Missouri regulators OK Evergy changing default time-of-use pricing plan
The Missouri Public Service Commission last week approved Evergy’s request to change the default selection for customers who fail to select one of the company’s four time-of-use pricing plans.
View ArticleMarion police chief resigns after footage shows him rifling through records...
Marion, Kansas, Police Chief Gideon Cody — formerly a member of the Kansas City Police Department — resigned after an earlier suspension. A reporter for the Marion County Record has also resigned,...
View ArticleA new Kansas tool helps you understand wildfire risk at your address – and...
Wildfires have become more common in Great Plains states. City outskirts and rural areas where cedars spread aggressively face some of the highest risks.
View ArticleA bachelor's degree in weed
Students at Missouri’s Truman State University can now earn a four-year bachelor’s degree in cannabis — and Truman isn’t the only academic institution teaching about weed.
View ArticleFormer KCKPD detective Roger Golubski, accused of corruption, hospitalized...
Golubski’s victims have long worried that Golubski will not have to face a federal trial on assault and other charges because of his poor health. A trial date has still not been set.
View Article13 students join lawsuits against Overland Park's St. Thomas Aquinas and...
Joseph Heidesch was arrested in October 2021 and charged with 30 felony counts for hiding a camera in his office and watching students change. This summer was sentenced to five years and eight months...
View ArticleMother of fatally stabbed Kansas City middle school student sues district for...
Manuel “Manny” Guzman was fatally stabbed inside Northeast Middle School in April 2022. His mother is now suing the school district for failing to address security problems that contributed to his death.
View ArticleCountry Club Plaza is under contract to Dallas retail company; deal could...
The prospective new owners already own a similar luxury shopping district in Dallas and another in North Carolina. After the current owners of the Plaza defaulted on a nearly $300 million loan and...
View ArticleQuindaro Ruins in Kansas City, Kansas, are one step closer to National...
On Tuesday, three U.S. House representatives, two Democrats and one Republican, introduced a bill to make the site of the historic town of Quindaro in Kansas City, Kansas, a National Historic Landmark....
View ArticleWhere the wildfires are
Big wildfires have long been associated with forested areas. But in recent decades, they’ve become increasingly common on the Great Plains. Plus: Lawmakers are negotiating a new Farm Bill this year,...
View ArticleKansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra's rhythms of revolution have kept crowds...
After arriving from Chile, Pablo Sanhueza made it his mission to spread the sounds of Latin America, and create an inclusive and radical space for cross-cultural appreciation.
View Article‘Critical infrastructure’: Missouri child care shortage called a crisis for...
Ninety of Missouri’s 114 counties are considered "child care deserts." The president of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce said "knuckleheads doing filibusters" in the state Senate prevent solutions.
View ArticleWill the new Westside pool have a water slide? It depends on where Kansas...
Officials are deciding between either replacing the old Jarboe Pool or building a new outdoor water facility at the Tony Aguirre Community Center.
View ArticleThis Kansas City area gym sent 3 athletes to world championships. The Paris...
Aleah Finnegan, Leanne Wong, and Lynnzee Brown all trained at Great American Gymnastics Express, known as GAGE, in Blue Springs. One of them has already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
View ArticleCan this photographers’ images of central Kansas help save the disappearing...
Kansas City native Philip Heying has made his home outside of Matfield Green, Kansas, for the past 3 years. He says the landscape around the speck of a central Kansas town is under threat.
View ArticlePicturing the prairie
Prairie landscape used to occupy broad swaths of Kansas, but only a fraction of the original ecosystems remain. A central Kansas photographer hopes his new exhibition will sound the alarm for this...
View ArticleBreaking down the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of quantum dots
Ever since the 2023 Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of quantum dots, Kate’s phone has been ringing off the hook. Everyone wants her to explain what these tiny clusters of atoms are — and how...
View ArticleCritics say Missouri's parole practices are unconstitutional. A federal...
The decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier decision that attempts to fix what critics called a “procedural vortex” that unfairly kept people in prison with confusing documents,...
View ArticleThe risk of wildfires is growing across the Midwest, as harvest begins and...
Hot and dry weather across the Midwest is creating a ripe situation for wildfires, especially as farmers head into the fields for harvest.
View ArticleAs rural residents age, some Kansas and Missouri communities step up to help
The number of seniors living in rural America is rising, but resources are decreasing and facilities are closing. So residents of towns like Cuba, Missouri, and Louisburg and Osawatomie, Kansas, are...
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