Melissa Johnson knows her life is hardly unique. The Oak Grove, Missouri, woman cares for her infirm 72-year-old mother, who lives in her own home nearby. She calls her mother daily. She brings dinner ...

Kansas City marks Juneteenth, World Cup fever remains at a fever pitch, Johnson County Parks & Rec screens the movie "Jaws," ...

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The new owners of the Country Club Plaza will emphasize safety by installing more than 100 surveillance cameras and employing a more visible security force that can make arrests as part of its revival ...

Unlike many of her Crossroads neighbors — hoping to draw in crowds of football fans still riding high from Kansas City’s Super Bowl win — Jill Cockson’s business wasn’t open during Wednesday’s Chiefs ...

This week’s Art House Extra takes us into a little-known but burgeoning corner of filmdom: SCP. What’s that, you ask? The acronym stands for: Secure. Contain. Protect. When it comes to making movies, ...

Michael Crane’s quest for a perfect pastrami on rye started six months ago after he ordered the standard Jewish deli classic while enjoying lunch with his wife. Michael Crane slices pastrami in his ...

Developer Chris Sally has swooped in to save a long-neglected, historic building in the heart of downtown that had been slated to be demolished this week. The big question now is, what is he going to ...

We’re marking three big holidays this week, none of which qualify you for a day off. Today is Cinco de Mayo. Sunday is Mother’s Day. And Friday is Victory Day, a new holiday declared by President ...

On behalf of the editorial leadership within the Kansas City Media Collective, alongside The Kansas City Star, we are sharing an open letter addressed to Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council of ...

Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery. What investigators called a “mass grave” represented evidence of what witnesses had ...