Lora Lee (Debbie) Lathrope
Lora Lee (Debbie) Lathrope, 80 of Forsyth, MO died on March 31, 2020, in Forsyth, MO. Lora was born on Sunday, November 12, 1939, in Swan, MO, to Ernest S.…
KCPS meal distribution suspended temporarily after a staff member has a presumed positive case of COVID-19
Northeast News Late Monday afternoon, Kansas City Public Schools released a statement explaining that they would temporarily suspend meal distribution for students. The announcement reads: The health, safety and wellbeing…
KCZOO TAKING PRECAUTIONS WITH ANIMALS
Yesterday, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for SARSCoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. In addition, three other tigers and three lions at…
KCPS to distribute meals to students week of April 4
Kansas City Public Schools is offering sack lunches for all KCPS students at certain times and locations next week (listed below). Since the beginning of the school closure, KCPS has…
Governor Parson Issues Statewide “Stay Home Missouri” Order to Control, Contain, and Combat COVID-19
(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Building on Missouri’s efforts to control, contain, and combat COVID-19, Governor Mike Parson today issued a statewide “Stay Home Missouri” Order effective beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 6,…
Kansas City pays $80k to house homeless experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
Elizabeth Orosco Managing Editor On Thursday, April 2, the Kansas City City Council unanimously approved a contract that would pay $80,000 to provide up to 30 rooms for homeless individuals…
Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Urges Missouri Governor to Issue Statewide “Shelter-in-Place” Order
(JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri) – Yesterday in a letter to Missouri Governor Mike Parson, MAOPS President Steven Brushwood, DO, FAAFP asked the Governor to reconsider his stance on a statewide “shelter-in-place” order to slow…
Local Bank steps up to aid seniors
When the call went out from the Don Bosco Senior Center for help reaching and feeding local senior citizens who are unable to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Bank…
FDA Coordinates National Effort to Develop Blood-Related Therapies for COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to play a critical role in accelerating medical countermeasures to treat and prevent COVID-19. As part of the response to this pandemic, the…