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A large crowd of protesters wearing heavy winter coats carry Ukranian flags and one person hold a sign that reads "No War" in the front center of the growd.

A Ukrainian in Lawrence and a Kansan in Kyiv the last time Russia invaded Ukraine

In 2014, a Ukrainian professor at the University of Kansas and a KU graduate in Kyiv spoke with Steve Kraske as Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula.

On Trans Visibility Day, Midwest musicians share how gender influences their work

Transgender artists from Kansas and Missouri are visible in bluegrass, electronica and performative genres.

A male child of color seated in a wooden courtroom pew with a judge at the bench with adults gathered around in the background. The boy has his right arm resting on the back of the pew with his left hand holding the top of the pew. He is looking at the camera.

Fears over Missouri's Department of Social Services Children’s Division 2020 layoffs realized

Facing a budget shortfall in 2020, Missouri cut 200 jobs at the Department of Social Services including positions in the division overseeing abused and neglected children.

If hybrid work is set to become the new norm, Kansas City's downtown needs to adapt

The COVID-19 pandemic sent everybody but essential employees to work from home. Now some office workers want to continue that model or have a hybrid work schedule leaving empty office spaces.

For Kansas City homebuyers, realtor says 'the rules of game have changed'

Supply and demand are driving up home prices and leaving little room for negotiation. Here are some tips on navigating the purchase or sale of a house.

FILE - A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. A government watchdog said says the U.S. Postal Service's environmental evaluation used for purchases of next-generation delivery vehicles relied on some false assumptions. Jill Naamane from the Government Accountability Office told the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the analysis used to determine the mix of gas- and electric-vehicles overstated maintenance costs of electric vehicles and relied on gas prices that don’t reflect the current reality. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Kansas City group among those suing U.S. Postal Service over plans to buy polluting trucks

CleanAirNow KC has joined 16 states and other environmental groups in lawsuits to stop the USPS from buying thousands of gasoline-powered trucks.

Two elderly people stand inside a bookstore, each is holding a book and they are hugging. Behind and around them are books shelved neatly.

Rainy Day Books owners hope to ‘pass the baton’ to someone who loves books as much as they do

Founder and president Vivien Jennings, and her husband, Roger Doeren, chief operations officer, are in their 70s – and ready to retire.

A surge of catalytic converter thefts has Kansas Citians rethinking where they park

Catalytic converters are built with platinum, palladium and rhodium — metals that have skyrocketed in value in recent years — making the car parts targets for theft.

A crowd of people hold signs and shout. Some are raising their fist. The signs indicate they are abortion-rights activists.

What women in Kansas and Missouri face if Roe v. Wade is overturned

The leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the landmark case would see a complete ban on abortion in Missouri and offer Kansas legislators the opportunity to do the same.

Mayor says Kansas City's violence interrupter program 'deserves real support'

St. Louis and Kansas City both have programs meant to recognize and interrupt conflicts before they escalate to violence, but the results are very different.

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