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Chase Castor/Kansas City BeaconVacant lots, absentee owners, little accountability. What’s going on with the Kansas City Land Bank?The Kansas City Land Bank is supposed to revitalize neighborhoods. But a Beacon investigation found that the Land Bank has potential conflicts of interest between board members and buyers, and fails to hold buyers accountable to its own requirements. The result: Properties sit vacant for years. -
Amy Mayer/Harvest Public Media file photoMexico is phasing out genetically modified corn for human consumption by 2024. But U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he's been assured by his Mexican counterpart that the ban won't shut off the biggest international customer for U.S. corn.
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A support group helps Tigrayan expats in St. Louis and Kansas City process the violence and turmoil in Ethiopia. -
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas are among a dozen U.S. mayors calling for local reparations to address the racial wealth gap by ending racist policies.
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On any given night, an estimated 943 people in rural Kansas and 1,569 people in rural Missouri are homeless. But the actual numbers are likely far greater.
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Schools across Kansas can't find enough substitute teachers in the midst of a lingering pandemic and national labor shortage. That could have long-term consequences for students.
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Law professors who reviewed the redacted content for the Kansas News Service struggled to understand why the state would consider it legal to black out the information.
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In a virtual session Monday, Superintendent Mark Bedell said the number of schools in the district “doesn’t add up” with enrollment numbers, but assured listeners decisions won’t be made without community input.
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In Blue Valley and other districts, school board races that previously were tame affairs are increasingly lit up by hot-button national issues, including schools’ efforts at addressing race and diversity.
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It’s not often in the public eye, but the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City is an influential organization that has shaped commercial development in the city. The ouster of its leader has placed the EDC in the spotlight.
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Meat processors and agriculture officials are making sure they’re prepared against a highly contagious swine disease.
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The Transportation Security Administration says it has seized 4,496 guns at airports so far this year, setting a new record with more than two months left in the year. At KCI, gun seizures are on pace to tie a record set in 2017.
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Missouri's black bears were decimated in the early 20th century, but have come back in recent years. With an estimated 800 bears now living in the state, the Department of Conservation is holding a regulated hunt to help with population control.
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About 35 miles southeast of Kansas City, the town of Pleasant Hill has become one of the smallest in Missouri to offer an electric vehicle charging location to the public.
