How did the Kansas City Chiefs get their name?
Had things gone a different way, Chiefs fans could have been rooting for the world-champion Kansas City Mules this Super Bowl — or perhaps the Kansas City Texans. In a special episode, we're exploring...
View ArticleKansas pharmacists ask lawmakers for help as pharmacies across the state...
Pharmacists in Kansas say pharmacy benefit managers, a group that helps determine what medications insurance covers and how much they cost, are choking them out of business.
View ArticleAt Kansas City toy museum, Black dolls exhibit explores an uneasy history of...
The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs showing dolls, children and adults posing for the camera. But not everyone...
View ArticleMidwest biofuel industry hopes to gain more miles under Trump's new term, but...
Biofuel advocates say the industry is at an inflection point. They’re calling on the new administration to increase ethanol and biodiesel volumes in the country's fuel supply, expand E15 gasoline and...
View ArticleHow should Kansas City spend its money? Residents will get to weigh in on...
Kansas City officials unveiled a $2.5 billion budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that reveals its spending priorities. Under the new system, the city will evaluate each program based on its...
View ArticleTravis Kelce takes center stage
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, now an international star thanks to Taylor Swift, will once again be in the spotlight on Super Bowl Sunday. Plus: KCUR and its NPR sister station in...
View ArticleA Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?
There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?
View ArticleForest carbon credits seen as 'tool in the toolbox' in effort to curb climate...
The U.S. could lose up to 15 million acres of forestland to development by 2060. One effort to keep forests intact is to give landowners a financial incentive through the carbon market.
View ArticleKansas City Chiefs denied Super Bowl three-peat
The Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59 last night in New Orleans, getting their revenge against Kansas City and preventing the Chiefs from making history. Hear what happened in the game, and how...
View ArticleHelp scientists track bird species in the Midwest during a global bird count...
The annual “Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help researchers better understand bird populations and whether species are...
View ArticleChokeberries, superfruit of the Midwest
Meet the aronia berry. It's native to North America, easy to grow in the Midwest and full of antioxidants: So why don’t more U.S. consumers know about it?
View ArticleGrain Belt Express files dozens of eminent domain petitions in Missouri to...
The $7 billion clean-energy project would stretch from Kansas to Indiana, and is designed to bring wind and solar energy to communities across the region. It's scheduled to begin construction this year...
View ArticleMissouri soybean research project shuts down as Trump cuts off funding
The University of Missouri has been involved in the Soybean Innovation Lab since 2013. Researchers have been trying to help Missouri farmers combat a disease that can decimate soybean crops.
View ArticleTrump administration medical research cuts could mean $100 million loss in...
Universities and hospitals would need to cut their budgets under proposed changes to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health. A federal judge on Monday issued a...
View ArticleWichitans have passed out thousands of Know Your Rights cards as immigration...
Immigration rights advocates hope a worried community finds facts and power in the pocket-sized red cards.
View ArticleAfter tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director
Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of Tuesday.
View ArticleThe Midwest's homeless residents are hard to count, and help
One night last month, volunteers ventured out in Missouri to try to tally the state's homeless population. It's an incredibly important but flawed system that is especially difficult in rural areas....
View ArticleMissouri Attorney General sues Starbucks, alleging hiring discrimination...
The lawsuit from Republican Andrew Bailey alleges that Starbucks setting goals for the representation of people of color and women in its workforce and leadership amounts to illegal discrimination.
View ArticleWarm winter temps upended a popular fishing event in Michigan last year. This...
After a historically warm winter last year canceled several events, Michigan’s sturgeon season came back in full swing earlier this month. It broke records with the most participants and the fastest...
View ArticleFormer Johnson County sheriff wanted to charge top election official with...
A three-year election fraud investigation by former Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden produced only one case for charging: against election commissioner Fred Sherman. The county prosecutor refused...
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