Carlos Moreno
Visual JournalistAs KCUR’s general assignment reporter and visual journalist, I bring our audience inside the daily stories that matter most to the people of the Kansas City metro, showing how and why events affect residents. Through my photography, I seek to ensure our diverse community sees itself represented in our coverage.
Follow me on Twitter @morenofoto or email me at carlos@kcur.org.
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Residents spent the weekend in the bitter cold at the Gladstone Court Apartments after losing heat Friday morning. By Monday, the landlord was working to turn the gas back on. But many residents said this was the first time they had seen an owner.
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The city of Olathe recently launched a pilot program to compost food scraps from residents. While other governments around Kansas City haven't taken that step yet, there are still ways for residents to start composting and help divert food waste away from the landfill.
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A gaggle of retirees, military vets, and ex-bikers gather at the Lee's Summit restaurant every morning. The men often skip the cinnamon rolls and say they mostly come for the camaraderie — plus the never-ending supply of decaffeinated coffee.
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KC Streetcar will start building riverfront extension in 2023, but Main Street work is far from doneConstruction on a northbound streetcar extension, from River Market to the Berkeley Riverfront, will begin next year. But there's still plenty of work left to do on the route to UMKC, with an expected open date in 2025.
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Across the Kansas City metro, pinball machines are ringing to life again in arcades, bars and home basements — a burst of nostalgia made even more powerful by the pandemic.
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In neighborhoods like Power & Light and the Crossroads, where stunt driving and car sideshows have become a nuisance, city crews are installing small black discs that are meant to disrupt the movement of sliding or skidding tires.
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Medicine’s Hall of Fame & Museum in Shawnee, Kansas, is closed, and its thousands of items are up for auction.
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Voters in Missouri's rural counties north of Kansas City say their politics haven't much changed over the years. Instead, it's the national political parties that changed, and in northwest Missouri, the result is firm Republican control.
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Cerner, the city's largest private employer, is closing its world headquarters in North Kansas City and Realization Campus in South Kansas City. The moves come just months after the company was acquired by Oracle in a multi-billion-dollar deal.
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The 122-year-old former burlesque house — the oldest theater in the city — will officially welcome patrons to new carpets, artwork, larger seating and other upgrades after a four-month closure.