Caroline Todd

3 weeks ago | kmbc.com | Cody Holyoke |Caroline Todd

YOUR KANSAS CITY ROYALS ARE HOPING TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE POSTSEASON FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THE PITCH HE STRUCK HIM OUT AND THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS MOVE ON. THE BOYS IN BLUE DEFIED EXPECTATIONS LAST SEASON, SURGING INTO OCTOBER AFTER LOSING MORE THAN 100 GAMES IN 2023. THEY EVEN BEAT THE YANKEES IN A GAME IN THE ALDS, EVENTUALLY LOSING TO THE BRONX BOMBERS, WHO TOOK THE SERIES THREE TWO. IT IS A CHIP ON THE ROYALS PROVERBIAL SHOULDER AS THEY WORK TO GET BACK TO THE WORLD SERIES.

3 weeks ago | kmbc.com | Cody Holyoke |Caroline Todd

ACT OF HATRED HERE AT HOME SENT SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A WHITE SUPREMACIST OPENED FIRE AT A JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN OVERLAND PARK, KILLING TERRI LAMANNO, DOCTOR WILLIAM CORPORON, AND 14 YEAR OLD REAT UNDERWOOD, ALL NON-JEWISH VICTIMS. REAT WAS AT THE JCC FOR A SINGING COMPETITION THE DAY HE WAS MURDERED. OUT OF THAT, TRAGEDY CAME PURPOSE. A WOMAN WHO LOST HER DAD AND SON THAT DAY MADE IT HER MISSION TO SPREAD KINDNESS, NOT HATE.

3 weeks ago | kmbc.com | Cody Holyoke |Caroline Todd

THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. I’M CODY HOLYOKE. JUST BECAUSE A CONVERSATION IS UNCOMFORTABLE DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY LESS IMPORTANT. SOMETIMES BRINGING ISSUES TO LIGHT CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE SAME TRAUMA AND LET THEM KNOW THEY’RE NOT ALONE. IT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW WITH SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT CASES. WE’VE SEEN MANY HIGH PROFILE STORIES TAKE SHAPE IN MISSOURI. WATCHING ALLEGATIONS FROM THE AGAPE BOYS SCHOOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER IN KANSAS CITY TO EPIC CHURCH IN INDEPENDENCE.

1 month ago | kmbc.com | Cody Holyoke |Caroline Todd

FINANCIAL STRUGGLES LATELY, HIGHER PRICES AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL IS PUSHING SEVERAL FAMILIES INTO AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. DO THEY PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE OR BUY OTHER NEEDS LIKE DIAPERS FOR THEIR KIDS? A LOCAL DIAPER BANK CALLED HAPPY BOTTOMS IS WORKING TO HELP FAMILIES AVOID THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS. KMBC NINE JAMIE WEISS SHARES THEIR STORY. THERE’S A GROWING NEED IN KANSAS CITY THAT LARGELY GOES UNSEEN, 1 IN 2 FAMILIES HERE IN KANSAS CITY ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD DIAPERS.

1 month ago | kmbc.com | Cody Holyoke |Caroline Todd

OF IN A STATE OF CONTRADICTION. VOTERS OFTEN PICK CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES AT THE POLLS, BUT APPROVE MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES. THOSE OPPOSING FORCES ARE BUTTING HEADS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS. LAST YEAR, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED PROPOSITION A, A PLAN TO RAISE THE STATE’S MINIMUM WAGE, WHILE ALSO MANDATING MOST BUSINESSES PROVIDE PAID SICK LEAVE FOR THEIR WORKERS. STARTING MAY 1ST.