Suzanne Hogan

Corn and soybean harvests are starting just as the fuel farmers need to reap is shooting up in price. Plus, older Americans on fixed incomes are hit especially hard when food costs spike.

A New York Times report found that Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, of Kansas, sued hundreds of his patients over medical debt when he was practicing medicine in the western part of the state.

Data centers that power AI are exploding across the Midwest — and so is opposition to them. Now, people across the political spectrum want to see stricter regulation and more transparency.

A massive flood 75 years ago ravaged Kansas City’s central industrial district and surrounding neighborhoods. The worst natural disaster in city history, the Flood of 1951 caused $12 billion in damages and displaced 750,000 people. KCUR’s Frank Morris and Suzanne Hogan reflect on the devastation and how community recovery efforts transformed the city’s identity.

The Netherlands-Tunisia World Cup match will kick off at 6 p.m. Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium.

A sea of soccer fans decked out in orange is set to descend on downtown Kansas City, engaging in a 22-year-old Dutch tradition: the Oranje Fanwalk. Fans of the Netherlands World Cup team show their pride by parading alongside their beloved double-decker orange bus on match days.

If they heed the warnings, people in Kansas City have taken shelter more than usual this season — the 1,438 severe weather warnings issued so far is the most on record. But staffing cuts to the National Weather Service have resulted in less warning time for some storm systems.

With the World Cup underway in Kansas City, Oliver Wright — who makes videos on TikTok as @SideQuestDad — has become a local celebrity talking about soccer and living in the Midwest as a Brit. In particular, he’s been teaching visitors how to beat the oppressive summer heat.

Youth soccer programs seem almost ubiquitous in modern America. But not that long ago, there weren’t many options for young athletes who wanted to play the sport. Bill Finn, who co-founded Brookside Soccer Club with two other local dads in 1977, joined KCUR’s Up To Date on Tuesday to talk about how it all got started.

Los esfuerzos de Kansas City de ser anfitriona de la Copa Mundial se remontan a 1988. Y ahora, el torneo finalmente está aquí, tras cuatro años de preparativos que no solo han remodelado la infraestructura de la zona metropolitana, sino que también han consolidado su identidad como una auténtica ciudad del fútbol.