Nick’s Picks | Juneteenth, Stadium Drama and Summer Solstice

By | June 17, 2024

A busy week in Kansas City includes more stadium drama for the Chiefs and Royals, Juneteenth and the summer solstice. Here’s your agenda.

Why You Might Want to Donate Your Brain to Science

By | June 14, 2024

Organ donor programs do not include brains, creating a tissue shortage that impedes research into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and concussions.

‘Time for a Reckoning.’ Kansas Farmers Brace for Water Cuts to Save Ogallala Aquifer

By | June 13, 2024

After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation to conserve water and save the Ogallala Aquifer.

Kansas City Launches New Effort to Counter Gun Violence

By | June 13, 2024

Kansas City has launched a “focused deterrence” program, named SAVE KC, that engages potential victims or perpetrators of gun violence before it happens.

Bird Flu has Hit Cows in Kansas and Sparked Precautions in Missouri. Here’s What that means for You

By | June 12, 2024

Bird flu has hit cows in Kansas and sparked precautions in Missouri. Scientists say the more it spreads, the more chances it has to become a problem for people.

Honoring Womontown: Kansas City’s Intentional Lesbian Community

By | June 12, 2024

The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America will install a historic marker honoring Womontown on Thursday, June 13, at 27th Terrace and Charlotte Street.

Parched in the Panhandle: Town Frets About Water

By | June 11, 2024

How Seaboard Foods rebuilt the Oklahoma panhandle’s economy, which ushered in a new era of groundwater depletion from the Ogallala Aquifer.

Nick’s Picks | Kansas Makes a Play for Chiefs and Royals

By | June 10, 2024

This week’s news in Kansas City includes the latest on stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals, more woes for the Country Club Plaza and an update on Buc-ee’s.

Boone County Becomes Focus of Missouri Initiative Petition Campaigns Following Redistricting

By | June 7, 2024

The 2022 Missouri congressional map split Boone County in half. Will it make a difference in the effort to get abortion on the ballot in November?

Do We Have a Bid? Auctions Sell Produce by the Lot 

By | June 6, 2024

Produce auctions in Missouri and Kansas allow wholesale buyers to shop local, offering a key link in the food distribution chain.