5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (142+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City nonprofit expanded its hygiene services on Wednesday, April 8. Hope Faith Homeless Assistance Campus held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil additional showers at its facility. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Assistant City Manager Diane…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (423+ words) Homeless encampments across Kansas City are bracing for dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills that will create life-threatening conditions for people without proper shelter, heat and winter clothing. Anton Washington prepares for his night shift doing street outreach across different…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (289+ words) Warming centers and churches around the Kansas City metro are stepping up to help as many struggle in the dangerous cold. "It is cold, frigidly cold," said Randy Fikki, pastor of Unity Southeast Church. "Last night, it was 18 degrees. Today…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1221+ words) Whitney Leaming’s door is decked out for the holidays. Red tinsel garland borders the door, along with green ribbon trim, tiny snowflakes, a candy cane and a Christmas tree decoration. Leaming had to go all-out with the decorations this year....

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (106+ words) With bitter cold settling into the Kansas City area, warming centers and emergency shelters are expanding services to help protect people experiencing homelessness. Unity Southeast Church in Kansas City opened its emergency shelter Friday night, two days ahead of the…...