In the wake of the Chiefs parade mass shooting, some parents hesitate to...
About half those injured in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting were children. With such incidents continuing to happen, some parents now think twice about bringing kids to big, crowded events.
View ArticleAll children injured in the Chiefs parade shooting discharged, 4 others still...
All 12 of the patients Children's Mercy took in from the Chiefs parade shooting have gone home. There are still three shooting victims in stable condition and one in critical condition hospitalized in...
View ArticleHundreds rally in Kansas City for gun laws after Chiefs parade shooting: 'How...
Nearly 200 people rallied at Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon to call on Missouri lawmakers to pass legislation to help prevent future mass shootings like the one that killed one person and...
View ArticleIn the wake of the Chiefs parade mass shooting, some parents hesitate to...
About half those injured in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting were children. With such incidents continuing to happen, some parents now think twice about bringing kids to big, crowded events.
View ArticleKansas City’s mass shooting and Missouri’s gun laws
The shooting that followed last week's Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration has restarted a familiar conversation about gun control, even among elected officials who fled together for safety when the...
View ArticleThese ethanol plants want to bury CO2 in Kansas to cut their carbon footprints
Kansas has three carbon dioxide pipelines. Next, it could get two carbon sequestration wells, linked to ethanol plants. Here’s what we know.
View ArticleRemembering Lisa Lopez-Galvan
Friends, family and the larger Kansas City community are mourning the loss of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and DJ at radio station KKFI, who was fatally shot at the Chiefs victory parade. "It's...
View ArticleWyandot Nation of Kansas renews effort to to win federal recognition as a...
Federal recognition entails the United States acknowledging a tribe as a separate government entity — denoting their right to self-governance. Currently, the U.S. recognizes 574 tribal nations. For the...
View ArticleOlathe man wrongly accused in Chiefs parade shooting wants his life back —...
Denton Loudermill Jr. was briefly detained by police for moving too slowly away from the crime scene, but many people on social media — including a Republican Congressman from Tennessee — saw an...
View Article2 adults charged with murder of Lisa Lopez-Galvan at Chiefs parade: 'We are...
The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office charged Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays with second-degree murder, after a verbal argument about "staring at each other" escalated into gunfire near Union Station.
View ArticleVoting rights groups ask Kansas Supreme Court to block law they say impedes...
The state's highest court is considering the constitutionality of a law that prohibits impersonating an election official.
View ArticleAbortion opponents push for more restrictive laws in Kansas
Abortion is still legal in Kansas, with restrictions — but abortion opponents want Kansas lawmakers to enact laws to support anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers and put parents on the hook for child...
View ArticleLos Royals eligieron un lugar para el estadio, pero aún no han llegado a un...
Los grupos sindicales llevan un año luchando por una vivienda accesible y salarios dignos para los trabajadores del estadio. The Crossroads, donde se derribarán más de una docena de negocios, también...
View ArticleMissouri GOP confident they'll sweep the 2024 elections
Missouri GOP leaders say they aren’t worried that potential disunity during the 2024 primary races will hurt their general election chances in November. Plus: Two companies in Kansas are trying to...
View ArticleAg groups and lawmakers warn of a monopoly in the fertilizer industry with...
The sale of a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa to Koch Industries is shining a spotlight on consolidation in the industry. Several groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of...
View ArticleEastern Airlines moved its headquarters to Kansas City, expecting to create...
Eastern Airlines currently operates 12 airplanes, though it does not offer commercial passenger service out of Kansas City. Relocating its headquarters here required a $4.7 million investment.
View ArticleCan these Black veterans revive Kansas City's roller-skating scene? 'What...
The founders of SK8 Shot Studios are taking Kansas City roller-skating rinks by storm. Their plan is to revive the once thriving scene and grow it into a global destination for Black skate culture —...
View ArticleBig cheese in the Crossroads
Green Dirt Farm is opening a new restaurant next month that will bring its sheep’s milk cheeses to the Crossroads — in a spot now under threat from the new Royals stadium. Plus: At these Kansas...
View ArticleLarge crowds expected for funeral of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, woman killed at...
Redemptorist Catholic Church in Kansas City is hosting visitation Friday night, followed by a funeral mass on Saturday morning. Both events are open to the public, while a burial after the funeral will...
View ArticleBillions of cicadas in the Midwest this spring will be 'a really weird...
Two major broods that show up on 13- and 17-year cycles will crawl out of the soil and head to treetops to sing and mate. It’s the first time these two broods have emerged at the same time in 221 years.
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