Sylvia Maria Gross co-hosts and produces KC Currents, an award-winning weekly news magazine that covers news and culture in Kansas City’s diverse communities.
Rural America is losing its grocery stores. Fewer people are living in the countryside, and mom and pop markets aren’t able to compete with large chains. But some small towns are finding creative ways buck the trend. Here's the story from Onaga, Kan., where a fire last year took out the town's only grocery story.