Episodios

  • Kansas City activists mobilize against immigration enforcement

    Kansas City activists mobilize against immigration enforcement
    Jan 22 2026
    Kansas Citians are taking to the streets to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After the killing of Renee Good, a former Kansas City resident, a demonstration marched through the Country Club Plaza. Meanwhile, local groups are warning each other about potential ICE activity.
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    12 m
  • The tumblin' tumbleweed is plaguing western Kansas

    The tumblin' tumbleweed is plaguing western Kansas
    Jan 21 2026
    Tumbleweeds have taken over the High Plains. The plant thrives so well in the western part of Kansas that sometimes they can shut down entire neighborhoods or highways. Plus: An inconspicuous insect is changing what survival looks like as climate change remains a threat.
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    12 m
  • Missouri's trial over abortion restrictions heads into week 2

    Missouri's trial over abortion restrictions heads into week 2
    Jan 20 2026
    State attorneys will take center stage this week in a trial that could reshape Missouri's abortion regulations. Witnesses are expected to include doctors who view the state's TRAP laws as protective, rather than restrictive. This follows a week where Planned Parenthood leaders testified that the state is imposing standards that are impossible to meet.
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    12 m
  • KCUR was told to leave our building. Here's what we know

    KCUR was told to leave our building. Here's what we know
    Jan 19 2026
    Just before Christmas, the University of Missouri-Kansas City informed all tenants of 4825 Troost Ave., the largest of which are KCUR and Classical KC, that they must vacate the building by the end of January. We'll talk about what we know — and what we still don't — about the move.
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    15 m
  • The Royals may be running out of options for a new stadium

    The Royals may be running out of options for a new stadium
    Jan 16 2026
    The Kansas City Royals missed a big deadline to tell Kansas their proposal for STAR bond funding, and top lawmakers say they're no longer interested in talks with the team. The doors may also be closing in Clay County, while Missouri's public financing offer is under threat.
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    14 m
  • Kansas City data center among first to nab clean energy loan

    Kansas City data center among first to nab clean energy loan
    Jan 15 2026
    A data center in the Crossroads is one of the first in the country to get a loan for clean energy. Plus: Scientists across the central U.S. say they have experienced a year of change and uncertainty under the second Trump administration.
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    13 m
  • Kansas City says goodbye to Frank the Liberty Tree

    Kansas City says goodbye to Frank the Liberty Tree
    Jan 14 2026
    A huge tree is being cut down in Kansas City's Historic Northeast. The burr oak predates even the Revolutionary War and survived as the city sprang up around it. But after a lightning strike and years of disease, Frank the Liberty Tree has reached its end.
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    10 m
  • What's ahead for Johnson County in 2026?

    What's ahead for Johnson County in 2026?
    Jan 13 2026
    The Chiefs are building a new headquarters in Olathe, in addition to their stadium in Kansas City, Kansas. A big Kansas City company is jumping state lines. Add elections on top of all that, and you have the recipe for a dramatic year in Johnson County.
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    15 m