No Place Like Home
Housing prices continue to skyrocket in the Kansas City metro. The Kansas City area saw a more than 64% drop in the number of houses on the market between February 2020 and 2021, according to the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors.
Betting Big Down By The River
Casino KC s new owners hope to roll triple sevens with a redevelopment project they say could bring about amenities competitive in both the Kansas City metro area and nationwide casino markets. Rhode Island-based Bally s Corp., formerly known as Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc., anticipates breaking ground this summer on the first phase of the transformation to the former Isle of Capri.
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Registered Nurse Raquel Garcia, a Truman Medical Centers employee, injects James Watts, 71, with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Linwood YMCA.
After Missouri opened vaccine eligibility to seniors and high-risk individuals over two weeks ago, local organizations have battled various obstacles trying to distribute the doses where they’re needed most.
James Watts was eager to travel again, to see his children and grandchildren.
This week, that dream inched a bit closer to reality when the 71-year-old from Kansas City got his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Linwood YMCA.
“I want to be able to see (family), with some protection,” Watts said. “For me to be mobile was the number one reason.”
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Nora Karnes,80, had never requested a Meals on Wheels delivery before the pandemic. But homebound since March, she needs the surplus supplies. KC Shepherd s Center s weekly demand for deliveries has jumped from 50 to 400 since the pandemic began.
Older Kansas Citians might get the vaccine sooner because they are at greater risk of dying from COVID-19, but the pandemic is casting a light on the long-standing health challenges they already face.
When Steve Rinne, 64, and Barb Meuth, 68, learned that KC Shepherd s Center had been flooded with increased demand for Meals on Wheels deliveries, they volunteered to take a route.
“It makes me feel good to do this,” Rinne said as he loaded another box of fruit cups, peanut butter, toilet paper and other nonperishables into the back of his royal blue Prius. “Someday someone might need to help me like this.”
When Steve Rinne, 64, and Barb Meuth, 68, learned that KC Shepherd s Center had been flooded with increased demand for Meals on Wheels deliveries, they volunteered to take a route. It makes me feel good to do this, Rinne said as he loaded another box of fruit cups, peanut butter, toilet paper and other nonperishables into the back of his royal blue Prius.
Toy Train Scheme Cont’d
After years of reinvestment and the development of a starter streetcar line, Kansas City s River Market neighborhood has seen a flood of new residents as developers clamor to put up apartment buildings. And yet, the city may part with two valuable lots across from City Market and a block from the streetcar stop.
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