Kids regularly run away Kansas foster homes and some have died. How the state...
More than 50 foster kids are missing in Kansas at a given time. The state said it is making progress to fix the problem, but critics say it could do more.
View ArticleHickman Mills is losing students, while North Kansas City can’t keep up with...
Hickman Mills has closed schools as it's lost 15 percent of its students in 5 years. Across the metro, North Kansas City is growing by as much as an elementary school worth of students per year and is...
View ArticleMissouri Gov. Mike Parson
Missouri's Republican governor said he wants to put some of the state's multi-billion-dollar budget surplus toward expanding highways and broadening access to early childhood programs. He told KCUR...
View ArticleSpencer Museum of Art's new redesign brings a 'broader range of voices' to...
The reimagining of the Spencer's 48,000-object collection is designed to make the space more accessible, inclusive and welcoming.
View ArticleWant to buy legal weed in Kansas City? You may have to deal with a sales tax...
Sales of recreational marijuana already come with a 6% state sales tax. With 3% city taxes on legal weed already before voters in Kansas City and other municipalities, Jackson County's proposal could...
View ArticleBills targeting Missouri transgender children and drag shows draw hours of...
The House General Laws Committee heard testimony on eight bills centered on the LGBTQ community on Tuesday. They include barring transgender girls from participating in sports that align to their...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, Police launch investigation into officer caught on video...
A Kansas City, Kansas man said an officer who responded to his home was “high as a kite.” That officer is now on leave and KCKPD says a medical condition may factored in the officer's behavior.
View ArticleWhat would reparations for Black communities look like in rural Missouri?
Reparation efforts in urban area are gaining national attention, as both Kansas City and St. Louis study what they can do to make amends for harm inflicted on African Americans. But elsewhere in...
View ArticleReparations in rural Missouri
Cities like St. Louis and Kansas City are gaining national attention for starting the process of reparations for Black residents, but rural areas in Missouri are taking their own steps toward righting...
View ArticleSalt makes icy roads less dicey, but it poisons the land. Here's what Kansas...
Scientists in Kansas and Iowa are working on a greener path forward. In the meantime, experts offer tips for public agencies and homeowners to use salt smarter.
View ArticleTeachers at Kauffman School want it to be Kansas City’s first ever unionized...
Nearly 100 teachers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman School are unionizing in an effort to reduce teacher turnover and raise their pay. If they win recognition, they will be only the second charter school...
View ArticleKansas City school board approves Troost and Longfellow closures, asks for...
Kansas City Public Schools will close two of its elementary schools at the end of the academic year. It's says parents and community groups can play a part in ensuring more don't end up shuttered.
View ArticleYoung Black Kansas Citians start an activist coalition to ensure ‘kids...
The Black Youth Coalition Network wants to be a leading voice among Kansas City's youth. Their professional development programs and community activism is catching the eyes of Black leaders.
View ArticleThese Kansas City Chiefs fans tricked out a hospital van to create their...
Four years ago, Al Van Duyne and his Lee's Summit neighbor Preston Howerton each pitched in $2,000 for a sealed bid to win a used hospital transport van. They've transformed it into a tailgating staple...
View ArticleDays without heat at the Gladstone Court Apartments
Dozens of tenants in a Kansas City apartment building were left without heat and electricity for days, while freezing temperatures took hold of the city. Even after the utilities were restored,...
View ArticleRural America grew in the pandemic's early days. But mostly recreational...
Despite a spike in deaths from COVID-19 and fewer births, recent research suggests rural counties saw population growth during the first year of the pandemic. Remote work opportunities could have...
View ArticleDespite a ballot box loss, anti-abortion lawmakers in Kansas propose a...
The call for an outright ban departs from the agenda of Republican leaders in the Legislature and efforts by Kansans for Life.
View ArticleKansas City researchers say being a couch potato may affect evolution. Just...
A study conducted by the Stowers Institute for Medical Research examined the genetic adaptations in Mexican river fish that were trapped underground over 160,000 years ago. The changes in the fishes’...
View ArticleLawsuit says Kansas City development agency controller lied about his past,...
The Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City sued Lee Brown, claiming he misrepresented nearly every fact about his professional life to get the job and then used his position to steer agency...
View ArticleJohn Keith Calvin, allegedly framed by KCKPD detective, 'died an innocent...
The family of John Keith Calvin, 56, who died Wednesday of colon cancer, believes he was framed by former KCKPD detective Roger Golubski, who was also connected to their sister, Rose.
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