Chelsea Engstrom

Scientists test wastewater to determine where the coronavirus has spread, the pandemic affects operations and visitation at Leavenworth National Cemetery, a 99-year-old WWII veteran beats COVID-19, Kansas relaxes guidelines for meatpacking workers with COVID-19 contact, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Oak Park High School.

Missouri's tourist destinations prepare for Memorial Day weekend, coronavirus safety measures for independent senior apartment facilities, high school yearbook staffs pivot to incorporate COVID-19 challenges, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

Kansas City struggles for a share of coronavirus relief money and a solution to violent crime, Prairie Village rejects a requirement to wear masks in public, local music enthusiasts provide performers a safe live audience, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Ewing Marion Kauffman School.

Johnson County's top health official discusses who should get tested for COVID-19, major sports leagues propose adjustments to their season schedules, barbecue joints and meat distributors are dealing with a meat shortage, and a Kansas musician sings the stay-at-home blues.

Online learning was supposed to be the savior of higher education. After schools nationwide were forced into it by the pandemic, how did it go?

Why the Kansas City region's gradual reopening is so confusing, how effective distance learning is proving to be during a pandemic, and kids call in to tell us what it's like to be stuck at home.

Kansas City Star columnist Melinda Henneberger talks about being a Pulitzer Prize finalist, screenwriter Kevin Wilmott shares recommendations on what to stream while stuck at home, how and whether to do romance and dating in the age of COVID-19, and one Kansas City neighborhood salutes health care workers.

Kansas' Kickapoo and other indigenous people ride out the COVID-19 wave, which has compounded other, longer-standing issues.

A Kansas City doctor on the outbreak's front line, Kansas' Kickapoo and other native communities face the COVID-19 wave, doctors answer personal safety questions as stay-at-home orders taper, and a 9-year-old brings a Broadway favorite to Kansas City streets.

One rural Kansas town's response to COVID-19, the Kansas City Zoo without foot traffic, moving strangers from your personal space, and a not so solitary run