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With one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country, Wyandotte County is taking steps to fix that problem.

When you're a parent—especially a first-time parent—you worry about all kinds of things you see in your baby's development.

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 10-12, 2013?

To look at the collected paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir is to see all possible colors and textures made more rich and tactile by the light. Gilles Bourdos’ evocative Renoir is less a comprehensive biography than a portrait of the man in his golden years (played with astonishing physical accuracy by Michel Bouquet) when his output is hardly dented at all by his physical impairments.

William Whitener became Artistic Director of the Kansas City Ballet in 1996.  After having staged, taught, acquired, commissioned or created 85 works for the organization and seeing it move into its new rehearsal and performance spaces, Whitener now prepares to leave the Ballet and embark on yet another chapter in his remarkable career.

After seven nominations, Bluestem's Chef Colby Garrelts took home the prize this week as Best Chef of the Midwest at the James Beard awards in New York City. 

Writing can be a solitary pursuit, and that can mean the tricks of the trade remain quiet. 

Looking back, desegregating the military seems like the obvious thing to do, but in the 1940s and 50s, it wasn't so clear for Harry Truman.

With Mother's Day on the horizon, one group wants you to listen to your mother.

Would you walk 500 miles to raise awareness for a cause? Would you walk 70 more?

Ever wonder where the word hornswoggle comes from? How about doubloon?

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 3-5, 2013?