Growing local food businesses in the Midwest is at the heart of a new grant...
Partners and collaborators will provide mentorship and technical assistance to local food producers and farmers in six states with an eye to tackling food scarcity.
View ArticleMeet the regulars of Clinton's Soda Fountain
Clinton’s Soda Fountain in Independence, Missouri, is beloved by regulars and tourists alike for its homestyle ice cream and its connection to former President Harry Truman. Plus: Looking back on when...
View ArticleKansas City region is sending 2 trapshooting champions to the Paris Olympics
Half of this year's Team USA shotgun trapshooters hail from within an hour of Kansas City. Army Staff Sgt. Rachel Tozier grew up competing in rural Pattonsburg, Missouri, to the north. Derrick Main was...
View ArticleCountry Club Plaza has a new owner after years of struggles. Here’s what that...
Kansas City's iconic outdoor shopping center has faced multiple challenges under its previous ownership, including high turnover and crime. The new owners run a successful shopping mall similar to the...
View ArticleMissouri Gov. Parson vetoes $1 billion in projects from the state budget
This year’s budget process was criticized by the governor and lawmakers over a lack of transparency.
View ArticleSandra Hemme spent 43 years wrongfully imprisoned. Missouri would pay little...
Missouri state law promises $100 a day for each day of life lost to prison on a wrongful conviction. For Sandra Hemme, who was first convicted in 1981, that’s roughly $1.6 million — which some critics...
View ArticlePlasma you sell in east Kansas City could end up in medicine an ocean away
Kansas City plasma donors help the United States fuel a pharmaceutical industry worth $35 billion. Many donors have lower incomes and rely on on selling their plasma to make ends meet.
View ArticlePornhub blocks access to Kansas over new law requiring users to verify their age
Under a new Kansas law that took effect Monday, adult websites must verify that visitors are over the age of 18. Critics are concerned about internet users' data privacy, and one of the world's most...
View ArticleTaking aim at opioid overdoses in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Corrections is using opioid settlement funds to pay for a program to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Opioids like fentanyl are a major driver of rapidly rising overdose deaths...
View ArticleFarm fertilizer runoff is impacting drinking water in the Midwest, not just...
Worsening local effects on health and recreation in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin are spurring action on problems that also cause the Gulf of Mexico’s chronic “dead zone.”
View ArticleA ‘silver tsunami’ is hitting rural America as small business owners retire...
Many small businesses owners are planning on retiring soon, but finding buyers to keep the businesses going can be a challenge, especially in rural areas.
View ArticleTwo perspectives on voting from Kansas Citians
In one corner of Wyandotte County, only about 3% of voters participated in the last election — and it's not because they don't care. Plus: We'll hear from a newly naturalized American citizen in Kansas...
View ArticleAfter becoming an American citizen, this Kansas Citian is eager to vote in...
One naturalized Kearney resident, originally from Mexico, is ready to make her voice heard in 2024 election. Nearly 900,000 immigrants and refugees became U.S. citizens in 2023, and the rapidly growing...
View ArticleBoeing buys struggling Kansas supplier Spirit AeroSystems to shore up 737...
Boeing agreed to buy Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita, Kansas-based supplier that makes fuselages for the 737 Max jet, in a deal intended to improve quality after a midair door plug blowout.
View ArticleDOJ report: Wichita public schools disproportionally discipline Black and...
In a settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, the Wichita district plans to create new policies and eliminate others, including its use of seclusion.
View ArticleKansas isn't doing much to help unhoused residents
A bill in the Kansas Legislature would have provided millions of dollars to build homeless shelters across the state — except lawmakers let it die in committee. Plus: Could manufactured housing like...
View ArticleExtreme heat and floods are back in the Midwest. How does climate change play...
Warmer temperatures are leading to more extreme precipitation, dry periods and dangerously humid heat waves all at once. But in a complicated system, some things aren’t changing as expected.
View ArticlePoll workers face threats ahead of the 2024 election. This Kansas City woman...
Attacks on poll workers have been on the rise since 2020. One local election worker is afraid that four years of conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric are putting her in danger — and she’s not alone.
View ArticleGoing for gold at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics
Half of Team USA’s shotgun trap shooters are from the Kansas City area. So what is it about Missouri and Kansas that makes for such good Olympic shooters? Plus: A Missouri professor is the first woman...
View ArticleMissouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison
Missouri prisons can house offenders in county jails after they’re convicted for a cost. But counties say they’re spending more than what the state pays.
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