This farmer's livelihood was ruined by PFAS-contaminated fertilizer that few...
Biosolids — a type of treated sewage byproduct from wastewater treatment plants — are used as a nutrient-rich fertilizer on farms across the Midwest. But a group of toxic “forever chemicals” are...
View ArticleKansas City's Independence Avenue Bridge, a 'truck-eating' legend, is...
A new warning system may have forced a diet on Northeast Kansas City's most infamous bridge, but it hasn't stopped Thomas Gieseke's imagination from transforming the structure into a thing of whimsy...
View ArticleKansas City man accused of starting Super Bowl rally shooting to remain in...
Lyndell Mays, 23, is being held on $1 million bond. He was shot nine times during the February 14 shooting near Union Station, including once in the face, and is in constant pain, his attorney said.
View ArticleKansas City immigrants struggle to access health care
Kansas City has an immigrant population of over 130,000 people that is growing every year, adding to the area's labor force and tax base. Still, a high percentage of immigrant residents can't get the...
View ArticleBlack women sue Missouri to end state control of Kansas City Police
A new federal lawsuit argues that the Missouri law cementing state governance of KCPD was created “to keep Black people enslaved.” One of the women is Narene Crosby, whose son Ryan Stokes was killed by...
View ArticleSome Missouri Republicans want to ease up on Ukraine aid
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and other Missouri politicians have been especially vocal opponents to the United States financially backing Ukraine in its war against Russia. Plus: Woodman Elementary school in...
View Article3 Kansas City men face federal gun charges connected to Chiefs parade mass...
In an unusually fast response from federal authorities, the men were not charged with shooting the weapons, but rather with trafficking, illegal sales and lying to federal agents. One of the weapons...
View ArticleMayor Quinton Lucas says he'll vote to extend stadium sales tax
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas expects to vote 'yes' when he weighs in on Jackson County's 3/8th-cent sales tax extension April 2. But, with many unanswered questions about how the Royals downtown...
View ArticleThis family was injured at Kansas City's Super Bowl parade. A month later,...
In the first of our series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the...
View ArticleThousands of Missourians could have criminal records sealed under Clean Slate...
The Clean Slate campaign is backing four Missouri bills, which all provide for a more automated expungement process for low-level offenses.
View ArticleBaseball-sized 'gorilla hail' hit Kansas and Missouri during severe storms....
Severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening produced huge chunks of hail in parts of Missouri and Kansas. "Gorilla hail" can create lots of damage and even has the potential to be fatal.
View ArticleKansas City and Brian Platt sued for discrimination by ousted civil rights...
Andrea Dorch alleges in a recent lawsuit that Platt interfered in her job duties as head of the Civil Rights office in Kansas City. The lawsuit comes as the city is beginning to renegotiate Platt's...
View ArticleKansas City's shocking mass shooting is the kind of thing that happens all...
The Super Bowl victory rally shooting stunned Kansas City and made international news. But the rally was just an unusual setting for a frequent event in Kansas City — and America.
View ArticleKansas City Royals owner on the April stadium tax vote and ballpark debate
On April 2, Jackson County residents will be asked to extend a sales tax that would commit upwards of $1 billion to a new Royals stadium in downtown Kansas City. Even though businesses in the...
View ArticleKansas City Royals owner on the April stadium tax vote and ballpark debate
On April 2, Jackson County residents will be asked to extend a sales tax that would commit upwards of $1 billion to a new Royals stadium in downtown Kansas City. Even though businesses in the...
View ArticleLet the sunshine in: What to know about your right to public information in 4...
Sunshine Week, observed each year in mid-March, aims to shine a national spotlight on these regulations that entitle Americans to information about government at all levels.
View ArticleNurses at Kansas City-area hospitals are prepared to strike as they kick off...
About 1,000 nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park want more support and higher staffing levels. They started negotiations for a new contract this...
View ArticleKansas City Current fans pack brand new CPKC Stadium to capacity and...
The Current opened the National Women's Soccer League season with a win in the team's new Berkley riverfront stadium. It's the first in the world built for a women's professional soccer team.
View ArticleThe True Dangers of Long Trains
Trains are getting longer. Railroads are getting richer. But these “monster trains” are jumping off of tracks across America and regulators are doing little to curb the risk.
View ArticleKansas will pay $1 million for not removing murdered child from abusive home
Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 murder of a 7-year-old boy.
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