The love story behind a Kansas City po'boy shop
At the popular Northland lunch spot Mudbug Cajun Po'Boys, husband-and-wife owners Chris and Heather Jones offer their twist on Cajun and Creole cuisine. While the restaurant struggled to get through...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri researchers design a filter to remove microplastics...
Researchers at the University of Missouri college of engineering have designed a filter to fit on standard faucets with the goal of removing lead and microplastics.
View ArticleKansas City's urban trees are dying off, even as the city hustles to plant more
Kansas City has committed to planting 10,000 trees in three years. But the city's existing tree canopy is relatively old and under stress by climate change and other factors.
View ArticleThree states show how abortion, schools and taxes are at stake in legislature...
New legislatures could overhaul school vouchers in Arizona, give the Democratic governor more clout in Kansas, and counter a progressive trend in Minnesota.
View ArticleLesser prairie chicken are disappearing from Kansas. Can conservation credits...
Conservationists and cattle ranchers are working together to restore grassland for the lesser prairie chicken. The bird used to roam Kansas, but has lost most of its habitat to crop production.
View ArticleA vote to support at-risk kids in Platte County
Platte County voters will decide in November on a sales tax proposal that would help support mental health care for at-risk kids. Why is it needed, and what could it mean for the county if it passes?
View ArticleHere’s what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key...
A new survey from The Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling Center asked registered voters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska about measures on Nov. 5 ballots as well as a variety of...
View ArticleCars stolen from around Kansas City are showing up in illegal street races...
Police have connected sideshows and street racing with the theft of some high-end Stellantis and GM vehicles like Jeeps, Chargers and Camaros.
View ArticleFarmers are making less money this year, which could have larger economic...
Crop prices have returned to more normal levels this year — down from record highs. As farmers expect less income this year, that's likely to send ripples through the larger agricultural economy.
View ArticleFreed from 34 years of injustice by Missouri, Chris Dunn says he 'deserved to...
At the age of 18, Chris Dunn was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit. It would take two key witnesses recanting and a new state law to free him — even as the Missouri...
View ArticleCould Jackson County's urban core vote Republican this year?
Derron Black is running as a Republican for the first time, for a Missouri Senate district in Kansas City's urban core. He says local Democratic leadership has failed to get his community what it...
View ArticleFormer Kansas police chief who led newspaper raid returns to face criminal...
Special prosecutors charged former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody with one count of interference with the judicial process, a low-level felony, for asking a restauranteur to delete text messages after...
View ArticleA Kansas City church seeks 'the radical center' of politics
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, is tackling political issues even as polarization burdens congregations across the country. Plus: Residents near the Lake of the...
View ArticleIt's warmer and drier than usual in the Midwest this fall. Here's what that...
Fall is typically a drier time of the year for the Great Plains and Midwest. But drought is once again rearing its head in much of the region, and experts are not seeing relief anytime soon.
View ArticleMissouri counties make their case to 'stack' marijuana sales tax on top of...
A circuit court in May ruled that both a county and a local municipality can impose a 3% sales tax at dispensaries in their jurisdictions. That's led to marijuana sales tax rates of nearly 18% in some...
View ArticleAlrededor de Kansas City, los autos robados están apareciendo en carreras...
La policía ha vinculado los espectáculos secundarios y carreras callejeras con el robo de algunos vehículos Stellantis y GM de alta gama, como Jeeps, Chargers y Camaros.
View ArticleSandra Hemme finally won her freedom. Missouri’s attorney general is trying...
The Missouri Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in the innocence case of Sandra Hemme, who served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.S.
View ArticleA Republican supermajority at stake in Kansas
Kansas Democrats are optimistic that next month's general election will result in an end to the GOP's veto-proof supermajority. How likely is such an outcome, and what would it mean for state politics...
View ArticleShould Kansas City and St. Louis control their own police? Missouri voters...
An NPR’s Midwest Newsroom poll conducted by Emerson College Polling showed local control of police is still divisive, even though the Kansas City Police Department is managed by a state board and St....
View ArticleKansas City transit drivers want to unionize over pay and safety. Their CEO...
Contract drivers for IRIS operate Kansas City’s low-cost, city-subsidized rideshare app. They want the right to unionize and negotiate higher pay, benefits and safety measures on the job.
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