An army of volunteers help a Missouri town clean up and start to recover from...
High school and college students, families, and neighbors are all pitching in to help clear the debris and start repairing the damage from the tornado that came through Rolla on Friday night.
View ArticleA South Dakota law creates new hurdles for a massive Midwest carbon dioxide...
Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to build a pipeline across five states included the right to use eminent domain in some states. A South Dakota law says that’s no longer allowed, and an Iowa bill seeks to...
View Article'Suspicious' Cybertruck fires at Kansas City Tesla dealership under federal...
After two Telsa Cybertrucks caught fire at a dealership on Monday night, the FBI and ATF agents joined the Kansas City Police Department Bomb and Arson unit in the investigation.
View ArticleLouisiana woman charged with second-degree murder in Kansas City TV...
Danette Colbert, 48, was already charged with theft and using the credit card of Adan Manzano, 27, an anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City. He was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl....
View ArticleWhy many Kansas police don't want to help with deportations
Kansans overwhelmingly voted for President Trump. So why are so many local authorities hesitant to help his administration carry out its immigration policy goals?
View ArticleAfter tornadoes hit the Missouri Ozarks, residents try to imagine rebuilding...
Twisters that tore through Union County, Missouri, killed 6 people. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm.
View ArticleKids in most Missouri counties stay in foster care longer than the federal...
Under national standards, at least 35% of kids entering foster care should exit with a permanent living situation — whether adoption, guardianship or reunification with family — within one year. But...
View ArticleKansas education commissioner: Kids need more time in school
Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson urged districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year to make up for snow days. He is also proposing half-day summer school for young students who are...
View ArticleThe Kansas City mothers working to save infants
As the number of fetal and infant deaths in Kansas City begins to rise again, a group of women is trying to make sure expecting mothers are well educated on risk factors.
View ArticleKansas City forecasts and storm warnings threatened by Trump's cuts to...
Nearly 2,500 jobs are being eliminated at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for collecting weather data used by meteorologists. That could spell danger...
View ArticleMissouri saw hundreds of wildfires in the last week. Dry, windy conditions...
Dry conditions and high winds have led to wildfires across Missouri. So far, there have been no reported injuries, but structures and vehicles have burned.
View ArticleVoters will decide how to pick Kansas Supreme Court justices. But how many...
A proposed state constitutional amendment would require Kansas Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor.
View ArticleKansas City Manager Brian Platt suspended indefinitely after losing...
Platt was suspended two weeks ago after the city lost a lawsuit claiming he had encouraged employees to lie to the media. He is the highest-paid employee in the city.
View ArticleKansas City budgets more money for police. A plan to fully fund buses is...
The Kansas City Council passed a $2.5 billion budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, its largest ever. The police department will get even more money than before, while council members will discuss a...
View ArticleLet's taco 'bout In-A-Tub
Since 1951, one locally-owned fast food chain has been a cult favorite for generations of Kansas City residents. How In-A-Tub, famous for its deep-fried tacos coated in a bright orange powdered cheese,...
View ArticleKansas City’s struggling refugee resettlement agencies turn to the public for...
Two months after President Trump abruptly stopped funding refugee resettlement work, Kansas City-area agencies are fighting to pay refugees’ rent and provide new arrivals with other promised help.
View ArticleInside a Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic as patients navigate abortion...
In-clinic abortion care has returned to Columbia after a long hiatus. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith takes us on a tour behind the scenes of central Missouri's Planned Parenthood health clinic.
View ArticleFerguson Police Department marks a milestone in required reforms
The community policing and engagement plan is one of the last major actions required by a 2016 federal consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. "We are not the police department of 2014,"...
View ArticleMid-Missouri refugee resettlement program closing after 14 years because of...
Catholic Charities of Northern and Central Missouri will end its refugee program March 31 due to a lack of federal funding. Even after President Trump's orders suspending refugee admissions were...
View ArticleAún en el estado conservador de Kansas, muchas agencias policiales no quieren...
Kansas votó abrumadoramente por el presidente Donald Trump. Entonces, ¿por qué muchas autoridades locales dudan en ayudar a su administración a llevar a cabo sus objetivos de política migratoria?
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