Screenland Armour Theatre in North Kansas City recently installed film projectors that allow it to show recent releases like "Sinners" and classics like "Vertigo" on 70 mm, making it the only theater in the region to specialize in that format. Owner Adam Roberts hopes the investment will give younger film fans the opportunity to see movies the way they were intended.
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- Un proyecto de diques en Kansas City, Kansas, podría proteger a los residentes. Pero es posible que no evite las inundaciones
- Para las personas que lo necesiten, Kansas City prometió transporte público gratuito. Pero no hay ningún plan
- Las familias de Missouri que necesitan ayuda para el cuidado infantil hacen frente a una nueva lista de espera
- Bienvenido, Lionel Messi: Este verano Kansas City será la sede de Argentina en la Copa Mundial
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The city of Gardner, Kansas, last month banned camping in public spaces, including in parks and staying overnight in cars, threatening fines and jail time. Advocates say that penalizes people for "having nowhere else to be," and doesn't actually solve the issue.
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The Supreme Court will examine claims that allege Bayer failed to include a cancer risk warning on its popular weedkiller. If Bayer wins, it could prevent others from suing over the failure to provide health warnings.
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Construction trades are riding the biggest building boom in decades, in part due to data center projects. But the artificial intelligence that the facilities power could upend the job market for everyone else.
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O'Fallon, Missouri, resident Armande Namegni was detained and jailed on Jan. 22 during a routine immigration check-in. A Cameroonian asylum seeker, Namegni had a prior nonviolent charge on her record but said it was wrongly attributed to her and never caused a problem until this year.
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As the United States’ first federal highway system, Route 66 connected people and places across the country. It was a symbol of adventure but also independence, especially for Black travelers through Missouri.
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Dont' miss these six art exhibitions at museums and galleries around the Kansas City metro, spanning Indigenous artists from the Midwest and aspiring students ready to embrace a wider world.
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Last July, a judge struck down a 2017 St. Louis ordinance that required gun owners to use lock boxes if they wanted to leave firearms in unattended vehicles, saying that it violated Missouri's law banning local gun regulations. The city of St. Louis appealed.
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The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.
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The 16,000-capacity Morton Amphitheater welcomes its first crowds to Riverside, Missouri, this summer. Project leaders took a tour of the active construction site, and offered a glimpse of the fan and artist experiences the venue aims to deliver.
Whether you’re a local or among the hundreds of thousands of people expected to travel into Kansas City for the 2026 World Cup, KCUR put together some pointers for what to expect from the tournament — and how to become a soccer fan.