A Kansas City program is training more Black pilots
Only about 2% of aircraft pilots and flight engineers are Black. A group of men, inspired by the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, is trying to...
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20 of 66 episodesMissourians are stepping up to monitor data centers
Across the country, data centers have attracted controversy for everything from overuse of utilities to tax breaks. Now, some Missourians ar...
Lawrence is now 'Little Algeria' for the World Cup
The Algerian men’s national team adopted Lawrence as its home base for the World Cup. In return, the Kansas college town embraced the team i...
Did Kansas City and FIFA fix their World Cup traffic problems?
Many fans going to the first World Cup match in Kansas City last week were delayed by hours-long traffic jams. Local organizers made some ch...
Missouri's auditor on the future of the state budget
A recently released audit of Missouri’s finances shows the state is on the brink of a budget crisis. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick disc...
A corpse flower blooms in Kansas
Hundreds flocked to a Kansas greenhouse to witness the colorful and pungent bloom of a rare, very smelly plant. Plus: An important bridge in...
How electing state Supreme Court justices could change Kansas
Kansas voters will soon decide if they want to elect justices to the state’s highest court, instead of the current, merit-based nomination s...
Soccer in Kansas City, from youth leagues to the World Cup
Soccer first came to Kansas City through youth leagues in the 1970s, and a co-founder of the Brookside Soccer Club tells us how it changed t...
Food for Peace under fire
A federal program under fire from the Trump Administration has bought and shipped American grain to the world’s hungry for seven decades. He...
Could Kansas elect a Democrat to the U.S. Senate this year?
Leawood pastor Rev. Adam Hamilton thinks he can bridge the divide in Washington and bring costs down for the people of Kansas. He spoke to K...
How an Olathe traffic stop led to deportation
An Olathe police officer violated department policy by calling an ICE hotline during a traffic stop, a call that ultimately led to a man's d...
Helping Missouri immigrants detained by ICE
A year ago, a group of concerned people in Missouri got together to help immigrants detained by ICE, and they've since expanded to seven aff...
One family's arduous, emotional quest for World Cup tickets
Going to a World Cup game, for many, requires hours of sitting in online queues, months of planning and thousands of dollars. Still, for KCU...
Data centers are raising concerns and sparking debate
Data centers are on the fast track in communities across the Midwest and Great Plains, but rising concerns over water, energy and noise leav...
Kansas City may re-ban conversion therapy
The Kansas City Council is bringing back its efforts to ban conversion therapy after it repealed a 2019 ordinance last month. Council member...
Can Kansas City handle the global stage of the World Cup?
Kansas City’s efforts to host the World Cup go back all the way to 1988. Now the tournament is finally here, after four years of preparation...
Kids allege abuse at Missouri treatment center
Fifteen former residents of Change Academy at Lake of the Ozarks say they were physically assaulted by staff, and some say they were sexuall...
Fighting pollution in Kansas' air and water
Industries and cities used to pollute rivers so heavily that at least one caught fire a dozen times. But like the Spring River in Kansas, so...
World Cup fans are arriving...but how many?
World Cup officials have said 650,000 soccer fans will visit Kansas City over the course of the monthlong tournament. But how will we know h...
All around Kansas City, bus fares are back
Kansas City metro bus riders now have to pay fares after six years of free rides. After decades of underfunded public transit, advocates wor...