Free local workshops on repairing lamps and pruning roses highlight this week’s event offerings. In our throwaway culture, it’s often more cost-effective to replace than to repair a broken item. But ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - While most may throw away broken items deemed useless as they think it is easier or cheaper to replace them instead of repair them, a local nonprofit hopes to change that.

Sometimes it feels easier and cheaper to throw out and replace things like broken lamps or ripped shirts rather than fix them ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — They came out in the rain, bearing their broken lamps, torn leather bags and many a dull tool. However, the rain could not quench the high spirits of the gathering as their broken items ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In today’s culture, when ...

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