A Camden Point firefighter's request for public records from his fire protection district is a struggle that typifies many citizens' battles for open government.
Dr. Richard GistThis week's feature story, "Stop Hugging Us," looks at how research from the nearly 30-year-old Hyatt collapse is affecting treatment of post-traumatic stress treatment today. Turns out, it might be best to leave people alone, instead of making them talk about their feelings. Like any good research, there was more than one test case, and this time that second group of subjects came from a plane crash in Sioux City, Iowa.United Airlines flight 232 went down on July 19, 1981, en
Stop being so touchy-feely with first responders. In Peter Rugg's feature, "Stop Hugging Us," Kansas City psychiatrists with experience from one of Kansas City's worst disasters -- the Hyatt skywalk collapse -- tell grief counselors to back off and stop making first responders talk about what they've seen. Also this week, Pitch Editor C.J. Janovy answers some of the lingering questions in the wake of Anne Winter's death.Janovy also looks at the awesome Oxford Project at the Belger Arts Center
