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By Elana Gordon

North Kansas City, MO – In an 8 to 1 vote, North Kansas City council members passed an ordinance banning smoking in all bars and restaurants, with the exception of casino gaming floors. Council member Dolores Curry says she believes the ban is in the best interest of the city.

Curry: It's for people's health and children's health and I think we need to work towards that to try to make it a better place for people to live.

By Elana Gordon

North Kansas City, MO – In an 8 to 1 vote, North Kansas City council members passed an ordinance banning smoking in all bars and restaurants, with the exception of casino gaming floors. Council member Dolores Curry says she believes the ban is in the best interest of the city.

Curry: It's for people's health and children's health and I think we need to work towards that to try to make it a better place for people to live.

By Elana Gordon

North Kansas City, MO – In an 8 to 1 vote, North Kansas City council members passed an ordinance banning smoking in all bars and restaurants, with the exception of casino gaming floors. Council member Dolores Curry says she believes the ban is in the best interest of the city.

Curry: It's for people's health and children's health and I think we need to work towards that to try to make it a better place for people to live.

By Dan Verbeck, KCUR News

Kansas City, MO – We can fix most of the problems! That's the message from a collection of non-profit and government agencies portraying themselves as solvers of a current American tragedy of home foreclosures.

By Sylvia Maria Gross

By Alex Smith

Kansas City, MO – UPDATE: In July, Max Jaben tested positive twice for anabolic steroids, and forfeited his place on the Israeli swim team. More information here.

By Susan Wilson

Kansas City, MO – The Black Economic Union has been struggling to keep its doors open for the past few years. On Thursday, Kansas City, Missouri's city council passed an ordinance, sponsored by council member Melba Curls, to provide funds to keep the organization's office running for the next year.

By Elana Gordon

Kansas City, MO – Dr. Waeckerle is currently Missouri's chief medical officer for homeland security and is also a clinical professor at UMKC. He says being honored as a "Hero of Emergency Medicine" has helped further validate the work that he does.

Dr. Waeckerle: After being recognized and appreciated by your patients, there's nothing more important than being recognized by your colleagues.

By Elana Gordon

By Elana Gordon

By Dan Verbeck

By Elana Gordon

Kansas City, MO – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has identified three cases of Salmonella infections that are linked to a recent outbreak of the illness across nine states. Health officials in Texas and New Mexico, where the majority of cases have occurred, believe the consumption of raw tomatoes is responsible for the outbreak. Kansas Health and Environment Spokesperson Mike Heideman is advising residents to take extra caution with tomatoes.

By Elana Gordon

Kansas City, MO – The Johnson County Board of Commissioners approved a proposed one-eighth-cent sales tax to help fund the Johnson County Research and Education Triangle. The measure now goes on the November ballot, where county residents will have final say over it. Commissioner Doug Wood says he supports the proposed tax - despite some reservations - because it would bring important economic and higher-education opportunities to the region.

By Elana Gordon

By Dan Verbeck

Kansas City, MO – A blaze at a fuel storage tank in Kansas City Kansas continues to burn. Officials say lightning from a line of strong thunderstorms struck the tank Wednesday evening, setting off a spectacular fire at Magellan Midstream Partners that could be seen for miles. Dan Verbeck has this report.

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