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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Names New Director

Last week, the board of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum announced that city official Greg Baker would be the new executive director. He was chosen by a narrow margin, over the museum's long-time marketing director, Bob Kendrick.

cranesj@umkc.edu Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:57:58 GMT

Large Family Deals With Auto Industry Uncertainty One Day At A Time

When Brandy and Troy Foote took in four boys whose father had committed suicide, their family expanded to twelve kids. They also knew Troy's work at the Ford Claycomo plant had an uncertain future. They made the decision anyway because it was the right thing to do.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:11:45 GMT

UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton

KC Currents' Sylvia Maria Gross recently spoke to the new UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton about the shift from the business world, to academia.

cranesj@umkc.edu Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:39:52 GMT

How To Beat Holiday Stress

Social worker Joe Beck talks about lowering holiday stress levels.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:02:07 GMT

Holiday Shoppers Talk About The Economy

KC Currents asks shoppers and store owners at Independence Center how the economy is effecting them.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:10:22 GMT

"Lost Boys" Chronicle Path from Sudan to KC

Kansas Citians Ayuel Deng and Beny Chol, teamed with Barbara Youree to write the book Courageous Journey: Walking the Lost Boys Path from Sudan to America.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:48:31 GMT

Mayor Funkhouser Reacts to Citizen Dissatisfaction

It's been a tough couple of weeks for Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser. Bills are skyrocketing, while citizen satisfaction scores are dropping. The light rail proposal, which the mayor campaigned intensely for, failed at the ballot box. And, the Kansas City Star officially retracted its endorsement of the mayor last weekend.

cranesj@umkc.edu Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:35:07 GMT

KC Currents Election Dreamin'

It's been an intense political season, enough to blow away some seasoned political reporters, like Up to Date's Steve Kraske, who last week declared, "I think this whole thing has been a dream." So the KC Currents team imagined what that dream might sound like . . .

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:30:32 GMT

African American Political Club Prepares for Election

KCUR's Susan Wilson caught up with Freedom's president Craig Bland, who's also a state representative in Missouri.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:36:09 GMT

Topeka Honors All-Female Mariachi Estrella

A new statue commemorates seven Topeka women who formed one of the country's first all-female groups in 1980. A year later, four members of that group died when the two skywalks collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City. Today (Monday, July 17) marks the 25-year anniversary of that disaster. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross reports. Pictured: Rachel Sangalang of the original Mariachi Estrella sings in Topeka.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:10:11 GMT

Sonia Nazario Discusses Enrique's Journey

Los Angeles Times reporter Sonia Nazario won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for her series about a boy who migrated from Central America to the United States. Like many other children, as Nazario uncovered, he traveled through Mexico riding on top of freight trains. Nazario based her series on one Honduran teenager's experience, and she spent years researching his life and journey.

cranesj@umkc.edu Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:41:02 GMT

Memorial Proposed to Honor Victims and Rescuers at Hyatt Skywalk Collapse

In Washington Square Park on Thursday, on the 27th anniversary of the Hyatt Skywalk disaster, members of the Skywalk Memorial Foundation unveiled tentative plans for a memorial to the victims and rescuers at the collapse. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross reports on the details of the plans, and what inspired the foundation members to start conversations about a memorial.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:59:14 GMT

Memories of Brown vs. Board of Education

Memories of Zelma Henderson, the last surviving plaintiff of the case that legally ended school segregation.

cranesj@umkc.edu Wed, 28 May 2008 09:40:00 GMT

Working After Prison

One of the biggest factors in a person's success when they get out of prison is whether they can get, and keep, a decent job. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross recently visited some businesses in the Kansas City area that make a point of hiring ex-offenders.

cranesj@umkc.edu Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:24:07 GMT

Kansas City Native Muna Lee Heads to Bejing

One of the world's fastest women grew up in Kansas City. Since graduating from Central High School, Muna Lee's path has taken different twists and turns, but now it leads to Bejing.

cranesj@umkc.edu Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:22:04 GMT

Kansas Man Discovers Buddhism In Prison

Tony Farnan is one of many Kansas prisoners who was taught Buddhism by Lama Chuck Stanford.

cranesj@umkc.edu Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:26 GMT

Peddling Irish Goods for More than a Century

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Alex Smith paid a visit to one of Irish Kansas City's oldest institutions - Browne's Market. It's on 31st street in Midtown across the street from Penn Valley Community College.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:28:09 GMT

Muslims and the Media

Overland Park resident Zulfiqar Malik talks about his Muslim community monthly digest.

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 19 May 2008 10:12:46 GMT

Multicultural Issues At the Conventions

KCUR's Susan Wilson speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about aspects of the recent Democratic National Convention that surprised her.

cranesj@umkc.edu Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:57:37 GMT

Growth and Diversity in Lee's Summit

Historians disagree whether Lee's Summit was named after Civil War General Robert E. Lee or early civic leader Pleasant Lee. But we can probably all agree that today, to steal a line from Walt Bodine, "Lee's Summit is a sudden burst of everything."

cranesj@umkc.edu Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:12:19 GMT

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