A national civic engagement group donated money to pay off medical bills for nearly 27,000 Kansans. Letters were expected in ...

Most cities aim for their roads to score 70 or 80 out of 100. Roads in KCK are rated at just 48. Leaders say new tax would ...

A new surgery center in Independence will focus on Medicaid patients. It’s emblematic of progress improving oral health ...

From school leadership to health care costs Kansas City communities are speaking up. Here’s how we’re listening and where we ...

Fitzgibbon joins the ranks of nearly a dozen hospitals in Missouri that have shuttered labor and delivery services since 2010. (Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital/Facebook) For pregnant women living north ...

Karrie Krause had to take out a bank loan to pay off a hospital bill from 2022. (Suzanne King/The Beacon) In December 2022, a ...

The roughly 150 fixed license plate readers are part of a network also mounted in parks and on municipal buildings, KCK ...

Missouri voters will decide on five statewide ballot questions — four amendments and one proposition. The Beacon put together a guide on what a yes or a no vote means for each. Jackson County voters ...

A grassroots group is trying to raise money to pay back neighbors' delinquent property taxes before Wednesday's auction.

Council action on transit tax and stadium petition overshadows approval of settlement with Kia and Hyundai. The dollar amount ...