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  • A man in a blue suit jacket with a pink tie gestures with his right hand. He is seated and talking at a microphone inside a radio studio.
    Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Missouri redistricting and threat of National Guard troops
    Mayor Quinton Lucas joined KCUR's Up To Date to discuss the Republican push to gerrymander Missouri's congressional map, and how it could push him to run for the U.S. House. He also discussed the potential of President Trump sending the National Guard to Kansas City.
  • Nick Wright sports Chiefs colors on Fox Sports' "First Things First" in February 2024.
    Why Nick Wright predicts the Kansas City Chiefs will win their third Super Bowl in a row
    Fox Sports host and Kansas City native Nick Wright joined KCUR's Up To Date to share his thoughts on the Chiefs' league-best season before this weekend's playoff game. But no matter what happens, Wright says Patrick Mahomes and the team already transformed Kansas City into "one of the epicenters of the sports world."
  • Twin brothers Luke and Paul Harwerth, who use the handle @Twinsauce, generate their entire income through brand and advertisement deals based off their content creation on social media. If the TikTok ban in the U.S. is upheld by the Supreme Court, the Kansas City brothers say they'll lose at least 50% of their market value.
    TikTok ban would be an 'astronomical' change for these Kansas City content creators
    Video creators around Kansas City are concerned about their livelihoods and Congress' ability to limit free speech if the Supreme Court upholds a ban of the video-sharing app TikTok. Up To Date spoke with @Andr3wsky and the brothers behind @Twinsauce about their future if the social media app disappears.
  • The Kansas City Royals take on the Minnesota Twins in their first home series of the 2026 season.
    Kansas City Royals mark another Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium with no new ballpark plan
    The Kansas City Royals play their first series at Kauffman Stadium of the year this week against the Minnesota Twins. Broadcasting from the ballpark ahead of Monday's game, KCUR's Up To Date was joined by Royals owner John Sherman to talk about the search for a new stadium, plus the team's head groundskeeper Trevor Vance and more guests.
  • Finding The Balance Between Sports And Academics In College
    A recent scandal at the University of North Carolina involved academic fraud within the athletic department. In this edition of Up To Date, we examine the…
  • KCMO Convention Hotel
    The KCMO City Council is days away from voting on the proposal to build a $302 million Hyatt hotel downtown. On this edition of Up to Date, Steve Kraske…
  • Wes Crenshaw: Consent-Based Sex Education
    Teaching kids about sex has always been controversial. There are a lot of ways to go about it: the chaste filmstrips of yore, abstinence advocacy or…
  • Goodbye To The Tivoli
    The owner of Kansas City's oldest independent movie theater talks about his decision to close.Jerry Harrington has been a boon to independent, documentary…
  • Political Pundits: Election Aftermath
    Kansas was a fierce battleground in this election, but when the dust settled, it was the Republicans who eked out a victory for the governor’s office.…
  • Summer Programs For Urban Core Youth
    The combination of bored kids with lots of free time in the summer can be a challenge for parents, especially those living in the urban core where…
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