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Wayside Waifs uses animals to teach Kansas City kids about stopping violence
Wayside Waifs, Kansas City's largest no-kill shelter, wants to end abuse towards animals and people with their No More Bullying! program. The program works to prevent violence through social-emotional learning. Thousands of 3rd through 5th graders in Kansas City are taught about five core character traits: responsibility, being humane, compassion, self-control and integrity.
Headlines for Tuesday, July 2, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KC Star / WIBW) - Storms brought heavy rains to Kansas City, leading to flash flooding in several parts of the metro. The Kansas City Star reports that nearly seven inches of rain fell over the course of just six hours Monday. The southern half of Kansas City got the heaviest rainfall. The fast rising water caught many motorists by surprise and some drivers had to be rescued.
MetLife Foundation Community Impact Grant Program Opens Applications for Funding
MetLife Foundation announced another request for proposal (RFP) opportunity for its Community Impact Grant Program, which it expanded earlier this year and launched internationally in Asia Pacific. With the support and dedication of MetLife employees in the application review process, the program continues to expand the Foundation’s impact and involvement in communities where MetLife has a presence.
Balls Food Stores Transfers Company Ownership to Associates
Balls Food Stores (BFS) has revealed that it will transfer ownership of its 25 grocery stores to the company’s employees, who are known as “teammates,” building on the founder’s history of creating an associate-centered culture. The decision to form an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) comes as the Kansas City, Kan.-based independent grocer celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach argues new agency rule on gun sales is unconstitutional
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach argued that a rule implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is unconstitutional and moved that a temporary restraining order be issued on the rule Monday at the Robert Dole Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. The ATF rule deems that firearms sold with...
KC Business owner, co-defendant plead guilty to $4.7M drug conspiracy
Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 48, of Mexican citizenship, residing in Overland Park, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering from May 23, 2020 to September 20, 2022.
Targeted enforcement operation leads to felony theft arrests in Johnson County
JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - A targeted enforcement operation in Johnson County recently led to several felony theft arrests. The Merriam Police Department said Tuesday their officers worked in collaboration with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office to patrol at Merriam Town Center. There, officers intercepted four thefts and arrested...
Belton Fire Department demonstrates how to avoid letting your 4th of July go up in smoke
BELTON, Mo. — The Fourth of July is this week, and many in Kansas City are planning to celebrate with. This afternoon, KMBC 9 is working with the Belton Fire Department to help keep you safe while you're having a blast. "It's a dangerous thing. I want you to...
Live! Onstage in July and August
Shrek The Musical (photo by Cyork Photography) Starlight hosts a full schedule, the KC Fringe Fest gets underway and more great theater rolls off KC stages as the first days of school approach. Support local theater by attending one or more of these productions:. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Now...
KCTV5 to broadcast Kansas City’s biggest Fourth of July celebration: the Stars and Stripes Picnic
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - For a second consecutive year, KCTV5 will carry Kansas City’s largest Independence Day celebration on air. The Stars and Stripes Picnic is set to take place on the Fourth of July at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Here is everything you...
Newtown, MO man sentenced to nine years for fentanyl trafficking in northwest Missouri
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Teresa Moore, announced on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that a Newtown, Missouri man had been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for Fentanyl Trafficking in Northwest Missouri. According to...
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