In Missouri towns as far east as Boonville, and in Kansas towns all the way out to the Colorado line, people once more found newspapers in their mailboxes, and felt in touch with the world again. A few even wrote the editor, to tell him that after those 17 empty days without the paper, "life is getting back into the old groove."
The Kansas City Star, recovering from the first shutdown in its 66 years, knew just how they felt: it always does. In its Midwestern heartland the Star is much more than an institution:...
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