/ KCUR took home five Edward R. Murrow Awards from the 2021 contest.
The station was recognized for its reporting on climate change in Kansas City, investigations into surprise medical billing, and remembrances of lives lost during the pandemic.
KCUR 89.3 has been awarded five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its 2020 coverage on the Kansas City region, spanning from reporting on Black Lives Matter protests to a series remembering the people lost to COVID-19.
The Murrow Awards, which are given out every year by the Radio Television Digital News Association, are among the most prestigious prizes in journalism.
KCUR competes in the large market radio division of Region 5, which includes the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. The winners of the regional awards will go on to compete in the national competition.
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Renee Fletcher was a glamorous woman the former Miss Kansas City Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t leave her house without styling her stunning platinum blond hair.
“She was always there if you needed her. And later on when she was always there, even when you didn t want her or need her,” her daughter Tracy Noe joked.
Fletcher is among the more than 1,200 people the Kansas City metro lost to the pandemic. She was an involved mother to four kids, an organized packrat who put others before herself and a skilled poker player. Fletcher was spunky, sarcastic and a bit nosy, but she was also a do-gooder.
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Tracy Noe displays a photo of her mother, Renee Fletcher, and her dad on their wedding day in 1954. This will be Noe s first Christmas without her mother who died from COVID-19 in May.
Renee Fletcher was recovering from a pulmonary embolism that doctors thought would kill her when the pandemic started.
Renee Fletcher was a glamorous woman the former Miss Kansas City Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t leave her house without styling her stunning platinum blond hair.
“She was always there if you needed her. And later on when she was always there, even when you didn t want her or need her,” her daughter Tracy Noe joked.
Testing Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you ve already been sick with COVID-19, you may have to wait longer to get the new vaccine. It s sparking renewed interest in antibody testing to determine if you might have been exposed to the virus. Community Blood Center is now offering expanded opportunities for you to get antibody testing.
KCK Suffers Tragic Loss
KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) A mother is grieving the loss of her son along with family and friends as police search for his killer. Someone shot Enice J. Fuel near 11th and Orville Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12.