A new career center will be built in Kansas City’s Northland, doubling its...
The project will move the center from its existing site in Platte City to a more central spot in the Northland. With more programs and a higher capacity for students, the new facility is expected to...
View ArticleFamed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died
A Kansas City resident, Zeskind began studying the white nationalist movement more than 40 years ago and published his findings in his 2009 book, “Blood and Politics.” His work showed uncanny foresight...
View ArticleHow federal health funding cuts will hurt Kansas City
The Trump administration canceled more than $12 billion in public health grants last month. Local public health departments are worried about what that will mean for Kansas Citians.
View ArticleU.S. farmers were already struggling to turn a profit. Trump's trade war will...
The U.S. trade war with China is coming at a tough time for American farmers, who are already dealing with lower crop prices and higher costs for farm necessities. Tariffs are likely to push crop...
View ArticlePope Francis has died. Read about his life and legacy
Pope Francis was the first non-European pope in more than a millennium, and one of the most popular pontiffs in decades.
View ArticleJackson County needs a budget
In a 5-4 vote last year, Jackson County legislators approved a budget that was later vetoed by County Executive Frank White. Now more than three months into 2025, Jackson County has yet to pass a...
View ArticleFinancial tech firm looks to Overland Park, and its tax incentives, for 'big...
The Fortune 500 company Fiserv wants to lease out two existing buildings at the former Sprint campus, with plans to employ 2,000 employees. It's requested what amounts to a roughly 40%, 10-year...
View ArticleKCPD agrees to pay millions to family of Cameron Lamb, Black man killed by...
Cameron Lamb's mother settled her lawsuit over then-KCPD detective Eric DeValkenaere's 2021 shooting of her son for $4.1 million. Money will also go to the mothers of Lamb's two children.
View ArticleTariffs impact what crops some U.S. farmers are choosing to plant this year
The spring planting season is getting started for many Midwest farmers. Federal data suggests that fewer acres will be planted in soybeans than last year, in part because of the U.S. trade war with China.
View ArticleA fight brews over an ICE detention center in Kansas
A private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, could reopen to hold detainees for federal immigration authorities. Plus: Farmers fear the trade war could cause another farm crisis.
View ArticleKansas City Council will audit city’s transparency in response to letter from...
Some Kansas City Council members want to shift the city's communications focus now that Brian Platt is no longer city manager. It comes after KCUR and other local news organizations sent an open letter...
View ArticleFederal 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...
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