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12/01/2025

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal...

12/01/2025

Join KCKPL in a Food Drive for the holidays! 🍎🥫 We're partnering with Harvester's to feed local families and those in need.

From December 1-12, donate food and household items at any of our branches (except Mobile Libraries). When you give back to the community, the Library gives back to you: donate 3+ items and earn $5 in Library Bucks! You can use them at any KCKPL book sale, like our Main Library Book Sale Dec. 6-7, or West's Winter Books Sale Dec. 12 - 13.

To learn more about frequently requested items, visit: https://www.kckpl.org/posts/food-drive-harvesters

12/01/2025

The Latinx Education Collaborative said just 1% of educators in the Kansas City area were Latino in 2019. A new report found that share nearly...

12/01/2025

(Thinking of buying a house?)

The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.

11/30/2025

According to The Wall Street Journal, over 6,000 letters is the number of letters that Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, has received in jail. Support for Mangione, who is set to appear in state court this week, has proved surprisingly enduring, with fans, social activists and those who fought their own battles with insurers making outsize efforts around the case of the 27-year-old Ivy League graduate.

11/29/2025

As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills.

11/29/2025

A federal program that provided financial and technical assistance for small farmers was canceled earlier this year.

11/29/2025

11/29/2025

A Gen Z-led advocacy group launches a boycott campaign against corporations backing ICE and the Trump administration's racist policies.

11/28/2025

(In case you may have some doubt.)

Applicants reportedly cited N**i theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles

11/26/2025

Underlying problems of the MOScholars program were unearthed in a trial over the legality of Missouri funding of private school vouchers.