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Seg. 1: KCK Shooting | Seg. 2: Lyz Lenz

Segment 1: A mass shooting on Central Avenue leaves a community grief-stricken.

Our reporter describes the weekend's shocking news from Wyandotte County, and a community leader asks Kansas Citians to understand what happened as an isolated incident that struck a growing, hard-working, tight-knit neighborhood.

  • Elle Moxley, KCUR
  • Edgar Galicia, Central Avenue Betterment Association


Segment 2: The author of a new book sheds light on political divisions in Midwestern faith communities.

In God Land, journalist Lyz Lenz tells the story a marriage that crumbles due to irreconcilable differences, many of them political, after the 2016 presidential election. The differences that pulled her marriage apart mirror rifts that exist in churches she visits throughout the region.

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Gina’s background combines print and broadcast journalism, live event hosting and production, creative nonfiction writing and involvement in the arts. Early in her career, she followed a cultural beat for The Pitch, where she served as an editor and art writer in the early 2000s.
Noah Taborda is a Sports Broadcasting Journalism major who hopped on the short flight from Chicago to hone his trade at the University of Missouri. He hopes to cover a meaningful moment or two in his future career.
Melody Rowell