By Frank Morris

Kansas City, MO – Paseo Bridge Closes Today

Council Votes to Restructure KC ECODEVO

Group Pushes Health Care for Artists

Blunt Urges Senate to Stall New Arms Reduction Treaty

By Steve Bell

Kansas City, MO –

Riverside, MO – Some of the bravest law officers in metro Kansas City have been honored today. They saved lives, in one way or another.

The highest honor is the Gold for Valor. Roger Lane of Independence Police Department rescued a woman and her three children from an overturned burning car. Officer Chad Pickens from Kansas City's department walked into a gun battle leaving a movie, off-duty. He made the arrest without anyone being hurt.

For those who are vexed in the kitchen, Atlanta food chemist Shirley Corriher returns to NPR to answer listener questions about burned garlic, runaway butter, bad beans and more.

By All Things Considered/NPR

For some people, the kitchen is a happy place where everything turns out perfect and delicious. But for others, it's an obstacle course full of pots, pans, doubt and vexation.

Walt Bodine's critics return with restaurant news and reviews. Plus some ideas on where to go for a traditional or non-traditional Thanksgiving meal.

Critic Recommendations

Latin Bistro and Culinary Center
6924 N. Oak Tfwy
Gladstone, MO
Tito Le Chef cooks in center of restaurant, funky, totally fun, not tex-mex, very authentic, mayan dishes, chili relleno was fabulous, shrimp is great, his bar is a cabinet.

Kansas City, MO – Reverend Eric Williams of Calvary Temple Baptist Church in midtown has worked for a long time on health issues in the African American community. A few years ago, he says he was tired of seeing people suffering and dying from health problems related to obesity and lack of exercise. So his church formed a non-profit and eventually built a gym right next door. The Calvary Community Wellness Center opened in 2008.

Two reports came out this week about the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF.

The Department of Homeland Security released a risk assessment for the site, scheduled to begin construction in 2012 in Manhattan, Kan.

The National Academy of Sciences followed with a Congressionally mandated evaluation of that assessment.

In a world where multitasking and over-stimulation are seen as strengths, it's ironic but not surprising that 5 million American children suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Lisa Loomer's play "Distracted" at the Unicorn Theatre follows a couple's search to get help for their troubled 8-year-old son.

By Steve Bell

Kansas City, MO –

By Frank Morris

Kansas City, MO – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver Takes Over Congressional Black Caucus

The Wizards aren't the Wizards Anymore

Kansas City School District Drops Law Suit

City Talks of Clampdown on Mailings