Westport High School

The marching band and drill team’s founder, Willie Arthur Smith, is retiring after more than 50 years of entertaining crowds in Kansas City and beyond.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 4:40 p.m. Thursday to reflect City Council actions.The old Westport High School is a step closer to a new life as…

Vincent Van Gogh loved to paint "en plein air" which meant battling the elements: rain, wind and ... grasshoppers? Today, we speak with the painting…

In 2010, Kansas City Public Schools closed nearly 30 schools, mostly because of declining enrollment and a budget deficit. Some of these buildings are…

A plan to redevelop the former Westport High School into a co-working space might never get off the ground if the developers can’t get permission to add…

In recent years, Kansas City has emerged as a startup hub. Now, the metro's burgeoning tech community will soon have a centerpiece space in which to do…

Midtown will be undergoing some dramatic changes as Westport Middle School was recently sold to developers at BNIM to be converted into community spaces…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-897509.mp3Kansas City, Mo. – Westport High School is slated to close this spring after…