4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (40+ words) School districts across the Kansas City metro are navigating financial challenges as they cope with fewer students and state funding shortfalls. Plus: Researchers believe that Gen Z may be reaching for a cigarette more often than members of older generations....

17+ hour, 10+ min ago  (213+ words) For many Americans, the pandemic reshaped not only where they work, but how they think about work altogether. Remote jobs, freelance gigs and side hustles opened the door for more people to consider starting businesses of their own. This week,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1329+ words) Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the tornado sirens went off, she jumped…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (216+ words) The Blue River Biosolids Facility is transforming what happens after residents flush by turning wastewater into energy and fertilizer through a process used at only nine other facilities nationwide. The facility, located near Interstate 435 and Front Street, officially opened May…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (862+ words) A $5 million federal pandemic recovery grant helped Montgomery County prepare a rural industrial site along Interstate 70 for major development. Two years later, Amazon and Google are building data centers on nearly 2, 000 acres near New Florence " and local officials are preparing…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (292+ words) The state will no longer be able to send all Missouri children free books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program set up by the famous country artist mails age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5. Missouri lawmakers cut…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1097+ words) With just weeks before the 2026 World Cup kicks off, Kansas City is preparing to welcome not just soccer fans but also multiple teams for the tournament. In addition to the six games hosted at Arrowhead Stadium, the metro area is…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (310+ words) Within the first few weeks of her starting a job at KSHB 41 in October 2016, reporter Rae Daniel remembers that anchor Cynthia Newsome had welcomed her with open arms. Newsome invited Daniels to her church and even had her over for…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (435+ words) Licensed professionals will once again be allowed to perform so-called conversion therapy on minors, after the Kansas City council repealed a previous ban on Thursday. The 7-5 decision, which came late Thursday evening, wasn't made happily, and several council members voted…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (993+ words) Gov. Mike Kehoe will ask Missouri voters in August to decide whether lawmakers should have new power to expand sales taxes to replace the income tax and whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a higher bar for passage. In a…...