Kansas City is a large city, a major city in one of the largest metropolitan areas of more than two million people on both sides of the Missouri–Kansas border. Kansas City was founded in 1838 at the meeting of the Missouri and Kansas rivers and was incorporated in its present form in 1853. Kansas City, Kansas, is the location of several important battles during the Civil War. The city is well known for its diverse offerings to the musical styles of jazz and blues as well as to its two most noted
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team. The Royals are not as old as some of the other major league teams out there. The Royals are young teams that is making things happen in the majors in the past few years but this season is still young so we don’t know as their fan base what to expect from the Kansas City Royals this year. The Royals play in a stadium called Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have won 2 World Series in the franchise history. The Kansas City Royals came to the City
resources. This kind of broad issue can be considered in any city, but one city one should regard is Kansas City and its current standings in terms of being eco-friendly. Thus, several specific issues can arise if the residents of Kansas City do not take the initiative to preserve is natural resources and environments, which include increased air pollution, tainted water sources, and landfills. By considering these problems that potentially harm Kansas City’s local environments, it allows one to decide
“Homelessness is a symptom of systemic poverty” (www.kansascity.com). Since 2012, the homeless rate has risen more than 7% in Kansas City, MO alone. According to a 2012 count survey by the homeless coalition services, roughly 2,434 unduplicated individuals were homeless in Kansas City. Of those 70% were sheltered and 30% were on the streets. Since reported on any given night here in the metro more than 3,000 adults and 7,500 kids are homeless in our area. We are not sure why the rate has risen so
The Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment was a study done in the early 1970’s that would evaluate the success of routine preventative patrol. It was designed to test the techniques of modern policing such as visibility, regular, motorized and random patrol. The hypothesis of this research study is the presented policing techniques will directly deter crime, arrest offenders, and reduce the fear of crime. With the help of the Kansas City Police Department’s South Patrol Division, researchers
KANSAS CITY STUDY- The Kansas City experiment was the first large-scale scientific study of law enforcement practices. Sponsored by the Police Foundation, it focused on the practice and preventive patrol. The second Kansas City study focused on “response time.” The second study uncovered that most reports made to the police came only after a considerable amount of time had passed. Therefore, the police were initially handicapped by the timing of the report 143. Importance- The Kansas City study
had in store for me replaying situations in my head over and over again! Soon enough me and my mom are in her car driving to Kansas City to get on a plane to West Palm Beach, Florida. Our car is packed to the celling of all our bags filled with clothes, shoes, blankets, some kitchen ware, bathroom stuff and other essentials and that’s when it hit me, wow I’m leaving Kansas City. Or more like I’m leaving all my friends, family, my dog, and the house I grew up in for most my life. I took my last looks
experienced particularly high levels of advancement in Kansas City throughout history. "For a brief period from the late 1920s through the late 1930s, Kansas City was a mecca for Midwestern and southwestern black jazz musicians. Some extraorginary music resulted from the healthy competition and collegiality that grew among musicians of significantly different backgrounds and styles. Among the musicians who marked the sound of Kansas City then were Bill "Count" Basie, Bennie Moten, Lester Young
settlers prepared to protect their livestock. Cattle turned their tails to the wind and "drifted" for miles across the open range until they dropped from hunger or exhaustion. Losses were high, up to 75% in some areas, and consequently some large western Kansas cattle companies were bankrupted. Business and rail traffic were paralyzed for weeks. The force of eleven Union Pacific locomotives was unable to "buck" through and cut in the snow near ...
Fossil Discoveries in Kansas Did you know, in the state of Oklahoma it is against the law to either hunt or catch whales? Sounds sort of ridiculous when you think logically about it, but according to paleontologists it isn’t that far fetched. Over 65 million years ago Kansas, including the whole Midwest Region of North America from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf of Mexico, was covered by the Sea. Due to the continental uplifts of the mountain ranges in North America during the Pangaea stage
One might assume Kansas is merely nothing but fields. Endless fields of goldenrod-colored wheat swaying gracefully with the soft wind. Some may also think of Sunflowers. Millions and millions of tiny yellow specks filled with fuzzy bees doing their natural work, giving life to the wonderful little things, but no. Kansas is filled with bright, busy cities and streets too, people from across the globe, and places from museums to small local coffee shops. Kansas is certainly a special state, propped
destination in mind. Except that I was heading to Kansas City, where I figured jobs were easier to come by, instead of Wichita, 200 miles to the south, where she was living and asking me to go. The following is the story about how I went from Kansas City to Wichita. The why is obvious. She was like sunshine. And so I went to her. It was my first but not last time hitchhiking. I've since hitchhiked from Boston to Georgia. From Philadelphia to Miami, Kansas City to Chicago, Mexico to Vegas, LA to Mexico
place that is unique to Kansas (city, town, county, lake, river area, region (i.e., Flint Hills, northeast Kansas) or a building or attraction. • Give historically and/or currently accurate details about the place. • Explain how the place is important to Kansas. Theme: “Kansas Places” Describe a place that is unique to Kansas and explain its importance to the state of Kansas. A place could be a city, town, county, lake, river area, region (i.e., Flint Hills, northeast Kansas) or a building. Descriptions
youth programs to reduce crime and increase high school graduation rates in our cities. An article written about a year ago about “Royals, local government team up to open a youth urban baseball academy at 18th and vine,” The Kansas City Mayor calls it a dream and others called it a fairytale. Projects like this don’t come very often, or at least not nearly as often as we’d all like. They are calling it the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy. The possibilities are incredible. On the surface, they will
will discuss the history of the death penalty in the state of Kansas, and some of our most famous cases. In doing so, I will show how the state and the federal government have constantly struggled to come up with a reasonable solution for an extremely controversial issue. Furthermore, I will discuss the cost of the death penalty in the state and how those costs are affecting our next generation of leaders. On a fall night in 1906 Kansas Governor Edward Hotch sent a letter to Governor Fletcher D.
' The Investigation In Cold Blood Alvin Dewey, of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, is in charge of the investigation. Dewey is described as 'professionally qualified to cope with even as intricate an affair as the apparently motiveless, all but clueless Clutter murders. ' The crime is personal to Dewey
and 1890’s Kansas As history cascades through an hourglass, the changing, developmental hands of time are shrouded throughout American history. This ever-changing hourglass of time is reflected in the process of maturation undertaken by western America in the late nineteenth century. Change, as defined by Oxford’s Dictionary, is “To make or become different through alteration or modification.” The notion of change is essential when attempting to unwind the economic make-up of Kansas in the 1880’s
creative side, so he decided to write stories. The setting of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was set in with a happy society with some upsetting problems. The story was set in the 1950’s, the story started in Kansas and then it moved into a wonderful place called Oz. Dorothy lived in Kansas and grown up with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and her loving pet Toto. But one day on the farm a tornado came and she was in her bedroom listening to the wind which made her very tired so she fell fast asleep.
Nature vs. Nurture: The Case of the Murderers in Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” Are serial killers inherently evil, or are they just victims of ill-fated destiny and circumstance? The mass murder of a well-known family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15th, 1959 stirred Truman Capote to work for six years on writing “In Cold Blood” which describes how nature and nurture are involved in the crime committed by Richard Hickock and Perry Smith through explaining backgrounds and experiences that made them
such honors as the national rushing title, Offensive Player of the Year, and a spot on the All American Team. Unknowingly, he was competing with one of his future teammates on the Chicago Bears, Gale Sayers. The "Kansas Comet," (Gale Sayers) attended Kansas State University, in Kansas City KA. They were neck and neck throughout the season, until Piccolo edged Sayers out by less than 100 yards to take the title.