As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter...
About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to...
View ArticleHere's how you can see Saturday's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse from Missouri...
People in some areas of the western U.S. will be able to see the annular eclipse, when the moon passes directly in front of the sun. Kansas City will see around 60% obscuration, while parts of western...
View Article260 Missourians are waiting in jails for mental health services
The people imprisoned were supposed to receive rehabilitative mental health services that allow them to stand trial, but they have been found to languish in Missouri jails — often for months — without...
View ArticleAfter decades of neighborhood violence, this Kansas City woman 'can feel the...
From 2001-2021, more than 20% of Kansas City's homicides have occurred in the Santa Fe neighborhood. Last year, the neighborhood became the focus of KC Common Good's efforts to reduce violence by...
View ArticleGrain Belt Express, which will transport clean energy to Missouri, wins final...
For years, Invenergy has been working through regulatory approvals and acquiring land easements to build the 800-mile high-voltage transmission line, which will carry renewable energy from wind-swept...
View ArticleKansas Citians with ties to Israel and Palestine share how the war has...
One week into the war between Hamas and Israel, the deadly conflict is having an impact on Kansas Citians at home and abroad. KCUR's Up To Date was joined by four people who live in our region or have...
View ArticlePalestinians in Kansas City call for peace, worry over loved ones in Gaza:...
Hundreds of Kansas City residents, many of whom are part of the local Palestinian community, gathered Saturday in support of Palestine and to demand an end to the Israeli occupation.
View ArticleBear-hunting season has begun in Missouri. Here’s what you need to know
This is only the third year in Missouri’s modern history that hunters can get permits to shoot black bears. The species was nearly driven out of the state a century ago, but have rebounded in the last...
View ArticleJewish Kansas Citians find solace at cultural festival: 'We thrive as a...
The Jewish Culture fest — typically held every three years — came at a pivotal moment for many community members, many of whom have family in Israel.
View ArticleKansas inmates say prisons discipline them for false reasons
A Kansas inmate says he didn't threaten officers in prison, but a disciplinary report saying he did might have cost him parole. It’s just one example of a prison disciplinary system that can be stacked...
View ArticleEfforts to tag monarchs carry into a third decade — tracking the butterfly's...
Monarch butterflies travel hundreds and even thousands of miles in their migration to Mexico. Volunteer efforts to tag the butterflies have helped scientists learn more about their journey.
View ArticleStarlight wants to raise $40 million to 'get more people to great theater and...
If fully funded, the campaign will make capital improvements across the entire Starlight campus — including the construction of a production truss and light bridge and a seating canopy that will shade...
View ArticleTax breaks helped Westside residents keep their homes
In September 2022, the Kansas City Council approved a tax break program for homeowners on the Westside who saw their home values skyrocket. So far, 53% of all homeowners have signed up for the program,...
View ArticleMore Missouri counties want to freeze property taxes for seniors, but aren’t...
Missouri adopted a law this year that lets counties freeze property tax assessment when homeowners become eligible for Social Security. Jackson County and four other counties have already made the...
View ArticleFormer Kansas City Police officer arrested after court upholds conviction for...
Eric DeValkenaere surrendered to Platte County Sheriff's officials Tuesday after a Missouri appellate court's three-judge panel affirmed his 2021 second-degree manslaughter conviction for the killing...
View ArticleOverland Park officers won't face charges for misconduct at police charity
The four officers — Sgt. Brandon Faber, Officer Brad Heater, Sgt. Rachel Scattergood and Sgt. Tim Tinnin — were placed on paid leave more than a year ago while District Attorney Steve Howe’s office...
View ArticleKansas prison fires 2 employees, disciplines 6 for mocking injured inmate and...
Inmate Elizabeth Wince had to crawl back to her cell after hurting herself and being denied medical care. Other prisoners at Topeka Correctional Facility told the Kansas News Service that prison staff...
View ArticleA former Kansas City detective is heading to prison
Former Kansas City Police detective Eric DeValkenaere surrendered to Platte County Sheriff's officials Tuesday after a Missouri appeals court panel affirmed his 2021 conviction for second-degree...
View ArticleAs deadly deer disease spreads across the Midwest, it's become 'everybody's...
Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first...
View ArticleOpe — didn't count you! New study asks who exactly lives in the 'Midwest'
A poll from the Middle West Review asked respondents from 22 states whether they consider themselves Midwesterners. The geographic sample included states not usually listed as part of the region.
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