Oklahoman Richard Zane Smith is using recordings to build a lexicon from a language with no consistent written characters.

The U.S. vice president visits Topeka, a unicorn costume is a Halloween favorite, and a famous musician gets recognized in ...

You won’t have to put up with those infuriating campaign commercials much longer. Election Day is Tuesday. Polls open at 6 a.m. in Missouri and 7 a.m. in Kansas. While a surprisingly competitive U.S.

Local Christian educators are grappling with the fundamental questions raised by Zoom classes while welcoming students that ...

Public Vote on Ballpark in Limbo Activist groups say they’ve collected enough valid signatures to put the issue before voters. But so far, the City Council hasn’t taken up the petition. The deadline ...

Kansas City icon Alvin Brooks knows more about the Civil Rights Movement here than almost anyone alive. And Brooks, former Kansas City mayor pro tempore, insists that progress for Blacks here would ...

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From questions of quality — think Flint, Michigan — to questions of access — think the Dakota Access Pipeline — understanding our finite resource of water starts at home. Our story starts with Brush ...

After six matches and a month of global attention, Kansas City’s World Cup run has come to an end. Here’s what’s happening this week: The Big Dismantling: The teardown is already underway at the FIFA ...

With Election Day just six weeks away, some of the nation’s top political names are now rolling through Kansas City. Last week, Vice President JD Vance was in town. This week, it’s Barack Obama. The ...

Since it became notorious 20 years ago with suspicions about links to the Oklahoma City bombing, this village seems frozen in time. True, some signs of modernization have crept in. The old, dimly lit ...