https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-09-24/umkc-olson-conservatory-groundbreaking-performing-arts 2026-09-24T05:00:53-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T05:00:00-04:00 UMKC finally breaks ground on new conservatory — a 'playground' for musicians, actors and dancers UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, Arts & Culture, performing arts, Performance, theater, dance, Music, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), UMKC https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-23/missouri-redistricting-fight-returns-to-us-supreme-court-for-third-time 2026-09-23T08:45:55-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-23T08:45:55-04:00 Missouri redistricting fight returns to US Supreme Court for third time redistricting, Denny Hoskins, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Emanuel Cleaver II, Rick Brattin, lawsuit, voters, voting https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-09-23/kansas-city-black-youth-are-told-to-take-advantage-of-information-in-road-to-success 2026-09-23T18:16:04-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-23T13:57:29-04:00 Kansas City nonprofit offers Black youth goal-setting advice: 'You have access to the whole world’ Kansas City, Union Station, youth, Teenagers, African Americans, juvenile, Muticultural Education, Nonprofits https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-24/kansas-is-failing-to-meet-housing-and-mental-health-needs-of-vulnerable-children-in-foster-care 2026-09-24T05:00:14-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas is failing to meet housing and mental health needs of vulnerable children in foster care Kansas Department for Children and Families, foster care, children, family https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-09-25/months-after-fire-kansas-citys-green-lady-lounge-looks-to-december-reopening 2026-09-25T05:01:02-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-25T05:00:00-04:00 Months after fire, Kansas City’s Green Lady Lounge looks to December reopening jazz, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), fire, KC Bands, World Cup https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-09-25/record-high-diesel-costs-squeezing-farmers-harvest-season 2026-09-25T05:00:35-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-25T05:00:00-04:00 Record-high diesel costs are squeezing farmers fuel, farming, Farm economy, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-24/missouri-supreme-court-to-decide-legality-of-statute-that-prompted-removal-of-school-library-books 2026-09-24T05:00:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri Supreme Court to decide legality of statute that prompted removal of school library books Missouri Supreme Court, Books, children's books, schools, libraries https://www.kcur.org/education/2026-09-24/missouri-attorney-general-probes-pro-palestine-student-group-suing-um-system-president 2026-09-24T05:00:49-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri attorney general probes pro-Palestine student group suing UM System president Mun Choi, University of Missouri System, University of Missouri, First Amendment, lawsuit, Palestine https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-24/kansas-residents-are-reeling-amid-sweeping-ice-enforcement-action-at-meat-processing-plants 2026-09-24T18:04:22-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T13:24:38-04:00 Kansas residents are reeling amid sweeping ICE enforcement action at meat processing plants Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigration, immigrants, Dodge City, Kansas, KNS, law enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Midwest, Midwest Newsroom https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-24/u-s-sen-josh-hawley-of-missouri-raises-privacy-alarms-over-nationwide-ai-camera-network 2026-09-24T11:04:29-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-24T11:04:29-04:00 U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri raises privacy alarms over nationwide AI camera network Josh Hawley, U.S. Senate, artificial intelligence, Flock , safety, law enforcement, police, abortion https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-09-25/kansas-citys-liberty-memorial-will-light-up-with-pictures-and-film-for-its-100th 2026-09-25T05:01:27-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-09-25T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial will light up with pictures and film for its 100th Liberty Memorial, National WWI Museum and Memorial, World War One, World War I, war, Missouri, downtown, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO)