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Katie Byrd

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‘In an instant, everything changed.’ Kansas City family becomes face of Ronald McDonald House

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By Katie Byrd 
| KCTV-TV (Kansas City, MO)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Ten years ago, Jules and Javon McBride were in a head-on collision. Jules was 25 weeks pregnant. Both were critically injured. Twelve hours after the crash, their daughter Juliana was born — and spent the next 105 days fighting in the NICU. Jules and Jevon after the accident Three days after the accident, a hospital social worker told the McBrides about Ronald McDonald House. Jules was still recovering from an emergency C-section. Javon was hospitalized on a different floor.
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Single dad in Kansas City searches for kidney donor to save his life

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By Katie Byrd 
| KCTV-TV (Kansas City, MO)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Todd Elmquist has lived in the Kansas City area for more than two decades. He raised his daughter here, built a community here, and now he needs a stranger to step up and save his life. Despite Todd’s lifelong healthy lifestyle, he developed kidney disease. Todd Elmquist needs a stranger to step up and save his life through a living kidney donation. “Through no fault of my own, I’m in a pretty terrible situation,” Elmquist said.
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Olathe East shooting survivor turns trauma into mental health mission

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By Katie Byrd 
| KCTV-TV (Kansas City, MO)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - In a matter of seconds, Kaleb Stoppel’s life changed on March 4, 2022. That Friday started with a tip from a student on a rumor that someone had been bringing a gun to Olathe East High School, where Stoppel was the assistant principal. After school leadership asked students discreetly about the tip, a nickname surfaced. It was one that Stoppel and a fellow assistant principal immediately recognized.
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