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The Chiefs are building a new headquarters in Olathe, in addition to their stadium in Kansas City, Kansas. A big Kansas City company is jumping state lines. Add elections on top of all that, and you have the recipe for a dramatic year in Johnson County.

A great way for kids to brush up on reading skills? Why, reading to the barber, of course. That's the idea at one barbershop in Ypsilanti, Mich. Oh, and in Houston, Dubuque, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio.

Have you ever found yourself in the library or a bookstore, about to go on vacation, with no idea what books to bring? NPR's Lynn Neary talks to three book critics about the best reads of the summer.

A lawyer who spearheaded Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s efforts to block Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood will take charge of the Kansas…

Negative thinking can keep you from making social connections. Here's advice from psychologists about how to overcome the sneaky voice in your head that holds you back.

By Steve Bellhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-715863.mp3Kansas City, MO – Storms headed for Kansas City have already…

By Maria Carter, KCUR Newsroomhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-721248.mp3Kansas City, MO – Singer and Leavenworth…

By Steve Bellhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-723386.mp3Kansas City, MO – The Johnson County District Attorney's office…

By Steve Bellhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-724022.mp3Kansas City, MO – In a 5 to 2 ruling, the Missouri Supreme…

By Steve Bellhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-717117.mp3Kansas City, MO – Jim Ryun and Lynn Jenkins are formally in the…