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Roxanne Jones is a nurse with Global Care Force, an organization based in Lenexa that provides medical aid around the world. She returned Saturday to the United States from Jordan, a country located in between Israel and Iran, and witnessed missiles fly between the two nations.

Mayor Quinton Lucas convened a Commission on Reparations back in May 2023, with the goal of producing recommendations on how the city could repair harms from racism. Two years later, much of that work has yet to begin.

Avid public radio listeners know Tom Papa as a regular panelist and guest host on NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and for his role on the program "Live From Here." He'll be in Kansas City for a stand-up comedy set this Saturday.

Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat and other mammal products as a result of bites from the lone star tick, is on the rise in Missouri and Kansas. Public health experts say more research, and funding, is needed to better address the issue.

Frank White Jr. has been recalled. On Thursday, DaRon McGee, chair of the Jackson County Legislature, will appoint a temporary replacement for county executive, who can serve up to 30 days. Then, the full Legislature will select a replacement for the rest of White’s term — with little chance for public feedback.

Few election cycles in living memory have been quite as chaotic as the 2024 presidential election. A new book from journalists Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen looks at what happened behind the scenes in Washington as the campaign unfolded. The authors are in Kansas City for an American Public Square event on Wednesday.

The city flag of Overland Park has long been considered among the worst in the nation. A new flag set to be adopted next month, with its tree motif and green and white color palette, is much more effective, according to the North American Vexillological Association.

With the ceasefire in Gaza continuing to hold, humanitarian organizations are working to get aid to Palestinians. Kansas City-based Heart to Heart International hopes to provide help as soon as possible, after Israel's blockade prevented them from bringing supplies.

The futures of transgender troops are uncertain following an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, which claims that people whose gender does not match their sex assigned at birth are unfit to serve. That's a "blatant insult and a betrayal," local service members say.

"A Match Made in Heaven" pairs looks by Kansas City-born fashion designer Jeremy Scott with paintings by St. Louis-born artist Katherine Bernhardt. The exhibit runs Feb. 7 through Aug. 3 at Johnson County's Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.