Advertisements Unemployment Claimants: KDOL Feb. 19 Press Release While hundreds of KDOL claimants on social media sites lament that they received no payments today, a much anticipated KDOL promise of February 19, 2021 date for payments to be released to unemployment claimants of the Kansas Department of Labor has been clarified today by KDOL communications director Jerry Grasso. The press release clarifies that 4800 claimants … Continue reading KDOL Press Release Feb. 19, 2021

Advertisements Holiday Music is Just a 1-ana-2-ana-424 Away The Jazz 424 Lounge will be hosting Karaoke December 24, 2020 beginning at 6 p.m. in Leavenworth, KS. Owner James Diggs (shown unmasked in one photo taken prior to the pandemic) tends the drinks at the well-stocked bar. ©2020 Peggy Bair/HeartKC James and Georgette Diggs are the welcoming hosts of Jazz 424 Lounge. The couple previously owned … Continue reading Holiday Music is Just a 1-ana-2-ana-424 Away

“Some of our neighbors were not aware (of the need in the community) until they saw that [food] line. Because the line was normally inside.” – Iris Arnold, director Leavenworth Community Mission. Continue reading Gift of Giving is Her Mission

December 2020 will be a sparse holiday in the Heartland for those still not receiving their unemployment claims. ©2020 Peggy Bair/HeartKC Continue reading Losses Pile Up for Unemployed Kansans

Advertisements Bark, No Bite at KC Stop the Steal Rally By Peggy Bair A widely – and perhaps oddly – publicized Kansas City “Stop the Steal Pitchforks and Flags Trump Rally” did not materialize as planned Saturday night at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Barbs were exchanged – just not with pitchforks. The poking was all done with words. In an age of mostly digital … Continue reading Pitchforks and Flags