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Segment 1: Missouri House minority leader explained her party can still manage to get issues across the finish line.Representative Crystal Quade says her…

Segment 1: As rates increase among children in Kansas City, lead poisoning remains a persistent concern.It's been decades since companies stopped adding…

Segment 1: High-energy ensemble re-imagines jazz music for a younger generation.The combination of french fries and Champagne, casual and sophisticated,…

Wendell Castle revolutionized the art world. The Holton, Kansas, native was known as the father of the studio furniture movement of the 1960s and 1970s.…

A particularly severe flu season is a good reason to refresh our series on children's health and development. In this latest installment, we get advice…

Tummy troubles, belly burdens, gastrointestinal grievances — call them what you will, but no one likes having a stomachache. That goes double for…

It's been three weeks since the election, and public reactions are still hot. Today, Kansas City's own David Von Drehle, editor-at-large for Time…

An infectious disease that typically affects about 10 people in Kansas City annually has already spread to more than 14 times that number this year,…

Two adults in Sedgwick County, Kan., in the south-central part of the state, have been diagnosed with a rare virus after returning from separate trips to…

Kansas state health officials confirmed two cases of measles in Johnson County Friday. The cases may be linked to four others on the Missouri side of…

State and local health officials have confirmed a case of tuberculosis in Johnson County, Kan. A patient who was treated at Overland Park Regional Medical…

A suburban Kansas City elementary school will remain closed until Monday due to an as-yet-undetermined gastro-intestinal illness. Rosehill Elementary…