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  • Crime & Safety

    AdHoc Group Against Crime is a provider of supportive services for those impacted by violence and homicide in the Kansas City Metro. (John McGrath | Kansas City PBS)

    Services for Those Impacted by Violent Crime

    By John G. McGrath | September 19, 2024

    [Transcript: Damon Daniel, President and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime]  Hello, my name is Damon Daniel, president and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime.  For some, AdHoc is the emergency room for social services, and for others, it’s the trust and bridge between the community and the criminal justice system.  We work…

  • Economy

    Terrence Wise is a leader in the “Fight for $15,” a movement that advocates raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Cody Boston | Flatland)

    New Report Estimates AI Could Displace 110,000 Kansas City Jobs

    By Ceilidh Kern | August 7, 2024

    A recent study found that 10.2% of workers in the Kansas City area are at risk of AI job displacement, the seventh-highest rate among large metropolitan areas.

  • Education

    Prices can add up for families buying school supplies before a new school year. Missouri’s tax holiday and a handful of local school supply drives hope to aid families wary of high costs. (Cuyler Dunn | Flatland)

    Tax Holiday, Supply Drives Help Families Burdened by Back-to-School Costs

    By Cuyler Dunn | August 2, 2024

    As families deal with daunting back-to-school bills, governments, school foundations and community groups are helping folks get students ready for school.

  • Food Chain

    Carne Diem is one Kansas City-area food establishment that has avoided the spike in egg prices through its use of local suppliers. (Contributed)

    Cracking Egg-flation

    By Jill Wendholt Silva | March 25, 2025

    Whether ordering an omelet, French toast, chicken n’ biscuits, chilaquiles, corned beef hash or eggs Benedict, eggs play a starring role at The Farmhouse. “When you’re a brunch and breakfast place, eggs are everything,” said Vince Paredes, executive chef and co-owner of the award-winning farm-to-table brunch venue in the River Market. “We bake with eggs….

  • Healthcare

    Caregivers in KC: Asen’s Story

    By John G. McGrath | June 23, 2025

    Born with a disability at birth, and with no one left to help, Asen’s family turns to Lakemary Center in Paola, Kansas. Lakemary provides educational, mental, behavioral health, and social services to children and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. We follow Asen’s approach in the classroom and interactions with his teachers and coaches, giving him the tools…

  • History

    Fourteen Kansas City area Civil War veterans in 1926 gathered in a Westport restaurant to demonstrate support for a planned military park. The Great Depression ended those plans. (Courtesy | The Kansas City Star)

    A Better Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City | Part II

    By Brian Burnes | November 6, 2024

    Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a three-part series on the restoration of the Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City, Missouri. In the mid-19th century, overland trail teamsters driving wagons west sometimes followed a branch of the Santa Fe Trail out of Independence, using the shortcut to reach fields where the animals used…

  • Sustainability

    Augochlora pura, the Pure Golden Green Sweat Bee, rests on a yellow coneflower in the MU Extension Garden at Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area outside of Kansas City, Missouri, on July 23, 2025. The pure golden green bee can be seen pollinating flowers from April to October. (Abigail Landwehr | Flatland)

    Hundreds of Bee Species Face Decline in Missouri and Kansas

    By Abigail Landwehr | September 25, 2025

    To Tom Schroeder, every bee is a work of art.  His own words, backed up with hundreds of photos in his camera roll from the prairies and woods of Kansas City WildLands. With more than two decades of volunteering with the group, he’s become a bee enthusiast– but not an expert, he’ll clarify. “We’re the…

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