Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
News Intern-
Restaurant goers are eager to support their local eateries, even as COVID-19 cases surge in Kansas City. Restaurants have been hit particularly hard throughout the pandemic, and many are still dealing with staffing shortages. -
On Monday, Amtrak cut services between Kansas City and St. Louis by half. Now only one round trip per day is offered, and many riders say they are having to change their travel or work plans.
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After a near-record year for homicides, Mayor Quinton Lucas urges Kansas Citians to start the new year right: without deaths due to celebratory gunfire.
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West African food can be hard to find in Kansas City, so Omowumi Akinjole started a catering business. Recently, she’s been busy filling holiday orders.
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Low-income Kansas City families gathered Wednesday for the last day of City Union Mission’s Christmas Store, which has provided gifts for around 800 families this year.
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With the holiday weekend approaching and COVID cases rising fast, Kansas City health officials are warning people to get vaccinated and gather only in small groups in order to prevent more hospitalizations and deaths.
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The building that housed the former Riot Room venue in the Westport entertainment district has mostly collapsed following a collision Wednesday night between a fire truck and a Honda SUV. One pedestrian and two passengers died.
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Local health professionals say Kansas City is a "sitting duck" as cases caused by the delta variant spike and omicron looms.
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A previous pilot program funded by Kansas City showed that the vast majority of renters who received legal representation were not evicted. The newly-approved ordinance would provide representation to tenants, regardless of income.
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O’Neil was one of two Negro Leaguers in the Early Baseball Era elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday, an election that many say was long overdue.
