Amelia White scores her first NWSL goal and Kansas City stretches its league-record home unbeaten run to 25 in a 5-1 rout. Down several of their biggest names, the Kansas City Current needed only five minutes to take control. Haley Hopkins buried a rebound in the fifth minute, and the […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has given Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools 14 days to stop enforcing an internal guideline on transgender students or face a federal lawsuit. The demand letter is dated Jul. 21. It went to the board of education and Superintendent Anna Stubblefield by mail and email […]
After a long and openly-divided debate that ran through four failed motions, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted 6 to 3 Thursday, Jul. 16, to notify the state of its intent exceed the revenue neutral rate. In a compromise to get to the legally required decision, the board capped […]
As it approaches the rocky shoals of budget season, the Unified Government will have an experienced hand at the tiller, with assistant county administrator Alan Howze appointed to run the government on an interim basis. At its Thursday, Jul. 2 meeting, the Board of Commissioners appointed Howze, a 10-year veteran […]
The Unified Government’s Economic Development and Finance Standing Committee voted Monday, June 29, to end nearly two years of negotiations with Eastside Innovation over redevelopment of the former Indian Springs Mall site. The committee also approved the details of a manger for the downtown grocery store agreement, and approved a […]
County Administrator David Johnston has resigned from the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, the UG announced this week. His departure takes effect Sunday, Jul. 5. Two of the top three executive staff positions are turning over at once, with this announcement following on the heels of […]
The Kansas City Diamonds erupted for nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and outslugged the Atlanta Smoke 15-11 on Monday night, lifting their Professional Softball League record to 9-5 before a crowd of 1,250 at Legends Field. For five and a half innings the teams traded the […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners spent most of a five-hour meeting Wednesday, Jun. 24, walking through a six-year list of capital needs that far outstrips what the government can pay for, a sobering preview of the budget fight ahead. Before that workshop, commissioners approved a 15-lot subdivision near an […]
The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities says its tap water is safe and that the utility has again earned two of the drinking water industry’s top national honors, according to BPU’s recently-released 2026 Water Quality Report, which covers testing from the 2025 calendar year. “BPU is among the top-rated […]
The Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Board of Education voted 4-3 on Tuesday to declare its intent to exceed the revenue neutral rate for the 2026-27 budget, keeping the option of a property tax increase alive after more than two hours of tense debate, public threats of a recall, and […]