The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey studio has been online-only since March. Despite the complications, Ailey Camp is continuing to teach area teens dance—along with the social and emotional skills they need to thrive.

Director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City says he did not like the Kansas City Police Department using the museum's grounds as a staging area for protest response.

The gatherings of hundreds of closely clustered people, combined with the recent relaxation of state and local shelter-in-place orders, are almost certain to lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases, health officials say.

Parents are scrambling as hundreds of child care programs and summer activities have been canceled this summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. For our ongoing series The Next Normal, we explore how the summer crisis may forecast challenges for students and teachers in the fall.

Cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted most family's plans, whether it was enrolling their children in child care while they worked, summer jobs for teens or vacations.

Kansas and Missouri municipalities continue to ease restrictions on businesses that were put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The 36 deaths at Riverbend account for half the COVID-19-related deaths in Wyandotte County.

“I figured if I got it, I got it. I’ll do the best I can. And if I can get through it, great. And if I don’t, well, I’ve led a full life.”

In the absence of public events throughout the month of Ramadan, some Muslims in Kansas City have found it easier to focus on their faith and family.

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has cut routes and limited capacity on buses to prevent spread, but not all riders are practicing safe habits.

The hub will include a three-person investigative team and two editors. A coordinating producer will be based at NPR in Washington.

Nine cases were discovered at the distribution center last week, but testing has turned up only two more cases among workers since.