Evergy: More rolling blackouts, outages possible through Wednesday morning across metro area Share Updated: 3:58 PM CST Feb 17, 2021 Share Updated: 3:58 PM CST Feb 17, 2021
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Show Transcript INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLENER SHARES THE EXPERIENCE. KMBC 9 NEWS GOT MULTIPLE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WITH OUTAGES LASTING LONGER THAN THE 90 MINUTES EVERGY SAID THEY WOULD TODAY. NOTHING. NOTHING BRANDON HENDERSON COULD DO, COULD BRING POWER BACK. TUESDAY MORNING. IT’S ABOUT 10:30 NOW, AND THE POWER’S STILL OUT. HENDERSON, WITH ONE CANDLE TO KEEP THE PLACE WARM. THAT’S ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO. EVERGY, TUESDAY MORNING, ANNOUNCING A SERIES OF ROLLING OUTAGES. THOSE TIMES COULD SPREAD UP TO 60-90 MINUTES. JUST NOTICED POWER WASN’T ON. AN HOUR AND A HALF WASN’T THE NORM FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR UMKC. IT WAS 3 HOURS WITHOUT POWER. THERMOSTATS DIPPING INTO THE 50S. I WOULD’VE JUST EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE INFO FROM THEM. EV
East Central College officials said early projections show a 12 percent decrease in enrollment for the next term.
Currently, 1,351 people are enrolled for the spring semester, ECCâs interim vice president of student development Paul Lampe said. In December 2019, that figure was 1,534.
Enrollment affects state funding, so a decrease in students changes the money allocated to local colleges. To cover costs, ECC officials increased tuition 3 percent in the fall, after a 20 percent increase in June 2019, according to previous Missourian reporting.
Lampe said he is optimistic there will be a less dramatic change in spring enrollment than the numbers show now, predicting just a 5 percent reduction in students.
12/12/2020 5:37:49 AM
By John Covington
Before the summer ended, Grace McKinnis had her next four years planned.
The St. Francis Borgia Regional High School graduate had been accepted into her top school, Truman State University, in Kirksville, where she would study English and education.
When she combines the two, McKinnis wants to teach grammar, literature, ‘or anything English” to high school students.
But, as it did for many, the COVID-19 pandemic shifted McKinnis’ plans. About two weeks before she was to move on campus at Truman State, she questioned the decision of leaving home.
McKinnis remembers the exact moment, while at home with her mom, when she realized that it was not the time to go off to college.