Georgia Kerrigan
2025 Intern, Up To DateGeorgia Kerrigan is the 2025 summer intern for Up To Date.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Georgia is home as a KCUR intern before she starts her junior year at Northwestern University, where she is studying journalism and sociology. She has spent the past two years as a reporter, producer and editor for her school's audio publication, WNUR News, and will return in the fall as the co-news director.
Email her at gkerrigan@kcur.org
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After serving less than a year of his elected term as Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey resigned to join President Trump's administration as co-deputy director of the FBI. He's only the latest Republican to use that role as a stepping stone to a federal position. -
The Sun Fresh at 31st and Prospect closed this month, after years of safety concerns and millions of dollars in investment from Kansas City. The CEO of the nonprofit that operated the grocery says that security measures became costly — and still not enough to keep customers coming. -
Edward McCabe helped establish an all-Black Kansas town on his mission to create a state inhabited and run by freed slaves. In a new book, author Caleb Gayle writes about how McCabe earned the nickname of "Black Moses" and what his quest for liberation meant. -
After the Congress clawed back $1.1 billion in federal funding to NPR and PBS, Morning Edition host Leila Fadel explains why public media must prevail as a source of free-to-access, independent reporting. -
The Kansas City Public Library announced a "Strategic Plan" to meet community needs, funded by a new grant. Anyone can weigh in on what they want it to include. -
At Dozer, kids put down the screens to play in the sand. A Children’s Mercy pediatrician says it is one way to restore family connection amid "technoference." -
RideKC buses are each already equipped with four interior and four exterior cameras. New AI-powered cameras are being installed to detect possible security threats and automatically alert authorities. -
Kansas City's homicide rate decreased in 2024, but the numbers still leave cause for concern. Local experts want residents to better understand the conditions that drive violent crime — and what will fix them. -
Kansas City first responders get bit, spit on and cursed at while on the job. In one recent case, a firefighter paramedic died after being stabbed in the chest. Increased attention to these incidents has sparked increased protective training by the Kansas City Fire Department, and proposed federal legislation from a Missouri U.S. Senator. -
IRIS workers say they were misled about pay and aren't being treated fairly by their employer zTrip. Drivers demanded the right to unionize last year.
