After 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...
View ArticleUn año después del tiroteo en el desfile del Super Bowl, los sobrevivientes...
Los sobrevivientes y testigos de la violencia armada a menudo se congelan emocionalmente al principio, como mecanismo de afrontamiento. A medida que se acerca el cumplimiento de un año desde el tiroteo...
View ArticleIn parts of Missouri, bird flu is driving egg prices up over $6 a dozen
Egg prices are expected to increase by 20% in 2025, largely due to the spread of a highly pathogenic avian influenza. That's on top of an almost 40% price increase last year.
View ArticleOne year after the Super Bowl parade shooting
Survivors of last years' shootings at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Parade say their lives will never be the same. Some lost work or had relationships fail — even just seeing Chiefs jerseys can...
View ArticleUSAID funding freeze halts food security and ag research at Midwest...
The Soybean Innovation Lab based at the University of Illinois has laid off 30 employees and expects to shut down in the spring if funding isn't restored. Lab leaders at other Land Grant universities...
View ArticleUMKC achieves top research university honor, as it hopes to attract more...
The public university has been recognized as a leading research university. The certification makes UMKC more competitive for both students and research funding.
View Article'Shark Tank' for queer dating in Kansas City
Some Kansas Citians fed up with dating apps are looking to a new event created just for the LGBTQ+ community — where you pitch your friends on their behalf, in front of an entire crowd. Plus: Two years...
View Article2 years after Kansas City playwright’s death, KC Rep revives his hometown...
Nathan Louis Jackson’s untimely death at the age of 44 left a void in Kansas City theater. A new Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of his play “Broke-ology” could prove the writer's power to...
View ArticleEl ex sheriff del condado de Johnson quería procesar a un Alto funcionario...
Una investigación de tres años sobre fraude electoral realizada por el ex alguacil del condado de Johnson, Calvin Hayden, sólo produjo un caso: contra el comisionado electoral Fred Sherman. El fiscal...
View ArticleKansas City man who shot Ralph Yarl will avoid trial, pleads guilty to assault
Andrew Lester was originally charged with two felonies for shooting then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl when the teen mistakenly rang the doorbell at Lester’s home late one night in April 2023. Yarl's mother...
View ArticleBefore collision with Wichita airplane, Black Hawk helicopter's altimeter may...
The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA mid-air collision with an American Airlines jet. All 67 people aboard died.
View ArticleMissouri waterfowl hunters urged to take avian flu precautions
Missouri’s falconry hunting season opened February 11 for ducks, coots and mergansers, and light goose season began on February 7. Conservation experts say waterfowl can carry avian flu, and it's...
View ArticleAbortions to resume in Missouri after judge halts licensing requirements
The move comes months after Missourians voted to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution.
View ArticleKansas lawmakers push to resurrect 'Food for Peace' amidst efforts to...
Food for Peace buys about $2 billion worth of American milo, wheat, rice and lentils every year and distributes that food to countries in need—or it did. Kansas farmers are among those stuck with...
View ArticleKansas farmers and wetlands vie for water. A new proposal will aim for...
The tension over water for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge has lasted for decades. But recently, water users made progress toward using less groundwater in the area that impacts Quivira.
View ArticleBogs sink carbon dioxide 'like no ecosystem on Earth,' but many are at risk...
Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat.
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