Patrick Mahomes throws a pass against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 23, 2022.

Sports Wagering Bills Moving Toward Missouri House Debate Amid Efforts to Boost Tax Rates

A bill to legalize sports wagering is heading to the House floor for debate following a committee vote Tuesday. Three other bills legalizing sports wagering will have public hearings Wednesday in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Mean Mule Distilling Co.'s tasting room offers a variety of agave-based spirits.

Tap List | Mean Mule Distilling Launches New One-Of-A-Kind Spirit

Mean Mule Distilling Co. has created a “new wave” agave-based gin.

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The Womontown documentary features co-founders Andrea Nedelsky and Mary Ann Hopper walking through their old neighborhood in Midtown Kansas City. Emily Woodring and Brydie O'Connor of Kansas City PBS film Nedelsky discussing Womontown's history.

Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women

Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could “walk hand in hand, freely down the streets.” So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.

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Questions about COVID-19 abound. Here's what our team of reporters knows so far.

curiousKC | How Do We Navigate Politics and Health?

Here’s a round-up of stories that give a birds-eye look at what community leaders are doing to educate, empower and keep people healthy.

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NFL Draft May Make Next Year Busiest in KC Sports History

By Kevin Collison Next year may be the busiest in Kansas City sports history including up to 350,000 visitors coming downtown next spring for the 2023 NFL Draft, according to a top local sports official. “Four weeks of collegiate basketball, then we roll into our first ever Sports ETA convention, our national association of sports…

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Big 12 Takes Over Downtown

The Big 12 basketball tournament tops Nick’s Picks this week in Kansas City.

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A mushroom.

It May Be Time to Change Your Mind About Psychedelics

Psilocybin, ketamine and MDMA may offer new hope for people dealing with depression, PTSD, cancer and other conditions.

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A look inside one of three Belger Glass Annex reheating furnaces, which burn at over 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Fired Up Belger Glass Annex Aims to Build a Community of Glass Blowers in Kansas City

Belger Glass Annex hopes to ignite the artistic glass making potential of Kansas City.

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Private Cleanup Fixes ‘Horrible’ Trash Problem Beneath Bartle Hall

By Kevin Collison Piles of trash that had accumulated beneath Bartle Hall on MoDOT property along I-670 were removed this week by unique private effort that included eight people working off their community service hours. The day-long effort organized by the Downtown Council Community Improvement District (CID) occurred after futile efforts to persuade the Missouri…

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The cover of "Ripple: A Long Strange Search for a Killer," features a photo from the low country in coastal South Carolina.

The Boy In The Woods: The Story of Frank McGonigle

A new book written by Jim Cosgrove, better known as children’s performer “Mr. Stinky Feet,” documents the disappearance and subsequent murder of Frank McGonigle, a member of the prominent Kansas City family that operated McGonigle’s Market.

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