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In February 1969, more than 400 students at two high schools in Kansas City, Kansas, walked out of their classes to protest the lack of Black history courses. The students were from all-Black Sumner High School — the only high school in Kansas to be legally segregated — and from Wyandotte High, a school with […]

"We were all told to immediately get to concourse A," one traveler wrote on X as an evacuation order was enforced at Kansas City International Airport.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill confirmed Saturday that an EF0 tornado touched down late Friday night, cutting a nearly 8-mile path from northern Johnson County, Kansas, into Kansas City, Missouri. The tornado developed shortly after 11:30 p.m. CT Friday, March 6,...

The Jackson County sheriff recently announced the resignation of the county detention center director. Kansas City, Missouri, shared Diana Knapp will take charge of the city’s rehabilitation efforts.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Residents opposing a new AI data center say they collected twice the signatures needed to force a public referendum — but the city of Independence has denied their effort, citing one line in the city charter. City Council voted 5-2 on Monday to approve tax...

This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. “Leave your troubles outside,” commands the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway hit “Cabaret.” “In here, life is beautiful.”. Though the word cabaret...

KSHB 41 News reporter Braden Bates covers parts of Jackson County, Missouri, including Lee's Summit. Send Braden a story idea by e-mail. A few months after Elayjah Murray's murder, friends and family gathered to celebrate what would have been her 19th birthday with a balloon release on March 7. In...

About 400 Douglass-Sumner properties in northeast KCK are being evaluated for possible contamination. Land Bank lots with lead, petroleum or radon concerns will be held until they are remediated. The post Contaminated land, housing funds and parks upgrades discussed in Wyandotte County appeared first on The Beacon .

GRANDVIEW, Mo. (KCTV) - Crews in Grandview responded to a significant residential street flood on Friday following the city’s initial overnight and morning round of rain. The City of Grandview alerted residents to a street closure at E. 129th Street and Oakland. The closure was shared with residents just...

The National Weather Service reports that an EF-0 tornado began in Shawnee and traveled about eight miles before ending near Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood Friday night. Meteorologists said the tornado touched down in northern Shawnee around 11:34 p.m. and moved through Merriam, Wyandotte County and across...