A group of federal prisoners classified as “most dangerous” arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, on August 11, 1934. The convicts—the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary—joined a few dozen military prisoners left over from the island’s days as a U.S. military prison.Continue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1934 – Federal Prisoners Land On Alcatraz”
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Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18
Leavenworth County Died: March 10, 2023 Everything changed in 2020.’ A ‘great kid’ who struggled during pandemic. Caleb was 18 months old when he arrived at his foster home in Leavenworth. And the connection was immediate, said Vanessa Jackson, who with her husband Todd would later adopt Caleb and his older biological brother. “He wasContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1945 – American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by theContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1945 – American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19
Died: March 8, 2023 Mother says she lost her ‘best friend that day’ Desi’Ree Washington was her mom’s “girly girl.” She loved purses and makeup, her signature fake eyelashes and helping others look good. “She was my fashionista,” said her mother, Kelly Garner. “She always had my outfits picked out for me.” On the dayContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1965: President Johnson signs Medicare into Law
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become theContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1965: President Johnson signs Medicare into Law”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – JayPee Luciano Morales, 2
JAYPEE LUCIANO MORALES, 2 Johnson County Died: November 14, 2020 He was just 2. Now his parents are in prison for his death First responders found 2-year-old JayPee Luciano Morales unresponsive inside a home in Merriam in mid-November 2020. Testing later showed that fentanyl was in the little boy’s system, and medical examiners concluded thatContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – JayPee Luciano Morales, 2”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1999 – Woodstock ’99 Begins
The music festival Woodstock ’99 opens on July 23, 1999. The festival—timed to the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock—attempts to bring the spirit of peace, music, and love to a new generation; instead it devolves into three days of scorching heat, raw sewage, misogyny and greed in upstate New York. Woodstock ’99 was organized by John Scher and MichaelContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1999 – Woodstock ’99 Begins”
History Lesson Tuesday: The First Atomic Bomb Test is Successfully Exploded – 1945
On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the useContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: The First Atomic Bomb Test is Successfully Exploded – 1945”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
by Mark Sherman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. After deliberating more than six months,Continue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Lantz Tucker
LANTZ TUCKER, 22 Johnson County DIED: MARCH 4, 2020 ‘He always said, ‘Go big or go home.’ And that’s how he lived his life” Ask Crystal Tucker to describe her son, Lantz, and she doesn’t hesitate one bit. “The first word that comes to mind is fearless,” she said. “He wasn’t afraid of a challenge.Continue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Lantz Tucker”
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