WEEKLY/SEMANAL - KANSAS CITY, MO

It was 3 p.m. on a sunny day a few weeks ago when Michael Aguirre was playing with his children outside. Suddenly, the sound of gunshots ripped through the peace and quiet of the afternoon in Aguirre’s Argentine neighborhood.

Wyandotte County residents gathered in front of City Hall in Kansas City, Ks., July 21 to rally for the passage of an ordinance identifying Kansas City, Kansas as a safe and welcoming community for undocumented immigrants, to begin a program to supply those individuals with valid, government-issued IDs, and to put an end to the city’s cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

As the number of new COVID cases continues to surge in Wyandotte County, the Unified Government Public Health Department (UGPHD) is getting creative in finding new ways to inspire residents to get their free COVID-19 vaccinations.