Jodi Fortino
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KCUR 89.3
Gladstone Elementary students received more than 400 bike helmets and traffic safety training after a second-grader was struck by a car while riding his scooter. It's one of the latest efforts to keep children safer on the road.
Samantha Horton
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Kansas News Service
Carlos Moreno
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KCUR 89.3
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- Los expertos en salud de Kansas City afirman que las recomendaciones confusas sobre vacunas aumentan el riesgo de enfermedad
- Cómo el cierre del gobierno federal está perjudicando a los agricultores, que ya están atravesando por un año difícil
- Miles de niños de la Ciudad de Kansas podrían perder los programas de Head Start si se prolonga el cierre del gobierno
- Los recortes al seguro Medicaid son una bomba de tiempo para los hospitales rurales de Kansas. Un cambio podría ayudar
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Pop star Taylor Swift was spotted during the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC Championship run in 2024 wearing an EB and Co. piece. The exposure helped the Kansas City brand rapidly expand. -
Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes started in 2015 to make children’s Halloween dreams a reality. The nonprofit has made 200 free custom costumes to fit wheelchairs and walkers. -
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that allows judges to extend probation for years when an offender fails to pay restitution in their cases. The lawsuit alleges the practice punishes people for being poor. -
A new Missouri law requires certain school districts to get voter approval to start or continue the four-day week. The Independence School District, which is by far the state's largest district on the shortened week, will put the issue before voters on Nov. 4. -
Football coach Marv Levy guided the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s, but that wouldn't happen until after the Kansas City Chiefs fired him. -
Leila's Hair Museum, the most unusual attraction in Independence, Missouri, closed in September. Thanks to the founder’s granddaughter, the massive collection of wreaths made out of human hair is finding new homes at museums across the country. -
The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday there have been nearly 750 highway fatalities so far this year. -
Cedric Warren and Domonique Moore, whose murder convictions were tossed last year due to prosecutorial misconduct, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday. They say they were railroaded by Roger Golubski, then a police detective, because the mother of one of them refused his sexual advances. -
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A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. A new episode of A People's History of Kansas City investigates.
