Independence Public School District

Many Kansas City area students will not be required to mask up when they return to class this week despite concerns about the rise in COVID-19 cases.

Independence was one of the first local districts to have kids return to classrooms. Apart from a Zoom outage on the first day, all seems to be going according to plan, says Superintendent Dale Herl.

A check-in with the superintendent of one of the first local districts to have students back in classrooms, how powerful images shape important moments in society, and a selection of weird and wonderful things in "Secret Kansas City."