Midtown

Since 1992, Broadway Café in the heart of Westport has remained a central part of Kansas City's coffee scene. Plus: Ice skaters in mid-Missouri have to drive up to two hours in order to find a rink where they can practice their sport, but these two teens aren't letting that stop them.

Since 1992, Broadway Café in the heart of Westport has remained a central part of Kansas City's coffee scene — a place where people don't just grab their drinks to go, but stay a while and even make some friends.

Chicago-based Mac Properties was seeking tax incentives from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for a $100 million apartment and retail project in Midtown with no units designated as "affordable." City Council rejected a similar request last year.

Fewer than 10% of Kansas City's short-term rentals, like Airbnb and Vrbo, are licensed. Residents say that has damaged their quality of life and they want the city to do something about it.

Data shows that less than 10% of short-term rentals in Kansas City are properly licensed. Residents are pressing city officials to take action.

Frustrated by a gap in Kansas City’s retail space, Brian Roberts started curating a mobile pop-up shop of Black-owned and -made goods. After partnering with Made in KC to open a shared storefront in Midtown, The Black Pantry is now expanding nationally with an online store.

Kansas City Council unanimously passed an ordinance giving the buildings at 31st and Main Street historic designation status and prevent them from being torn down for three years.

The project by St. Louis developer Lux Living calls for luxury apartments and amenities for residents, including a fitness center, rooftop pool and co-working spaces.

A Kansas City design firm is using artwork and nature to prioritize people instead of cars at intersections across the metro. The goal is to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities.

Almost five years after Kansas City Council passed an ordinance regulating short-term rentals, the number of listings hit its highest level ever. Residents complain that Airbnb hosts are out-of-state operators who don't care about their neighborhoods.

A narrow win means that baristas at the 41st and Main Street café can now begin collective bargaining as part of Workers United.

Mia Lee Jamison, 70, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting someone to destroy the building by arson and lying to ATF. Her plan was to torch the building that housed Bob Wasabi Kitchen, 39th World of Spirits and a hookah lounge.