Kansas City Mayor Lucas Lashes Out At Missouri Attorney General Schmitt Over...
Lucas grew impassioned as he cited a passage in Schmitt’s lawsuit stating that the risk of severe COVID-19 illness in children is low.
View ArticleGarner, Alvey Advance in Kansas City, Kansas, Mayoral Primary
Voters also chose candidates for commission seats, sheriff and the Board of Public Utilities.
View ArticleCzinege, Skoog Advance In Overland Park Mayoral Primary
Unofficial results showed that 36,741 voters, or 13.6% of eligible voters, cast ballots in the primary.
View ArticleCan Paid Summer Internships Help Cut Crime? A Kansas City Collaboration Aims...
As Kansas City grapples with community violence, a new youth internship program is aiming to change the trajectory of at-risk teens. The model has helped cut crime and boost graduation rates in Omaha,...
View ArticleIf Missouri Fails To Contain COVID-19 Outbreaks In Prisons, Outside...
One Missouri inmate says prisoners feel "powerless" to control the spread of the coronavirus. He's worried guards are taking it home to their communities.
View ArticleCourtney Frerichs, Former UMKC Track Star, Takes Silver For Steeplechase At...
Courtney Frerichs took home silver in her second Olympic bid, while a Canadian sprinter with Kansas ties claimed gold in the men's 200-meter sprint.
View ArticleJackson County Reinstates Mask Mandate, As Attorney General Tries To Stop...
The new order takes effect on Monday and will last 30 days. Any extension must be approved by the county legislature.
View ArticleOrganizers 'Devastated' After Statue Of Native American Woman Stolen From...
The 400-pound, 7-foot-tall figure of an Osage Indian woman was stolen from the top of a limestone bluff sometime Tuesday night. When finished, the site will commemorate trade between the French and...
View ArticleTheir Unit Lost Dozens Of Marines In Afghanistan. Now, Survivors Struggle...
The Darkhorse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, is the Marine unit which suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the 20 year war.
View ArticleBlack Missouri Farmer: ‘We Are A Rapidly Dying Species’
Lorenzo Powell is one of 207 Black Missouri farmers. As he continues the legacy of his family farm into its sixth generation, he's waiting for a response to the injunction against debt relief from the...
View ArticleKansas Researchers Are Helping Test A Vaccine Against A Virus That Causes...
Parts of the U.S., including Kansas and Missouri, are seeing an unusual summertime uptick in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
View ArticleMissouri Reports Highest Day Of COVID-19 Cases And Hospitalizations Since...
Missouri is now reporting an average of 3,000 COVID cases each day, prompting communities across the state to consider mask requirements. But Missouri's Attorney General has vowed to sue to block them.
View ArticleCOVID's Influence On The School Cafeteria? Less Fresh, Local Food For Kansas...
The state's Farm to School initiative pairs Kansas family farms with school districts that want to buy food for student meals. But pandemic-related uncertainty about the coming school year makes it...
View ArticleWyandotte County Joins The Growing List Of Places Demanding Mask Use
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County Commission voted 8-2 Thursday to impose a mask mandate for indoor gatherings in response to the rebounding pandemic.
View ArticleInfrastructure Spending Deal Has Billions For Kansas And Missouri, Unless...
An infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate has billions of dollars for Kansas and Missouri roads, bridges, electric vehicles and high-speed internet, but passage is far from certain.
View ArticleRight To Repair Mandate From Biden Might Help Farmers Fix Their Own Equipment
The issue effects how can fix an iPhone, or whether farmers can tinker with their high-tech agricultural machinery.
View ArticleWhile Mask Debates Simmer, Kansas Schools Brace For Another Year Of Possible...
Greater access to rapid-response COVID tests, combined with vaccines for the 12-and-older crowd, means widespread quarantines should prove less likely this year.
View ArticleOverwhelmed Kansas City Hospital Officials: ‘We Need Masking Back’
Seven-day averages of COVID-19 cases were higher this month than in November 2020, and hospitals are struggling to care for people. “Your hospitals are on the verge of a crisis now.”
View ArticleDiscourtesy Or Discrimination? When It Comes To Complaints Against KCPD, The...
The use of racial slurs isn’t always enough to classify something as bias-based policing, according to the Kansas City Office of Community Complaints.
View ArticleGarth Brooks Tickets Entice Some Fans To Get COVID-19 Vaccines at Arrowhead...
Some Garth Brooks fans took advantage of the pop-up vaccine clinic at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, saying it was convenient and “the right thing to do."
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