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/ A man who identified himself as Jason found some shelter Thursday morning in an alcove outside Auditorium Plaza Garage. He spent the night in Bartle Hall but was uncertain where he would go during the day to keep warm and was unaware of the extreme cold heading this way. People experiencing homelessness are under added pressure to find safe shelter as temperatures drop well below zero degrees. A brutally cold blast of air will grip the Kansas City metro for several more days —potentially bringing wind chill temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero Saturday and Sunday. Meteorologist Em...

With dangerously cold temps, homeless shelters expect to be busy City opened a warming shelter at Bartle Hall to help more homeless stay warm Share Updated: 9:23 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 City opened a warming shelter at Bartle Hall to help more homeless stay warm Share Updated: 9:23 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THERE WITHOUT YOUR HANDS. JUST FREEZING UP. TONY. TEMPLE IS OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE. TOLL ON OTHER HOMELESS AND HIS FEET WAS ACTUALLY BLACK FROM FROSTBITE. TONY IS ONE OF MORE THAN 100 AT SHELTER KC THE SHELTER ADDING BEDS AND ANTICIPATION OF...

Volunteers and donations needed at Bartle Hall warming center, how to help More people expected ahead of freezing temps Volunteers and donations needed at Bartle Hall warming center, how to help and last updated 2021-02-05 18:23:43-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With freezing temperatures coming, more people are expected to show up at the Scott Eicke Warming Center inside Bartle Hall needing a safe place to sleep. Organizers say they need people to volunteer and to provide the guests with some love and comfort. "We need people. It's more-so easy work because, really, you're just going to be m...

New Bartle Hall homeless center needs more security, food, Kansas City officials say Allison Kite, The Kansas City Star Feb. 5—It hasn't been a full week since Kansas City opened a warming center for homeless individuals at Bartle Hall. But that week has been rough, City Council members said Thursday. One councilwoman had to pay for and deliver food there. An organization with decades of experience pulled out. And council members worry there's not enough security. In their weekly Business Session meeting, council members grilled the new city manager, Brian Platt, and staff o...

KCUR 89.3 One of Bartle Hall's exhibition rooms will provide shelter for the homeless until March 31. This was the first weekend and more than 150 people came for a bed. The convention center will now be a temporary shelter as more people find themselves without permanent homes due to the economic impact of the pandemic. It was still dark Sunday morning when William, 50, was among the first to descend the escalator from the cavernous exhibit room at Bartle Hall that, in more normal times, he might visit for a home show. Over the weekend, he and some 150 other people without houses of their ow...