https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-08-10/usgs-study-nutrient-pollution-dead-zone 2026-08-10T05:00:10-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T05:00:00-04:00 Excess nutrients can lie dormant in soil for years before polluting rivers, study finds agriculture, water quality, Mississippi River, Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share https://www.kcur.org/sports/2026-08-10/football-players-kansas-missouri-exertional-heat-stroke-deaths 2026-08-10T05:00:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T05:00:00-04:00 Football players in Kansas keep dying of heat illness. New guidelines may not solve anything football, college football, heat, heatstroke, high school sports https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-08-10/american-cotton-industry-demand-campaign 2026-08-10T05:00:28-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T05:00:00-04:00 U.S. cotton industry hopes tax breaks will increase demand farming, Trade, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Harvest Public Media, Harvest Share, Audio Feature https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-08-10/help-us-report-on-freebirth-and-unassisted-pregnancy-in-kansas-and-missouri 2026-08-10T10:55:41-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T10:55:41-04:00 Help us report on freebirth and unassisted pregnancy in Kansas and Missouri pregnancy, children, babies, maternal health, maternal mortality, Mothers, Kansas, KNS, Missouri, Midwest Newsroom https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-08-10/kansas-city-officials-denied-a-plan-for-downtown-data-center-some-residents-vow-to-keep-fighting 2026-08-11T11:49:57-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T05:00:00-04:00 Kansas City officials denied a plan for downtown data center. Some residents vow to keep fighting data centers, data, downtown, Kansas City Missouri (KCMO), Kansas City Council, development, historic preservation, community engagement https://www.kcur.org/2026-08-10/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-sues-kansas-lottery-over-sovereignty-and-gaming-regulations 2026-08-10T07:37:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T04:00:00-04:00 Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sues Kansas Lottery over sovereignty, gaming regulations Kansas News Service, lottery, gaming, lawsuit https://www.kcur.org/history/2026-08-11/kinsley-kansas-midway-usa-halfway-road-sign 2026-08-11T11:18:35-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T05:00:00-04:00 Historic 'halfway' Kansas road sign has been greeting cross-country travelers for decades World's Fair, New York, road trips, highways, signs, Audio Feature, Kansas https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-08-10/missouri-reports-hundreds-of-additional-cyclosporiasis-cases-amid-nationwide-outbreak 2026-08-10T12:12:31-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-10T12:12:31-04:00 Missouri reports hundreds of additional cyclosporiasis cases amid nationwide outbreak Food safety, cyclospora, disease, CDC, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, illness https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-08-11/ice-detains-missouri-rodeo-attendees-after-beer-id-checks-its-racial-profiling 2026-08-11T05:00:16-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T05:00:00-04:00 ICE detains Missouri rodeo attendees after beer ID checks: 'It's racial profiling' Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigration, immigrants, rodeo https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-08-11/missouri-governor-mike-kehoe-constitutional-amendments-abortion-election 2026-08-11T05:00:27-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T05:00:00-04:00 Missouri voters crushed two Mike Kehoe priorities. November brings another test with abortion ban Missouri elections 2026, Missouri Governor, Mike Kehoe, Missouri legislature, voters, voting, abortion, abortion ban https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-08-11/kansas-statehouse-supermajority-kansas-city-johnson-county-leavenworth 2026-08-11T09:44:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T06:00:00-04:00 Kansas City's suburbs could decide the fate of the Kansas Republican supermajority Johnson County, Kansas, Kansas Democrats, Democrats, Kansas House, Kansas Legislature, Kansas City, Legislation, legislative session, Kansas elections 2026, Kansas News Service https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-08-11/missouri-governor-kehoe-amendments-income-tax-initiative-petition-panama 2026-08-11T10:13:24-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T10:13:24-04:00 Missouri governor blames 'special interests' for amendment defeats, talks about Panama trip Missouri elections 2026, Missouri, Missouri constitution, Missouri legislature, Mike Kehoe, Income Taxes, income tax cuts, taxes, sales tax, Ballot Issue https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-08-11/missouri-jalapeno-products-recalled-over-possible-salmonella-contamination 2026-08-11T10:17:47-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T10:17:47-04:00 Missouri jalapeño products recalled over possible salmonella contamination recalls, Food safety, food, salmonella, Missouri https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-08-11/missouri-supreme-court-redistricting-ballot-measure-case 2026-08-11T15:41:12-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T13:44:49-04:00 Missouri Supreme Court looks to move swiftly in redistricting ballot measure case as deadlines loom Missouri elections 2026, Missouri, Missouri constitution, Missouri Supreme Court, redistricting, Ballot Issue, Denny Hoskins, Missouri Secretary of State https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-08-11/kansas-city-is-under-an-extreme-heat-warning-all-week-heres-what-to-know 2026-08-11T16:28:22-04:00 KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR eng 2026-08-11T15:50:51-04:00 Kansas City is under an extreme heat warning all week. Here’s what to know heat, extreme heat, summer heat, National Weather Service, weather, Kansas City Kansas (KCK), Kansas City Missouri (KCMO)