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With the goal of placing 500 Kansas City young people as paid interns in area businesses, Working For Youth's Hire KC program has received 900 applications to date.

An internship program looks to create paid positions to introduce at-risk Kansas City youth to career possibilities and meet musician and producer Justus West.

The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.

The city's physical layout means parking lots proliferate, which then affects property values, development patterns and so much more throughout the entire metro area.

In the wake of an active shooter incident, certain talking point are circulate online and in the media. Here are six common misconceptions about active shooters, the facts and the research.

Segment 1: New voters are projected to make a huge impact on the upcoming midterm elections. First time voters are less likely to affiliate with a…

A surveillance camera set up by the Kansas City Neighborhoods and Housing Services department catches a lot of illegal dumpers. Usually, they are tossing…

Across America, gentrification is pricing people out of the communities they grew up in. Today, we look at alternatives to avoid raising the cost of…

Today, we meet two high school students from Kansas City's Central Academy of Excellence who are using art to tell stories about gun violence. Plus, find…

USA Shooting athletes and the organization itself face a complicated situation every time a mass shooting happens. The governing body’s name alone is…

According to a recent report from the Census Bureau, more millennials are moving out of the inner city and into the suburbs. But are they leaving because…

The Phantastics describe themselves as “dance floor activators.”For the last six years, they’ve been activating local dance floors with songs that meld…