towering figure in both the sports world and the annals of American legal history, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 76. His family confirmed his death in a statement issued early Thursday.
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Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter Dominating ‘Rodeo Stage’

News Staff
Thursday, April 11, 2024
KCG—” Beyoncé emerges as an obvious choice for the next Rodeo stage,” wrote the multi-talented artist’s hometown black newspaper, the Houston Forward Times in late March when it was announced that Beyoncé was about to release her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter.
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