297: NourishKC
On this week’s episode of the Northeast Newscast, Managing Editor Abby Hoover is joined by NourishKC’s Executive Director Mandi Jean Retter. They discuss NourishKC’s belief that food is a basic…
On this week’s episode of the Northeast Newscast, Managing Editor Abby Hoover is joined by NourishKC’s Executive Director Mandi Jean Retter. They discuss NourishKC’s belief that food is a basic…
By Grace Kertz, Editorial Assistant Are you an artist rooted in the Historic Northeast community? Do you know someone who is? The Dignify Art Project is taking applications for a…
A Kansas City man experiencing homelessness has been charged in the Feb. 25, 2023, fatal stabbing of James Perry inside a homeless camp near 1st Street in Kansas City, Jackson…
A pedestrian, a Kansas City, Mo., police officer, and his canine partner are dead following a crash near Truman Road and Benton Boulevard on February 15. Just after 10:15 p.m.…
Following attempts by neighbors to get the Kansas City Park and Recreation Department to address a homeless camp just inside Gate One of Cliff Drive, a comprehensive clean up strategy…
Unhoused people started a fire on Cliff Drive between gates one and two on Tuesday afternoon, sparking frustration among residents of Historic Northeast and recreational users of Kessler Park. A…
By Abby Hoover Elected officials, city leaders and community partners introduced a new storage cart pilot program for houseless residents last week. The pilot program is an extension of the…
By Lexi Garcia, Tatum Goetting, Corbin Smith On July 20, the City of Kansas City’s Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department conducted a sweep at the intersection of Independence Avenue and…
The Land Bank of Kansas City, Missouri is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking organizations to rehabilitate and/or renovate land bank structures, including some in Independence Plaza, Sheffield and…
After multiple trips back to the drawing board, Kansas City’s first small shelter community for the unhoused was introduced on April 28. Merging KC, led by Houston DeFoe, is heading…