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Starbucks employees at 41st and Main streets in Midtown cited sanitation and protection from the pandemic in their announcement to collectively unionize.

Employees at a Starbucks on West 75th Street went on strike Saturday morning to protest what they say are unfair working conditions and alleged retaliation against workers trying to unionize. The store was closed most of the day.

Skoog, who has been on the Overland Park city council for 16 years and is currently council president. He will replace longtime incumbent Carl Gerlach, who did not run for re-election.

After abortion restrictions left Missouri with just one clinic in St. Louis, residents have turned to neighboring states for those services. But a ballot measure in August 2022 will let Kansas voters decide whether abortion is not a constitutional right in the state.

Built in 1968 as an architect's residence, the Campbell Dome House recently won a designation on the Kansas Register of Historic Places. After sitting empty for years, this futuristic landmark is finally being restored by the descendants of the engineer who built it.

Johnson County residents have guessed at the origins of the name for an unassuming, unmarked creek in southern Overland Park. But the reality may be far grimmer than previously thought.

Krucial Staffing sent thousands of nurses to COVID-strained hospitals in New York, Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, the company's now-former CEO, and his family, may be behind Johnson County's anti-mask lawsuit.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday showed that 508,000 people now call Kansas City home, while Platte and Clay Counties are growing at even faster rates than the city.

Four candidates are competing to replace longtime mayor Carl Gerlach, who is not running for re-election. The top two vote-getters on Aug. 3 advance to the Nov. 2 general election.

Dementia cases are projected to explode in coming decades, but new research shows lifestyle changes can reduce 40% of cases.