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A Jackson County judge on Wednesday will hear Planned Parenthood’s attempt to overturn a number of Missouri laws regulating abortion. Meanwhile, several GOP legislators have already filed bills hoping to reinstate an abortion ban.

Kansas City community kitchens are seeing higher demand as food prices remain high and COVID-19 assistance disappears. The food bank Harvesters is focusing on rescuing food waste as one way to shore up its supplies as demand rises, and donations are down.

Shannon Ellis, head of the union that represents Kansas City IRS employees, said the Trump administration won’t even confirm how many local federal workers have been lost. But she said that the layoffs and policy changes are demoralizing and delaying critical services.

Hella Good Deeds began in 2021 as the Vietnamese coffee shop's Community Outreach Program, in response to the Stop Asian Hate Movement. Now, to mark of the Lunar New Year, it's officially launching as a full nonprofit.

For the first time, several key positions in Wyandotte County’s Unified Government are filled by African Americans. But can new leaders in Kansas' most diverse county turn around a long history of coverup and corruption?

More than 435 candidates filed to run for office. But Missouri Democrats blocked state Rep. Sarah Unsicker from joining the governor race, after she was kicked out of the caucus for her social media activity and personal associations.

The tectonic collision of two entertainment powerhouses — the NFL and Taylor Swift — dominated TV screens this fall. Now, with 115 million Americans poised to watch Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers, sportsbooks are looking for opportunity.

Wyandotte County reports 29.5 cases of syphilis per 100,000 people, a 450% increase since 2012 and the fastest growth of any county in Kansas. Why are cases rising so quickly over the past decade and what do providers say we can do about it?

The Missouri State Employees Retirement Fund reversed its previous decision to reject a divestment proposal from Treasurer Vivek Malek. One of the four legislators on the board accused Malek of playing politics with state investments to boost his 2024 election chances.

Kelly, the second-term Democrat, proposed several tax plans to the Republican-led Legislature during the regular 2024 session. She vetoed three bills passed by the Legislature that would have shed more than $500 million annually in state revenue.