Federal cuts would shutter a Missouri research center that studies water...
For more than 50 years, the Columbia Environmental Research Center has produced research about contaminants and their effects in the water and on land. President Trump's proposed funding cuts to the...
View ArticleJackson County legislators ask state to investigate Frank White after...
The State Tax Commission has sent another order to Jackson County, this time about the 2025 assessments. The county's fight over the tax commission’s previous order has cemented a feud between a...
View ArticleKansas City buildings kill a lot of birds, but they don't have to. This group...
Johnson County Community College is one example of a local institution where employees are taking steps to prevent birds from flying into windows
View ArticleKCPD is still not doing enough to find missing Black loved-ones, families say
The Kansas City Police Department created an independent missing persons unit in 2023. Two years later, the department reports progress in its effort to solve missing persons cases. But many in the...
View ArticleKansas City teens speak up about their mental health
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, students around Kansas City still struggle with their mental health. A group of students at Guadalupe Centers High School share what they learned when they...
View ArticleRegional Climate Centers resume operations after funding loss led to closures
All six U.S. regional climate centers will remain online through a new contract deadline in mid-June. Four of the centers, which are overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...
View ArticleNelson-Atkins art museum 'reimagines' its Kansas City campus with redesign...
After a global competition, and a monthslong selection process, museum officials announced the New York City firm Weiss/Manfredi will design their ambitious new expansion project. It's estimated to be...
View ArticleTrump's tariffs won't get him what he wants, Missouri supply chain expert says
Haitao Li, chair of the supply chain analytics department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, says that the Trump administration's rollout of tariffs in recent months appears to neglect the ways...
View ArticleSpring has come to the Missouri state tree nursery
Every year, 2 million seedlings from the George O. White State Forest tree nursery make their way to front yards and fields all over the region. We'll hear from the staff growing and cultivating trees...
View ArticleA mother and son fled Colombia for a better life. He died in Missouri on...
Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.
View ArticleUna madre e hijo colombianos buscaban una vida mejor. ICE lo dejó morir en...
Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera.
View ArticleMore states are moving to scrap sales tax at the grocery store
With high prices at the grocery store, legislators across the middle of the country have moved away from sales taxes on food purchases.
View ArticleMeasles is coming to Kansas City, health officials say. Here's how they're...
Kansas City, Missouri, has not recorded a measles case since 2019 but that could soon change, as southwest Kansas is experiencing a measles outbreak this year. Officials say religious exemptions to...
View ArticleWhy some Midwesterners are renting backyard chickens
Backyard chickens are really popular this year, in part due to the high cost of eggs. Some people are even renting chickens.
View ArticleKansas research could help treat a form of breast cancer that affects Black...
Triple negative breast cancer is aggressive and hard to treat. It also disproportionately affects Black women. A University of Kansas medical researcher is working to find out why and expand treatment...
View ArticleMany Kansas City kids could lose free school meals
Free school lunch is a life-changing resource for kids in Kansas City. But for many families, potential federal budget cuts threaten to take the vital service away.
View ArticleKansas City will keep its rideshare program for now. But a long-term transit...
Kansas City will fund its rideshare program for another month while city council determines a long-term transit solution, which may include bringing some bus services under city control.
View ArticleA 'Star Wars' museum that's not far, far away
After Duncan Jenkins saw "Star Wars" for the first time, he embarked on a lifelong obsession. The Kansas City man has now amassed nearly 200,000 pieces of memorabilia — the second most complete...
View ArticleKansas City is home to one of the most complete 'Star Wars' collections in...
Die-hard "Star Wars" fans celebrate the fourth day of May this weekend, while the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures highlights action figures from the famous movies. For one super-fan, it's a...
View ArticleA former Missouri police chief is charged with stealing $300,000 from his...
Daniel Paulino is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from Velda City, a municipality of about 1,200 people in north St. Louis county.
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