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The Kansas City Ballet's executive director Jeffrey Bentley plans to step down in June 2023. The ballet company is considered one of the most financially stable in the country.
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Farmers in the Midwest are gearing up for a fight over whether pipelines can cut through their land. Many look to the experience other farmers had with the Dakota Access Pipeline a few years ago. -
One candidate has already ended their campaign for Missouri's 4th Congressional District because their home no longer falls within the boundaries, under a new map signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson.
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Dastmalchian's childhood haunts in Kansas City inspired his “Count Crowley” series about a troubled TV journalist named Jerri Bartman who works as a midnight monster movie host and secretly hunts supernatural creatures in her Midwest town.
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Prescribed burns are a yearly occurrence in Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest. Bennie Terrell, a longtime fuel specialist for the U.S. Forest Service, explains how he keeps the blazes in check.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill requiring the Kansas State Historical Society to give the Shawnee Tribe ownership of a cemetery where many of its tribe members are buried.
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Thousands of artists entered the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Here are some of our local favorites.
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The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, set to open in 2023, will trace her career and legacy through interactive, STEM-based exhibits. It will also feature the last known Lockheed Electra 10-E plane, the very model Earhart flew in her final, tragic flight.
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Preserving mental health through farming challenges is a real concern; one study shows farmers die by suicide at a higher rate than other professions.
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If Missouri's abortion ban takes effect, reproductive rights advocates worry the next fight could be over birth control. The Missouri Senate voted last year to ban common forms of contraceptives like the “morning after” pill and some IUDs from being paid for by the state’s Medicaid program.
