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Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks explains to Steve Kraske his work unraveling "the puzzle that was difficult but fascinating" and resulted in the…

Walt Disney, Johnny Carson, Carl Sandburg, Ronald Reagan, Henry Ford . . . small Midwestern towns aren't typically the stuff of sensational headlines -…

Are you stumped looking for last-minute gifts for the kids and teens in your life? How about the gift of shape shifting or time traveling? It's all…

A new campaign is urging parents to spend more time reading with their kids, and Kansas City is at the front of this push for early childhood education.On…

Everyone who’s ever stayed at a hotel turns into a hotel inspector as soon as the bellman closes the door. Does the bedspread look plush or threadbare? Is…

Even if you’ve visited Grover’s Corners before, you might not recognize it now. Thornton Wilder’s classic town is getting a makeover.On Tuesday's Up to…

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of Aug. 29-Sept.1? Up to Date's independent, foreign, and documentary film critics share their favorites…

With the kids in school, the risk of viral infection skyrockets. Over the past month, a rare form of enterovirus has sent more than 400 children in the…

When Johnson County blogger Jen Mann wrote about Elf on the Shelf on her blog, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, she became an overnight sensation.…

Prison chaplains provide service for many souls, but what happens when your congregation is made up of the men who served under Adolf Hitler? The book…