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Flatland is your local nonprofit news source powered by Kansas City PBS and committed to providing context and solutions to some of our region’s biggest challenges. Flatland shares series and stories that give you the best of people & places, eats & drinks, news & issues, arts & culture, and more. We are a reflection of our audience — informed and involved — and your engagement is the cornerstone of continuing this conversation. Comment, question, share.

Three local and three national stories to watch this week 📰
08/18/2025

Three local and three national stories to watch this week 📰

Potential Missouri redistricting battle, stifling heat, football in Kansas City, Lawrence, and Dublin, and more ...

Join Flatland and the Kansas City Media Collective as we bring together local journalists, editors and media innovators ...
08/14/2025

Join Flatland and the Kansas City Media Collective as we bring together local journalists, editors and media innovators to unpack the forces reshaping the media landscape.

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Disappearing Newsrooms, Misinformation, and the Future of Journalism in KC

Money to run the bus service in Kansas City officially runs out on Friday, leaving thousands of riders worried about how...
08/11/2025

Money to run the bus service in Kansas City officially runs out on Friday, leaving thousands of riders worried about how they’ll get to work.

Kansas City, Missouri, hits grim milestone with 100th homicide of the year, bus service is in jeopardy, and lots of ways to eat your way through events.

Meet the women behind Kansas City's beloved barbecue 🍖
08/06/2025

Meet the women behind Kansas City's beloved barbecue 🍖

Veronica Scroggins, a Kansas City, Missouri, pitmaster, is one of the Black women challenging convention in the barbecue world.

We officially have an opening date for the KC Streetcar extension 🚈
07/28/2025

We officially have an opening date for the KC Streetcar extension 🚈

The Trump administration is moving USDA jobs to Kansas City, Truman library celebrates health milestone, KC streetcar extension to open in October, and more ..

"I know what it’s like to feel like you’re standing at the stained-glass window looking in."The Rev. Donna Simon, whom t...
07/28/2025

"I know what it’s like to feel like you’re standing at the stained-glass window looking in."

The Rev. Donna Simon, whom the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America once refused to have on its official roster of pastors because she’s a le***an, soon will become the bishop of the Central States Synod of that Mainline Protestant denomination.

The Central States Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will install the Rev. Donna Simon in September.

Both Kansas and Missouri have tried unsuccessfully to pass the Right to Repair Act. But what is the Right to Repair?
07/25/2025

Both Kansas and Missouri have tried unsuccessfully to pass the Right to Repair Act. But what is the Right to Repair?

Both Kansas and Missouri have tried unsuccessfully to pass the Right to Repair Act. But what is the Right to Repair? How could it impact residents?Flatland i...

This week, a judge will rule on when a recall election can be held to potentially oust Jackson County Executive Frank Wh...
07/21/2025

This week, a judge will rule on when a recall election can be held to potentially oust Jackson County Executive Frank White from office.

Frank White fights for political life, Wyandotte County, Kansas, picks new mayor, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas travels and more ...

Learn how native plants not only manage stormwater, but also reduce heat, support biodiversity and require fewer resourc...
07/18/2025

Learn how native plants not only manage stormwater, but also reduce heat, support biodiversity and require fewer resources.

What if your backyard could help prevent flooding, clean water, and cool your neighborhood? In this video, we explore how green infrastructure, like rain gar...

Fire Keepers Circle, a new public artwork commemorating the Potawatomi Trail of Death will be officially unveiled this w...
07/17/2025

Fire Keepers Circle, a new public artwork commemorating the Potawatomi Trail of Death will be officially unveiled this weekend in Heritage Park in Olathe.

The installation is one two the parks and recreation department in Johnson County, Kansas, is bringing on line in the summer of 2025.

Eighty years ago today, the United States tested the world's first nuclear bomb. Read firsthand accounts of Park Univers...
07/16/2025

Eighty years ago today, the United States tested the world's first nuclear bomb. Read firsthand accounts of Park University graduates who were there.

As it turns out, three Park University (formerly Park College) graduates and pupils of physics professor Dr. Roger Roberts played a role in the...

Caregiving can be expensive. Here are a few tips that could ease some of the financial burden.
07/16/2025

Caregiving can be expensive. Here are a few tips that could ease some of the financial burden.

Learn how to have essential conversations with aging parents about planning for their future. In partnership with the Financial Planning Association of Kansa...

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