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It’s getting more difficult to find an attorney in rural Kansas as people retire, so the state is offering incentives to attract a new gener...

Residents of a rural Johnson County community are confronting a new data center proposal from San Francisco-based Beale Infrastructure, just...

Pastor Adam Hamilton, of Leawood, went on a tour of Kansas the last couple of months to explore running for the U.S. Senate. Now, he's offic...

When a Kansas City opera held auditions of older dogs for a new production, canine owners around the metro answered the call. Meet the worki...

Newly appointed University of Missouri-Kansas City Police Chief Daniel Graves faces opposition from the university's student body. In 2021,...

In rural southwest Kansas, high-flying fighters are working to spread lucha libre, traditional Mexican wrestling. The sport carries cultural...

When Congress ended pandemic-era free lunches for public schools in 2022, student meal debt skyrocketed in Kansas. One Wichita-area 6th grad...

Interim Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota spoke with KCUR's Up To Date on Friday about why he jumped into this year's election for a full...

The Kansas City Royals finally picked a spot for their new ballpark: Crown Center. While the financials have yet to be figured out, one arch...

In Kansas, radical abolitionist John Brown is associated with a violent period of the state’s history in the lead-up to the Civil War. One h...

Property taxes dominated the conversation in this year's Kansas legislative session — but infighting mean that lawmakers left without delive...

A Kansas City nonprofit has spent the past decade using donated flowers from special events to brighten up the rooms of seniors living in he...

Since January 2025, more than 3,200 people from nearly 80 countries have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Missouri. W...

A nonprofit program in Kansas City believes songwriting can help teens through mental health challenges. We'll stop by Rebel Song Academy to...

The Trump administration is trying to ease a farm worker shortage in part by cutting mandatory wages for foreign guest workers. But both imm...

In 2022, Joplin Police sniper Keaton Siebanaler mistakenly shot and killed 2-year old Clesslynn Crawford during a hostage standoff. For almo...

Despite efforts from the Columbia community, Owen Ramsingh, the Columbia man detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year, has...

Kansas City officials announced a $600 million funding plan to help pay for a downtown ballpark for the Royals. Mayor Quinton Lucas spoke ab...

Johnson County's Negro Creek runs through southern Overland Park and Leawood, and went mostly unknown and unmapped. But when social justice...

Kansas lawmakers wrapped up most of their annual work at the end of March, including passing a number of bills related to schools. Legislato...

Voters around Kansas City went to the polls yesterday, and we'll break down the elections. Plus: A community health center in southeast Kans...

Voters around Kansas City are headed to the polls to decide the fate of a critical earnings tax, local school board races and more. Plus: Th...

A judge ruled that the Republican-leaning “Missouri First” congressional map will be in effect for the November election. Missouri Attorney...

Missouri’s 2026 election cycle got a jolt last week when longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves announced his retirement. His departure co...

Kansas City recently passed a $2.6 billion spending plan that keeps expenses relatively flat. But, some departments like police are still se...

The World Cup comes to Kansas City this summer, and many fans will want to stay up late watching and partying. Kansas is close to approving...

The Hickman Mills School District is trying to help fill its budget shortfall by asking voters to approve a $20 million bond and free up mor...

Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, will soon decide whether to renew the city's earnings tax on wages, salaries and profits. If the measure fa...

Captain Ahab’s preoccupation with a white whale is set to music in a new Kansas City world premiere. It’s Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick,” tol...

Rural communities across Kansas are losing their grocery stores, and small towns are coming up with new ways to revive them. But some of tho...