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Kansas City will spend $16 million to reopen jail inside KCPD HQ, in response to outcry over crime
Approval of the jail follows months of calls from residents for city officials to do something about gun violence, spikes in ...
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Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
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Why this Italian bootmaker came to small-town Kansas to continue his craft
In a small workshop behind his Eureka, Kansas, home, a master shoemaker from Italy is quietly pursuing his craft. "I think ...
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Midwest states far from U.S.-Mexico border have spent millions to send troops there
After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021, the governors of Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska answered his ...
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Bird flu outbreaks made egg prices more expensive. Here's what to know
The wholesale price for eggs peaked at $3.30 per dozen in recent months, according to a Sept. 12 U.S. Department of ...
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NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt Marcellus Williams execution next week
"Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must ...
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A Missouri school board may allow hate speech and false information in classroom materials
If the policy amendment passes, "hate speech, false science, and false historical claims” would be allowed in educational ...
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Homeless shelter hopes shot down by Lenexa City Council
Citizens show their support for a proposed new homeless shelter at a city council meeting in Lenexa, Kansas. This week, the Lenexa City Council rejected a proposal to build a homeless services center, ...