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The National School Boards Association recently compared parents to domestic terrorists. The Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) has responded by leaving the organization. The national association made the comments in a letter ...

Platte County, Missouri prosecutors say 29-year-old Sean D. Green of Lee’s Summit faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of sex trafficking charges. His arrest came after an undercover operation ...

The memory of a hero priest is being honored after Kansas’ First District Congressman Tracey Mann introduced legislation asked members to support his bill to designate the post office in Herrington, Kansas, ...

Although energy prices are rising, help may be on the way for Missouri consumers. Evergy is the state’s latest utility to launch a Pay As You Save (PAYS) program, in which the ...

Abundant Life Church in Lee’s Summit and Jackson County have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions. The county will pay the church $146,750 and agree that any future health ...

New Missouri Medicaid regulations for abortion that could affect Planned Parenthood funding recently went into effect. Under the new rules, the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) can turn over its ...

A distinctively different ABC picture book written by Kansas City author and artist, LeAnne Litka released in late September to much praise. What’s That Sound? took Litka four years to produce, but ...

The state of Missouri will destroy five illegal gaming devices in Platte County on Thursday. The video gaming machines, previously owned by Integrity Vending LLC, were seized in October 2018 by the ...

Shawn Carney, founder of the 40 Days of Life movement, recently tweeted, “The abortion industry fears science, reason, and love. We can change endless hearts when we share all three unapologetically.” Carney, ...

A controversial book about a young man’s gay sexual exploits is on the approved reading list at several school districts in Johnson County, Kan. The Blue Valley, Olathe and Shawnee Mission School ...

Former presidential candidate Ambassador Dr. Allan Keyes will headline the Voice for the Voiceless banquet Thursday, Oct. 7. The event is a fundraiser for Missouri Right to life – Western Region and ...

Kansas City Union Station announced that it will present the documentary film “Auschwitz Untold in Color” to accompany its popular Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. exhibition. Hundreds of documentaries have made ...

The states of Missouri and Kansas are teaming up on an initiative to raise awareness of national security operations in the Midwest. The National Security Crossroads is a branding effort to draw ...

Opposition by Kansas City’s LGBTQ commission has halted plans to include a Chick-fil-A in the new KCI airport. The decision comes while the Christian-owned fast-food chain ranks #1 in customer satisfaction across ...

With a name like Byron Pringle, the wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs had to be a natural for a snack promotion. Pringles is partnering with the namesake player and brand ...

Rod Handley welcomes more than 100 men to the 20th-anniversary celebration of the TGIW men’s ministry on Wednesday morning at the Stanley Event Space in downtown Lee’s Summit. Handley reminisced about the ...

Federal authorities are investigating a fire at historic Harlem Baptist Church in Kansas City as arson. The fire last Saturday gutted the front of the church and left half of its eight ...

Hallmark Cards is giving away one million cards from its new Little World Changers collection. The cards encourage and reward kids as they make a difference in the world through acts of ...

Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City has fired a math teacher because of her conservative Facebook posts. Beth Reams, who taught at the school for 25 years, said her liberal colleagues who ...

Jay Ashcroft, Missouri secretary of state, is giving it another shot to legislate photo ID requirements for voting. Polls show Missourians favor voter ID. “If you show up with a cable bill, ...

Most are familiar with the well-known works of C.S. Lewis. In addition to writing children’s classics like The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe he also authored works that delve into Heaven and ...

Chili in the Crock-Pot is as much a part of fall as cooler weather and football games. The popular appliance can trace its roots to Kansas City. Before the Crock-Pot was a ...

The abandoned but historic Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kan., stands in the way of a new educational center being built by KCK Community College. “This is probably the ...

Enrollment is increasing in several Kansas City-area schools without mask mandates. “Our enrollment is up again, which is obviously a huge blessing,” Janet Fogh, head of Maranatha Christian Academy in Shawnee, told ...

Mount Washington Missionary Baptist Church is finding that no good deed goes unpunished. Several people who live in the neighborhood said the church is creating a dangerous crime situation from squatters, break-ins, ...