UMKC just posted a third straight record enrollment, but researchers warn every incoming class after this one is expected to be smaller.

Voters rejected a similar measure by just 1.7% last year. This time, city leaders stripped out athletic funding and promised free admission to sweeten the deal.

Ford and Seward counties now look like the America of 2046 — decades ahead of schedule, driven by meatpacking jobs and immigrant families.

About 330 Fairmount students start Monday inside Messiah Lutheran Church while their century-old building gets gutted and rebuilt.

Sharon Jones beat a 24-year city utilities veteran for the Ward 4 seat and now wants to rethink Columbia's Flock cameras.

City leaders say the tax could support a preventative paving program with a 10- to 15-year cycle — if voters finally say yes.

Phone service for City of Kansas City, Missouri departments is affected; the alert does not address 911 dispatch.

Kansas will sort every K-9 public school student into high risk, some risk, or on track by October. Parents are urged to ask about intervention plans.

A Missouri lawmaker who was once denied a divorce while pregnant helped write the fix that takes effect Aug. 28.

Phil LeVota allegedly offered county jobs to push a rival out of the 2026 executive race he'd promised not to enter.

Data centers are not on Tuesday's ballot, but Kansas City-area candidates are making them a defining campaign issue over water, power and tax breaks.

A Clay County ballot error may have left roughly 1,500 voters without the county commission race they were supposed to decide. Officials are investigating whether the mistake could affect the result.

Kansas City voters approved $100 million for repairs at Bartle Hall, Municipal Auditorium and City Hall. The no-tax-increase bond arrives as downtown venues prepare for a busy event calendar.