by Jo Marshall, Social Media Editor
• March 13, 2025
Across the nation, healthcare providers and their patients are feeling the impact of growing medication shortages, as once-available treatments become more difficult or almost impossible to find. From...
From the new and improved street car to construction sites and renovation, Kansas City is finding new ways to connect residents and reshape their lifestyles.
The streetcar extension, one...
by Chloe Denk, Editor-In-Chief
• November 18, 2024
Economy
Cut taxes and implement tariffs
Not cut Social Security or Medicare benefits
National reshoring plan to decrease reliance on China for medical and national security goods
Ban Chinese...
According to Freedom for All Americans, Kansas City is only safer than one percent of other U.S. cities, and is one of the 100 most dangerous cities in the country. Our murder rate is the 7th highest in the nation. There have been 7,553 violent crimes and 24,623 property crimes reported so far in 2024.
Early last week, TikTok sued to block a U.S. law that proposed a nationwide ban of the app. The legislation, passed in April, was prompted by concerns about national security.
This school year, STA’s administration and board of directors made an executive decision to add an additional 50 parking spaces to the southeast corner of campus, directly connected to the currently-existing junior lot. Construction is scheduled to begin sometime in the month of July and last roughly two weeks.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools’ attendance levels have dropped nationwide, leading to widespread “chronic absenteeism,” defined by www.whitehouse.gov as students missing at least 10 percent of school days.
by Anna Massman, Features Editor
• January 17, 2024
When one considers the villains of Christmas, images of a certain Pumpkin King or a sneaky Dr. Seuss character may come to mind. This year, however, the presents under many families' trees are facing a...
When it comes to important events in life, often it’s characterized into firsts: first birthday, first day of school, first car, etc. However, one “first” that surpasses most and is many’s start...
by Lina Kilgore, News and Sports Editor
• October 31, 2023
On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America officially went on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers over multiple labor disputes ranging from low pay to rumors of replacement...
Unprecedented wildfires, catastrophic earthquakes, extreme flooding, unforgiving droughts, intense heat, destructive tropical storms. Over the summer, the world was inundated with headlines of extreme climate events, all spelling out one message: the effects of the climate crisis are here.
It represents Kansas City by including staples like fountains and barbecue restaurants. The title “City of Fountains” does not stop at the airport doors.
