Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Kansas City.
First Alert: Flooding becoming major concern for Kansas City metro area
On-again-off-again rain is causing problems on already saturated ground.
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Some black Kansas City residents say renaming Paseo has erased 'our ward parkway'
Micheal Logan remembers a time when blacks in Kansas City, Missouri, weren’t allowed to go south of 27th Street.
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Kansas City third-grader uses bakery profits to pay off student lunch debts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Students and parents facing mounting lunch debts at University Academy can breathe a little easier thanks to a third grader with a sweet tooth and a heart of gold. "I don't bake on Mondays because those are homework days," 9-year-old Ire Cherry explained Cherry started baking at age 3 and is now the owner of Very Cherry Bakery.
Read the full story on Fox 4 Kansas City.
Official apologizes for comment about driving while blonde
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City school board president has apologized for equating treatment of blondes to racist treatment of black people.
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