Frank Morris
National Correspondent, KCURI’ve been at KCUR almost 30 years, working partly for NPR and splitting my time between local and national reporting. I work to bring extra attention to people in the Midwest, my home state of Kansas and of course Kansas City. What I love about this job is having a license to talk to interesting people and then crafting radio stories around their voices. It’s a big responsibility to uphold the truth of those stories while condensing them for lots of other people listening to the radio, and I take it seriously. Email me at frank@kcur.org or find me on Twitter @FrankNewsman.
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The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list. -
As Kansas City-area residents digest a presidential election that may take a few more days more to sort out, the anxiety is palpable. -
The equestrian statues of President Andrew Jackson on tall pedestals in downtown Kansas City and Independence are staying right where they are. Jackson County voters defeated a ballot issue to remove the monuments to a white supremacist. -
Jackson County voters will decide whether or not to remove two prominent statues of President Andrew Jackson. Some county leaders say that Jackson’s white supremacist views shouldn't be celebrated today. -
Many small colleges have been scraping by with declining enrollment and faltering resources for years. But they enjoy some distinct advantages over their bigger rivals in fighting the spread of the coronavirus on campus. -
Recall organizers hoped to oust Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas over his coronavirus response and stance on social justice protests. They failed but say they’re not done trying. -
The pandemic has sparked a sustained tidal wave of home and backyard projects. Home improvement demand outstrips the supply of material and labor to do the work, leaving homeowners to get creative. -
Despite Postmaster's Reversal, There's Not Enough Mail To Bring Back Sorting Machines In Kansas CityPostmaster General Louis DeJoy says workers have stopped dismantling mail-sorting machines, but those sorters already hauled out to the curb will likely never be used again. -
Amid the pandemic, shoppers saw beef prices spike, but ranchers weren’t seeing that money. Some critics claim meat processors are fixing the price of beef on both ends of the market. -
College students infuse college towns with energy and money. But now the institutions enlivening college towns threaten to bring death. College classes, dorms and sporting events can spread the pandemic. But unless small colleges can open this fall, dozens, maybe hundreds, will likely go under, taking the lifeblood of small towns with them.
