Ongoing coverage of Kansas City during the age of this novel coronavirus . A look at small business and service industry workers, a senior center who had to close their doors to patrons but still served take away and delivery meals, how grocery stores are responding, what University of Missouri Kansas City looks like, and portraits of citizens as they adapt to life during a pandemic.

D. Gillespie on her front porch in Kansas City, Missouri. Earlier in the day she posted a selection of bible passages other front door to encourage the community. Gillespie had this to say regarding the pandemic, “This is a test, and a test is how much you know about a certain subject, and that subject is love.”