News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Nick’s Picks | Juneteenth, Stadium Drama and Summer Solstice
A busy week in Kansas City includes more stadium drama for the Chiefs and Royals, Juneteenth and the summer solstice. Here’s your agenda.
Why You Might Want to Donate Your Brain to Science
Organ donor programs do not include brains, creating a tissue shortage that impedes research into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and concussions.
‘Time for a Reckoning.’ Kansas Farmers Brace for Water Cuts to Save Ogallala Aquifer
After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation to conserve water and save the Ogallala Aquifer.
Kansas City Launches New Effort to Counter Gun Violence
Kansas City has launched a “focused deterrence” program, named SAVE KC, that engages potential victims or perpetrators of gun violence before it happens.
Bird Flu has Hit Cows in Kansas and Sparked Precautions in Missouri. Here’s What that means for You
Bird flu has hit cows in Kansas and sparked precautions in Missouri. Scientists say the more it spreads, the more chances it has to become a problem for people.
Honoring Womontown: Kansas City’s Intentional Lesbian Community
The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America will install a historic marker honoring Womontown on Thursday, June 13, at 27th Terrace and Charlotte Street.
Parched in the Panhandle: Town Frets About Water
How Seaboard Foods rebuilt the Oklahoma panhandle’s economy, which ushered in a new era of groundwater depletion from the Ogallala Aquifer.
Nick’s Picks | Kansas Makes a Play for Chiefs and Royals
This week’s news in Kansas City includes the latest on stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals, more woes for the Country Club Plaza and an update on Buc-ee’s.
Boone County Becomes Focus of Missouri Initiative Petition Campaigns Following Redistricting
The 2022 Missouri congressional map split Boone County in half. Will it make a difference in the effort to get abortion on the ballot in November?
Do We Have a Bid? Auctions Sell Produce by the Lot
Produce auctions in Missouri and Kansas allow wholesale buyers to shop local, offering a key link in the food distribution chain.