Independence adopted the shorter school week two years ago to attract and retain more teachers. More than 61% of voters ...

Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October.

Thousands of Royals fans are being surveyed about three proposed locations for a new ballpark and associated development: ...

Facing months in jail, workers arrested at a popular Chinese buffet have instead chosen “voluntary departure” back to ...

Danielle Bertothy pleaded guilty to a felony in July, admitting she started a fire outside a Puerto Rico bar that she had ...

The Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault, or MOCSA, is doing 200 trainings for bar and restaurant workers ...

Republican state lawmakers want to break up Johnson County to help defeat the one Kansas Democrat in Congress. Local officials say the state’s wealthiest and most populous county has benefited from ...

Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that ...

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first ...

Temperatures remained into the 80s well in the fall this year in parts of the Midwest. Agrivoltaics offers a respite to ...

U.S. Sen Josh Hawley's skepticism of data centers puts him at odds with some prominent Missouri Republicans, including Gov.

André’s Confiserie Suisse, a family-run chocolatier for 70 years, helped redefine accessible luxury in the Midwest. While the ...