Kansas City marks Juneteenth, World Cup fever remains at a fever pitch, Johnson County Parks & Rec screens the movie "Jaws," ...

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The new owners of the Country Club Plaza will emphasize safety by installing more than 100 surveillance cameras and employing a more visible security force that can make arrests as part of its revival ...

Unlike many of her Crossroads neighbors — hoping to draw in crowds of football fans still riding high from Kansas City’s Super Bowl win — Jill Cockson’s business wasn’t open during Wednesday’s Chiefs ...

Developer Chris Sally has swooped in to save a long-neglected, historic building in the heart of downtown that had been slated to be demolished this week. The big question now is, what is he going to ...

We’re marking three big holidays this week, none of which qualify you for a day off. Today is Cinco de Mayo. Sunday is Mother’s Day. And Friday is Victory Day, a new holiday declared by President ...

Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery. What investigators called a “mass grave” represented evidence of what witnesses had ...

On behalf of the editorial leadership within the Kansas City Media Collective, alongside The Kansas City Star, we are sharing an open letter addressed to Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council of ...

It’s going to be a week of mourning as Catholics around the world mark today’s passing of Pope Francis. The Argentinian-born pontiff was 88 years old. Francis’s death triggers a series of rituals and ...

HAYS, Kansas — In increasingly dry western Kansas, underground water makes everything possible. Irrigation for crops. Stock water for cattle. Drinking water for towns. In all, the Ogallala Aquifer ...

Ray Reed sat around a bonfire in Kirkwood with hometown and college friends after the 2020 presidential election, discussing the political issues they wanted to see government officials make progress ...