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With gas prices averaging $5 in the United States, people in the region are worrying how they'll afford to drive. But prices in Kansas and Missouri are among the lowest in the country.

Not all ghost towns are empty shells. From historic buildings to street names, you can still find remnants of dozens of ghost towns located across the Kansas City metro and just beyond its borders.

The 1970s-era plant could increase the nation's capacity to produce doses of COVID-19 and play a role in speeding the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

When these business owners hung closed signs on their doors, they didn't know if reopening day would come. Now Poi-O, Julep and Westside Local are flinging the doors back open, with the last year written all over some major transformations.

The restrictions are a result of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

The Kansas Legislature worked for about 24 hours on a GOP-backed bill that pulls some emergency powers away from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. She has the ability to veto it, though has not said she'd do that directly.

During the tenure of Jennifer Tidball, the Department of Social Services faced criticism over its handling of reports of abuse and neglect at unlicensed youth residential facilities, and its failure to report missing foster kids.

Chiropractors have become major purveyors of misinformation about COVID treatments and have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-vaccine events.

More than 800,000 Kansans voted early in the 2020 general election.

The situation has become worrisome enough that organizations are trying new ideas and in some cases teaming up to address a long-running need.