A blog about Kansas City politics and culture.

"Officers were called to E. 27th Street and Askew Avenue. Police said one person was fatally shot at a home in the area." ...

Kansas City has a proud tradition of rejecting school bonds because of widespread dissatisfaction with rising taxes and the ...

The politics of this move is debatable . . . But there's no denying a real world setback for already beleaguered farmers in ...

"KCUR has been an independent service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for decades. The University of Missouri Board of Curators expressed support for a UMKC plan to transfer the station’s ...

They don't tell students any of this when they start down the road of competitive sports but ALL OF IT is just training for ...

The festivities were downgraded already and tarnished by last year's shootout that killed a beloved DJ and allowed most of ...

IF YOU DARE: CAPTION THIS PREZ TRUMP POSE WITH JACKSON MAHOMES!!! We'll post the winner as the featured comment, hopefully, ...

"Snowfall totals exceeding six inches are possible across a large part of the area, with some areas receiving as much as 10 ...

An overnight note sent to local media and more detail about one of the darker stories hitting this morning's news-cycle . . .

Yes, we're aware of the questionable claim that the Super Bowl DOES NOT risk a rise in domestic violence. Already in Kansas ...

Lately we've been shying away from sharing fundraisers because there are too many good ones and the stories are well ...