Christmas

After a near-record year for homicides, Mayor Quinton Lucas urges Kansas Citians to start the new year right: without deaths due to celebratory gunfire.

In the early 2000s, a musician found a tape documenting a Kansas City family's Christmas celebration from the 1960s. Now, this time capsule of bygone joy is a gift to the people on the tape — and everyone else who listens.

West African food can be hard to find in Kansas City, so Omowumi Akinjole started a catering business. Recently, she’s been busy filling holiday orders.

Since 1982 William Jewell College has partnered with Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral to present "The City Come Again" as a gift in music and word to Kansas City. Dr. Ian Coleman, Chair of the Department of Performing Arts at William Jewell College, hosts this program of students and faculty presenting seasonal music, poetry, and more.

With just under half of all Missouri residents fully vaccinated and the omicron variant on the rise, many families are weighing the pros and cons of gathering for the holidays. And drummer Ryan Pope reflects on two years of canceled performances and postponed tours with his band, The Get Up Kids.

With a highly contagious variant circulating and COVID-19 cases on the rise, an infectious disease physician has tips for navigating this holiday season.

Low-income Kansas City families gathered Wednesday for the last day of City Union Mission’s Christmas Store, which has provided gifts for around 800 families this year.

Few foods have such devoted followings as tamales, especially among Latinos. For families all around Kansas City, making them is a chance to embrace their culture and pass down a tradition.

With the holiday weekend approaching and COVID cases rising fast, Kansas City health officials are warning people to get vaccinated and gather only in small groups in order to prevent more hospitalizations and deaths.

Do your last-minute holiday shopping and get festive at these pop-up bars across the Kansas City metro.

A spectacle of lights and more add holiday joy to the Kansas City metro.

Local health professionals say Kansas City is a "sitting duck" as cases caused by the delta variant spike and omicron looms.