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The National Black United Front – Kansas City (NBUFKC), in partnership with the American Jazz Museum will sponsor its 41st Annual City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration from Dec. 26- Jan. 1. Monday thru ...

In what had to be the longest community-based parade in history — at least the 30 year history The Voice has been covering them — the 2025 Juneteenth Parade was a symbol of community-wide support.

After an unsuccessful but impressive run for Kansas secretary of state in 2022, she was the kind of contender the Democrats didn’t want to see crawl back into the woodwork. A daughter of a minister, ...

Crews continue final work on the Carl Brewer Recreation Center, with landscaping and parking lot paving underway. The original building sits to the left, and it connects to the new building. The ...

Wichita’s culinary scene just got a new kind of flavor: bold, soulful, and rooted in purpose. Sisters Kara Korean and Atlantiz Pete, co-owners of Different Type of Flava, opened their second location ...

As he enters his last year as President Pres. Barrack Obama obviously feels the need to explain his approach in office to Black people. Today, he released a nearly 3,000 word document explaining just ...

There are two full terms on the KCKCC Board of Trustees up for election and one seat open to complete the two-years of the unexpired term of board member MaryAnn Mosely, who died in 2024. Caiharr is a ...

If the Wichita Police Department implements the recommendations of an independent, third-party review, the city will soon have an Assistant Chief of Police, a revamped police leadership team and ...