Union members at Textron Aviation in Wichita reject contract offer and vote...
Members of the Machinists union will go on strike Monday after turning down the company's contract offer on Saturday.
View ArticleMissouri could legalize sports gambling. How much tax revenue could it generate?
During the Super Bowl, money changes hands based on the result of almost everything — the coin toss, the color of Gatorade dumped on the winning coach and even the length of the national anthem....
View ArticleJohnson County's homeless shelter plan is officially dead
It’s back to the drawing board for Johnson County and its plans to build a shelter in Lenexa for the county’s growing homeless population. How did the project — a major priority of Johnson County...
View ArticlePrairie home companions: Why more farmers are planting native landscapes in...
While corn and soybeans dominate the Midwestern landscape today, some farmers are integrating strips of native prairie back into their fields. This conservation practice has expanded to more than a...
View ArticleInmates at some Missouri prisons still don’t have air conditioning, and a fix...
The Missouri Department of Corrections had a $14 million budget allocation to install air conditioning at one of its intake facilities. It will take years for the project to be completed.
View ArticleMarijuana investors used 'predatory' contracts to snatch up Missouri...
Missouri's microbusiness program was sold as a way to help victims of the War on Drugs get a toehold in the burgeoning industry. But contracts reveal out-of-state companies or industry insiders...
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court weighs fate of Marcellus Williams before his scheduled...
Williams is set to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle, a crime that he has always denied any role in. His attorneys have launched multiple legal battles in an attempt to save his...
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court allows Marcellus Williams execution to proceed,...
Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, Marcellus Williams will be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Gov. Mike Parson has said he will not grant clemency to Williams.
View ArticleForget the stereotypes. Many homeless Kansans have jobs but can't afford a...
Advocates say homelessness in Kansas is mainly caused by a lack of affordable housing, not issues like mental health. Efforts to increase housing stock have built thousands of new units, but it’s not...
View ArticleKansas City’s pharmacist walkout, 1 year later
Kansas City pharmacists walked off the job last September to protest working conditions and brought widespread attention to the troubled retail pharmacy business. The industry is battling economic...
View ArticleHow can we bring extinct species back from the dead?
A new “Jurassic Park” movie is coming out next year, the latest installment of the blockbuster series all about the dangerous hubris in trying to bring dinosaurs back from extinction. Paleogeneticist...
View Article2 children almost died at a Kansas foster care office. What does that say...
Twice this year, emergency response crews were called to a foster care contractor's office in Topeka to save the lives of children in state custody. Poor supervision at such offices has been a problem...
View ArticlePhilomene Bennett, a founding mother of Kansas City's contemporary art scene,...
The Kansas City artist co-founded the Kansas City Artists Coalition in the mid-1970s and was known for her known for her large-scale colorful, abstract paintings and prints. She died on Wednesday.
View ArticleFather of Kansas City teen charged with killing chef says the juvenile system...
Two teens charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Shaun Brady will face December hearings on whether they will face trials as adults. A Jackson County Family Court judge Wednesday...
View ArticleOpponents say KU's merger of diversity centers is an overreaction to anti-DEI...
The University of Kansas informed students this month that it's consolidating several diversity-related organizations into one new Student Engagement Center. Opponents say the move is an unnecessary...
View ArticleKansas housing prices are making homelessness worse
Many of the people in Kansas who are homeless do have an income, but housing is simply too expensive to afford a place to live. Plus: Missouri law doesn't clearly IVF, so what's the risk of the...
View ArticleIn a new podcast, a Missouri journalist returns home to investigate suspected...
A new true-crime podcast, "Night Shift," tackles a string of deaths in a Columbia, Missouri, veterans hospital.
View ArticleKansas is covered in farms but isn't growing enough local produce for school...
Despite being surrounded by farmland, school districts in western Kansas struggle to source local food options to feed kids. But farm tours given by the state’s Child Nutrition and Wellness program can...
View ArticleBig rains are worsening nutrient pollution in rivers. Experts say solutions...
Decades of data show nitrate levels in rivers often drop during dry years and spike when rain returns. Experts say more conservation practices in and around farm fields could help smooth out the sharp...
View ArticleDowntown parking's big-ticket fees
Kansas City's new downtown parking policy during events is catching some drivers by surprise. Plus: Why did a master bootmaker from Italy choose small-town Kansas to continue his craft?
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