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The mirror ball that hung from the ceiling inside El Torreon at 31st and Gilham witnessed some of the wildest moments in Kansas City’s music history: the roaring '20s, a roller skating craze, and a 1970s rock 'n' roll haze. After years in storage, this cultural touchstone is back on the scene.

People are still having babies, even in a pandemic. But where they feel safest giving birth has changed.

The Kansas City metro is under a winter storm warning. It's expected to see snow and bitterly cold temperatures starting Friday evening, which will affect city services and people’s ability to drive. Missouri's governor has issued a state of emergency.

Green card holder Owen Ramsingh has spent months in a U.S. detention center in El Paso, Texas, where at least three people have died in recent weeks. Columbia community groups have raised funds to support the family's move to The Netherlands.

Missouri lawmakers banned transgender student athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, and restricted transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care like hormone treatments. But the current laws expire in August 2027.

A congressional subcommittee is asking for records that would show any communications between Trump White House staffers and representatives of Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company Yellow Corporation. The committee wants to know why Yellow got a $700 million CARES Act loan.

Roger Stone has been indicted on seven counts in connection with the Russia probe. Steve Inskeep talks to former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Wehle about what stands out to her in the indictment.

Tori Monaco and Berkely Cade decided separately that it was time to propose. Both women confided in Cade's mother, who convinced each them to propose at the same time over a game of Pictionary.

Statewide criminal registries took off in the 1990s, fueled by crimes against children and a desire to alert people to the presence of sex offenders in…

Are Kansas’ strict voter registration laws necessary protections against fraud, or are they a nakedly political attempt to disenfranchise certain voters?…