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The EPA Region 7 presented Cornerstones of Care with a check for $458,358 to provide environmental job training to under-resourced children and young adults in the Kansas City area on Thursday.

Dangerously cold weather prompts many schools and universities to cancel classes...

Arctic air invades Kansas... the governor wants to spend millions on child care options for Kansas families... the state's court system comes back online after a Russian ransomware attack... and ag officials push to ban the sale of Bradford pear trees. Those headlines and more, inside. This ad-free news summary is made possible by KPR listener-members. Thanks.

Here is your easy-to-read, ad-free news summary of area news. KPR news staffers J. Schafer and Laura Lorson are behind the wheel on today's headlines. This news summary includes the details from Governor Laura Kelly's State of the State address and the Republican response...is free of pop-ups and embedded videos... and made possible by KPR listener-members. Thank you.

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Do your last-minute holiday shopping and get festive at these pop-up bars across the Kansas City metro.

In the wake of hate crimes against the Asian-American community, Jackie Nguyen, owner of Cafe Cà Phê in Kansas City, and others started to fundraise in support of various AAPI charities such as Hate is a Virus and the Stop Asian Hate Community Fund.