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A wide view of the skyline of Kansas City shows several hot air balloons in the foreground and the cityscape extending into the background. It's a late evening hour and streetlights illuminate the roadways with an orange glow.

New to Kansas City? We made you a guide of things to do, places to go and food to eat

Moved to town or just visiting? Don't worry! Read KCUR's guide to Kansas City and pretty soon you’ll be arguing about barbecue, the proper way to pronounce “Plaza,” and crazy Missouri/Kansas drivers just like the rest of us.

Actualización De Preguntas Frecuentes: Cómo Kansas City Está Respondiendo Al Coronavirus

KCUR está trabajando las veinticuatro horas para mantenerlos informados con las últimas noticias de la COVID-19 en la zona metropolitana de Kansas…

In the early 1960s, some downtown Kansas City organizations advocated for the construction of a domed stadium, with an attached auditorium, in or near the central business district. The site they targeted is where the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is now located.

Kansas City has a long history of angst over where to build Royals and Chiefs stadiums

If Jackson County voters feel conflicted about the April 2 stadium sales tax vote to help finance a new downtown ballpark for the Royals and Arrowhead Stadium improvements for the Chiefs, they can be confident in this: political fights over stadiums is a local tradition that goes back at least 93 years.

Jackson Turner speaks at the podium during the Finney County planning board meeting in April.

Want to pack a public meeting in Kansas? Just say it's about a data center

Some Kansans are spooked by data centers as the likelihood of the state hosting more big tech facilities is rising. One positive to all the hullabaloo? Heightened civic engagement early in local proceedings.

The U.S. Men's National Team poses during the announcement of the 2026 World Cup roster in New York last month.

Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team

The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.

Amy Frank and her husband, Allen Frank, had questions during a contract dispute between the medical center and their insurer about whether Allen's post-surgical care would be covered.

Missouri patients got caught in a fight between their insurance and hospitals: 'A big loophole'

About 90,000 people spent months in limbo as central Missouri's major medical provider fought over insurance contracts. These disputes between insurers and hospitals are a recurring problem.

Janie Abbott stands in her backyard, where a tree can be seen interfering with overhead power lines.

People in older, more affordable Kansas homes are more likely to lose power. There's no easy fix

Burying existing overhead power lines in developed neighborhoods would cost billions of dollars. That cost would immediately show up on electricity bills.

Max Stark, 12, a 7th grader at Senn-Thomas Middle School in Herculaneum, uses a magnifying glass to look at details of his team’s model city, “Ulia Pele” during the 2023-2024 Missouri Future City Competition hosted by the Kaleidoscope Discovery Center on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at the Butler-Carlton Hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. This year’s theme of the state-wide middle school competition is “electrify your future.”

Missouri middle schoolers compete to design the electrified city of the future

Junior high students from around Missouri competed to represent the state in a national contest to design and present a vision of an electrified, eco-friendly city that could be a model for life in the future.

An Eau Claire water tower rises above trees and houses on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. The city is spending $20 million to build a PFAS filtration facility aimed at removing remaining trace amounts of PFAS from the water supply.

Midwest cities will receive millions to clean up 'forever chemicals.' But some say it's not enough

Settlement payments from chemical companies are helping cities pay for expensive PFAS removal technology. But local leaders say the dollars often fall short of covering the full costs to clean up drinking water.

Philly Mayor Michael Nutter Thinks Local At DNC

The Democratic convention has put a spotlight on national politics. But for the nation's mayors, all politics is local. Host Michel Martin speaks with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He talks about the challenges facing American cities.

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