Kansas City

The Linwood location was the first Costco in metro Kansas City and quickly became a retail hub. It generated millions in tax revenue for nearby housing. Now, the company is converting the store into one of its Costco Business Centers, focused on restaurant, small shop and office supplies, to open next spring.

Fall is always the best time of year in Kansas City, when the weather is cooler and there's always a festival (or three) going on. Here's a guide for foodies, music fans, and families looking to get into the autumnal spirit.

At East High School in Kansas City, students help care for row farms, flowering plants and herds of goats, chickens, turkeys and more. It’s the only program of its kind in a Missouri public school, with one in five students participating.

MoDOT crews scooped rock from what was the bridge over U.S. Route 50 to make way for a project set to finish at the end of 2026. Other road construction on U.S. Route 24 and 71 Highway also are underway.

Voters approved a five-year infusion into the fund this summer. Now, affordable housing projects across are using the funds to serve some of the city’s most vulnerable families.

The Kansas City Renaissance Festival began as a fundraiser for the Kansas City Art Institute in 1977, making this year its 50th season. The festival opened September 5 and will run every weekend through October 12, rain or shine.

Gillon Property Group, which owns the Plaza, says the empty lot is a “physical and psychological” problem and will be one of the first major redevelopment targets now that Port KC approved a major incentive package. The space was meant to host a Nordstrom, but the project was scrapped in 2022 after multiple delays.

From the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins to a hill above Parkville, Kansas City has plenty of delightful mini golf courses just waiting to be discovered. Here's a guide to the best places to putt-putt around the metro.

Kansas City's Santa Fe Neighborhood has received $1.4 million from Jackson County’s leftover COVID relief funds to make exterior and interior repairs. The goal is to encourage residents not to move away but to stay and commit to beautifying the historic community.

The Haitian community around Kansas City is generations deep and growing, filled with nurses, dentists and other health professionals. Newer arrivals fear deportation after courts allowed the Trump administration to strip 330,000 Haitian refugees of "temporary protected status."

The Trump administration has proposed eliminating a majority of its regulations for the federal early education program Head Start. The government says the changes would put rulemaking in the hands of the states and could result in higher enrollment, but local Head Start leaders worry about causing "inconsistency."

Passing through parts of the Crossroads, the Westside and Rosedale neighborhoods, Southwest Boulevard hosts some of the best Hispanic food in the Kansas City area. Take a drive down the road with these restaurants, bars, stores and breweries.