Kansas City Public Schools students get their own baseball field — a first...
Primitivo Garcia Elementary School is now home to the first-ever baseball and softball field in Kansas City Public Schools. Students and school leaders say it's more than just an athletic facility to...
View ArticleWhat does Kansas City need before the World Cup arrives?
Kansas City will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer, the smallest city in North America to join the festivities. Is the city equipped to handle the huge influx of tourists and their...
View ArticleIn Missouri, innocence isn't enough to get out of prison. The attorney...
Freed after more than 43 years in prison, Sandra Hemme’s story illustrates how difficult it is to correct errors when the criminal justice system gets it wrong. In Missouri, the challenge is...
View ArticleOne killed in Missouri as violent storms and tornadoes strike across Midwest...
The National Weather Service says a "multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic" storm is expected to impact multiple states. Thousands have lost power in Missouri and other states, and a person...
View ArticleKansas allows broad religious exemptions for vaccines. A Johnson County case...
The Kansas Supreme Court heard a case this week that stems from a Leawood woman who sought a religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for an occupational therapy job.
View ArticleKansas City will reinstate bus fares and reduce frequency of most routes...
The plan, meant to prevent drastic service cuts and increase oversight, would bring back fares and could end the city’s rideshare service, IRIS. But the transit agency said service reductions are still...
View ArticleA Kansas City father was deported after visiting grandfather’s grave in...
Evenezer Cortez Martinez, a Roeland Park resident and DACA recipient, has sued the U.S. government after he was blocked from reentering the United States last month and deported to Mexico City. The...
View ArticleTariffs threaten to upend markets that Missouri and Kansas farmers depend on:...
President Trump said that he is standing up for skilled workers and farmers by slapping tariffs on imports but farmers aren't happy. "It is being economically drawn and quartered," one Kansas farmer said.
View ArticleMissouri author’s new graphic novel leans into ‘blood-soaked,’ B-movie vibes
Soman Chainani’s best-selling “The School for Good and Evil” series was adapted into a Netflix movie in 2022. His debut graphic novel, “Coven,” marks the return of a trio of witches from the successful...
View ArticleHunting Kansas coyotes at night
Kansas ranks fourth in the nation in coyote populations. The state encouraged hunting them, and even legalized using night vision, but some property owners and regulars are concerned. Plus: A new...
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