A patchwork of counties and cities huddled around the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers makes it harder to develop affordable, efficient public transit in the Kansas City region. Transit funding decisions get handled within each jurisdiction,

Johnston-based grocery store chain Fareway will start construction soon on its first full-size store in the Kansas City metro area.

Kansas City has appeared on national and international travel rankings published by CNN, Time Magazine, the New York Times and the Washington Post. The Missouri city joined two other American locales on the list: Hawaii and Tucson, Arizona. Here are the other destinations on the BBC’s 25 places to travel in 2025 list:

A crash summary provided by police said a man rode his bicycle along westbound I-435 in a lane of traffic. A vehicle merged onto westbound I-435 from Nall Avenue and struck the bicyclist in the lane of travel, according to police.

People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says. That includes Kansas City, which is set to host a Chiefs playoffs game this weekend.

Kansas and Missouri declared a truce. The two states had for years engaged in a bloodletting competition to lure businesses to their side of the Kansas City region — handing out lucrative incentives to move a corporate headquarters just a few miles across the state line.

The BBC is high on Kansas City, Missouri, for 2025. The British-based media giant came out this week with its top 25 places to visit in 2025.

Kansas City’s multifamily market demonstrated its usual resilience to end 2024 despite local and national economic turbulence, according to Yardi Matrix’s December 2024 Kansas City multifamily report.

Kansas City is St. Louis’ rival, right? It’s part of our sports culture and identity — as far back as the 1985 KC-STL World Series to

Missouri's legislature has opened, and we hear from newly elected House Minority Leader Ashley Aune of Platte County. Kansas opens its session this week, and House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard of Lenexa joins 4 The People as well.

District 37’s Missouri Rep. Mark Sharp (D - Jackson County) is trying to improve the state's roads—by toughening drunk driving penalties with a House bill.