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On Wildlife Conservation Day, meet the creators of Missouri Coast Fisheries, a group who got creative in doing their par...
12/04/2025

On Wildlife Conservation Day, meet the creators of Missouri Coast Fisheries, a group who got creative in doing their part to eliminate invasive carp from Missouri waterways.

Through a contract with the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Coast Fisheries is testing a new method for catching carp in the Platte River.

The Heartland Regional Food Business Center aimed to help small and midsized farms with things like market access and te...
12/03/2025

The Heartland Regional Food Business Center aimed to help small and midsized farms with things like market access and technical assistance to help them grow and maintain their businesses.

via The Beacon

When Makeesha Munro and her partner Travis Jones started their farm in Collins, Missouri, they didn’t expect to be traveling across the state to sell the culinary mushrooms they grow. Jones was semiretired and looking for a way to leverage their property for additional income. One night, they deci...

As civic, commercial and residential life has blossomed in Kansas City’s Downtown in recent years, religious life has gr...
12/01/2025

As civic, commercial and residential life has blossomed in Kansas City’s Downtown in recent years, religious life has grown there, too. But that doesn’t mean it’s been easy for newly planted Downtown faith communities to flourish.

As civic, commercial and residential life has blossomed in Kansas City’s Downtown in recent years, religious life has grown there, too.

Anyone remember Wolferman's?
11/27/2025

Anyone remember Wolferman's?

Ever had a Wolferman's English muffin before? Author Andrea Broomfield of "Kansas City: A Food Biography" joins us to tell us how it all started in 1888 on t...

This year’s Plaza Lighting Ceremony takes place amid a tense debate over the shopping center’s future.
11/24/2025

This year’s Plaza Lighting Ceremony takes place amid a tense debate over the shopping center’s future.

Kansas City marks holiday tradition with Plaza lighting ceremony, developers offer big plans for Plaza buildings, Missouri starts legal betting, and more ...

Denisha Jones of Blue Springs started her company Sweet Peaches Cobblers as a pandemic pivot. She has sold more than 40,...
11/24/2025

Denisha Jones of Blue Springs started her company Sweet Peaches Cobblers as a pandemic pivot. She has sold more than 40,000 frozen cobblers available in 660 supermarkets in the Midwest.

Denisha Jones is looking to expand her success as the founder of Black-owned startup Sweet Peaches Cobbler

Anxious about upcoming Thanksgiving dinner table discussions?
11/24/2025

Anxious about upcoming Thanksgiving dinner table discussions?

These tips may help avoid a recipe for family disaster this holiday season.

Feeling the need for speed? A new go-kart track opens this week in Overland Park.
11/17/2025

Feeling the need for speed? A new go-kart track opens this week in Overland Park.

Andretti Indoor Karting & Games opens its location in Overland Park, Missouri election issues go to court, holiday events kick off and more ...

With the premiere of Ken Burns’ 'The American Revolution,' Flatland explores the war’s impact in the territory that woul...
11/17/2025

With the premiere of Ken Burns’ 'The American Revolution,' Flatland explores the war’s impact in the territory that would become Kansas City.

Local chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution are one vestige of America's war for independence

Feel that cold air coming under your door?
11/12/2025

Feel that cold air coming under your door?

In some areas of the Kansas City Metropolitan area, residents experience an elevated energy burden, defined as the percentage of gross household income that ...

Margaret Pender first met her Uncle W***y when she opened a letter summoning her family to the White House.Pfc. W***y F....
11/11/2025

Margaret Pender first met her Uncle W***y when she opened a letter summoning her family to the White House.

Pfc. W***y F. James Jr. was one of seven African American World War II veterans awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 1997. James was killed at age 25 when he willingly gave his life to save his platoon leader from SS gunfire in Cologne, Germany, on April 8, 1945.

Private First Class W***y F. James Jr. was one of seven African American World War II veterans awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 1997. ...

Shutdown Deal 🤝Veteran's Day 📅Big Sonia's 100th Birthday 🎂
11/10/2025

Shutdown Deal 🤝
Veteran's Day 📅
Big Sonia's 100th Birthday 🎂

Kansas City celebrates Veteran's Day, new Kansas election takes effect, Big Sonia celebrates her 100th birthday, and more ...

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