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The quick establishment of the new department was driven by student demand.

A reform school in rural Missouri closes after allegations of abuse and neglect, how the local job market is responding to the coronavirus pandemic, one Kansas City university is rolling out a new academic department, and a retrospective analysis of MTV's video content in the 1990s.

Just a few months ago, food insecurity was said to be at its lowest point since before the Great Recession.

The coronavirus pandemic is increasing food insecurity among young people, and a new podcast now out on NPR explores a family operation generating millions of likes, follows and dollars in the name of gun rights.

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Kansas and Missouri, potential COVID-19 vaccines are entering clinical trials in Kansas City and the rest of the country.

Jobless claims in Kansas and Missouri continue to soar and federal unemployment benefits are expiring, some residents of Kansas City's most dangerous neighborhoods could be eligible for a free Ring doorbell, and what we know about a possible COVID-19 vaccine.

It’s not unprecedented for one person to hold both jobs temporarily, but a permanent change of this kind is historic.

Before budgetary woes brought on by the pandemic, New Letters on the Air and BkMk Press had been a 'point of distinction and pride' in Kansas City for decades.

John Herron succeeds Crosby Kemper III at a time when the library's public events and finances have taken a hit.

KCUR officially launches 91.9 Classical KC today, providing the region with 24 hours of classical music programming each day.

Michael Pritchett's novella "Tania the Revolutionary" takes place in the 1970s, following a young woman newly-escaped from a cult and obsessed with news of Patty Hearst and the Manson Family murders.

The university, faced with financial challenges from the pandemic, cuts staffing for the radio show and publisher BkMk Press.