Families with disabled children are in limbo as a Missouri aid program...
With a nursing shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, some children with disabilities don’t receive the full care they’re eligible for.
View ArticleKansas let people get booze to go during the pandemic, and deliveries might...
Liquor industry and grocers pushing Kansas lawmakers to lift restrictions on home delivery and online sales.
View ArticleFirst Lady Jill Biden urges Latino community in Kansas City to 'pay it forward'
First Lady Jill Biden visited El Centro Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, on Tuesday, hearing stories from Latino residents as part of a Hispanic Heritage Month listening tour.
View ArticleThe FBI ruled this 17-year cold case in Kansas a homicide, but still no...
Despite a hefty reward and an "Unsolved Mysteries" episode about his death, there is still no closure for Alonzo Brooks’ family.
View ArticleChild COVID hospitalizations fall in Kansas City, but doctors say flu season...
Children’s Mercy doctors say declining COVID-19 cases in children means trick-or-treating is OK this year. But if kids and adults don’t get a flu shot, Kansas City could be in for a rough flu season.
View ArticleThe unsolved killing of Alonzo Brooks
The Jackson County prosecutor shares her thoughts on the latest developments in the Kevin Strickland case. Plus, the killing of Alonzo Brooks has gone unsolved for 17 years. Federal investigators are...
View ArticleKansans will pay more for natural gas this winter
Your natural gas bill will increase this winter as supply issues drive up market prices.
View ArticleMissouri lawmakers demand reforms from troubled state agency after acting...
During the tenure of Jennifer Tidball, the Department of Social Services faced criticism over its handling of reports of abuse and neglect at unlicensed youth residential facilities, and its failure to...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood asks federal government to block Missouri's new Medicaid...
New rules require state inspectors to report violations directly to Medicaid auditors, which could jeopardize funding.
View ArticleKC Tenants confront Mayor Quinton Lucas over ‘unacceptable’ proposal for...
KC Tenants and allies rallied at City Hall on Wednesday over the mayor’s proposal for an affordable housing trust, which they argue will give more money to developers rather than to renters.
View ArticleFor Afghan refugees, a harrowing escape to the U.S. — thanks to an ag expert...
Kyle Wilkens, an agriculture policy expert in U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s office in Higginsville, Missouri, has already helped evacuate 30 people from Afghanistan. Among them is Zamzama Safi, who...
View ArticleTo get a job in Kansas City, many refugees have to depend on spotty public...
Local advocates say that for every five employers who contact agencies with job openings, only one is accessible by public transportation.
View ArticleRemembering Lama Chuck Stanford, a stand-up comedian who became a Buddhist...
Before he opened Kansas City's Rime Buddhist Center, Lama Chuck Stanford owned a party planning business and performed as a magician named "Mr. Fabulous." He advocated peaceful harmony for all humanity.
View ArticleEscaping the Taliban for Missouri
For Zamzama Safi, the Wilkens farm just south of Corder, Missouri, is a long way from Afghanistan — and it's exactly where she wants to be. After the Taliban takeover of the country, some 120,000...
View ArticleMissouri's governor vows to prosecute a reporter who told the state about a...
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered a flaw that exposed Social Security numbers for more than 100,000 Missouri teachers and alerted the state before publishing its findings, but the state is calling...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, police open museum even as news surfaces of federal...
CNN is reporting that federal prosecutors have convened a grand jury investigation into now-retired KCK police detective Roger Golubski, who partnered with the one-time police chief behind the museum...
View ArticleLa Primera Dama Jill Biden insta a la comunidad Latina de Kansas City a...
El martes, la Primera Dama Jill Biden visitó la Academia El Centro en Kansas City, Kansas, para escuchar las historias de los residentes latinos como parte de su gira de aprendizaje por la celebración...
View ArticleThousands of John Deere workers, including in Kansas, strike after rejecting...
John Deere workers walked off the job after the United Auto Workers union failed to negotiate a six-year contract with the tractor maker.
View ArticleGrand jury investigates alleged abuse by Kansas City, Kansas, detective
Federal prosecutors have convened a grand jury investigation into former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski. Golubski is accused of terrorizing Black women over the course of decades.
View ArticleThree jurors from Politte trial ask Missouri Supreme Court to overturn...
Linda Dickerson-Bell said she believes Michael Politte, who has been imprisoned in Missouri for nearly 23 years, is innocent of the murder of his mother, Rita Politte.
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