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Residents of the poorest parts of Kansas City are tired of city leaders making promises about investing in the city's east side. Testifying before the…

Nearly 900 streets in the U.S. are named for Martin Luther King Jr. But there's not one in Kansas City.Several prominent, local black political and…

As they carry donated food out of Great Western Bank in Shawnee, Kansas, five teenage boys boast about whose load is heaviest.One flexes. “Them’s cannons…

A family of nine Somali refugees, their journey interrupted by an executive order barring refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries, including…

Updated 10:40 a.m., February 7th.Just Monday morning, The Della Lamb Community Service Agency learned a family of nine scheduled to be resettled in Kansas…

The trial of 23 people who protested Missouri’s failure to expand Medicaid began today in Jefferson City with jury selection.The so-called Medicaid 23…

This story was rebroadcast as part of our best-of 2015 series. It was originally reported in September 2015. This is the second of a two-part series. For…

This story was rebroadcast as part of our best-of 2015 series. It was originally reported in September 2015. When Alan Meade made police detective in…

Reverend Nelson “Fuzzy” Thompson, one of Kansas City’s leading civil rights leaders, died last weekend. Thompson was a long time president of the Southern…

When most of us think about death, we assume our bodies will take the traditional route of being cremated or buried. This is not always the case, as…

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill continues to let surrogates campaign for her reelection bid.The Democratic lawmaker remains at a St. Louis hospital…

Amid a firestorm of criticism for his remarks about rape, Missouri Congressman Todd Akin refuses to withdraw from the race for U.S. Senator. Update…