Sporting Kansas City captain Dejan Joveljic saw his opportunity when Seattle’s Cristian Roldan tried to play a safe pass back to his goalkeeper in the 18th minute. Roldan tapped the ball weakly, and Joveljic, already on the move, did not miss the chance, slipping a low first-time finish under Andrew […]
Mexican Culture Pride Day brought families, dancers, and longtime community leaders to Bethany Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on Saturday, May 2, drawing a crowd that reflects how deeply Mexican heritage runs through KCK. The Central Area Betterment Association (CABA), organized the kermes, a Mexican community fair traditionally featuring food, […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted 8-2 Thursday night to approve a controversial $250 million battery energy storage facility on Metropolitan Avenue, overriding the planning commission and sparking an hour and a half of questions and debate. Commissioners also approved the first round of spending from the American Royal […]
What does peace mean? Asked at the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s 5th annual Peace Walk Saturday morning, a judge, a chief, a major, a county commissioner, and a pastor found a different meaning in the word. The walk began at 5th and Washington Boulevard at 11 a.m. and ended […]
Taylor Gray’s crew got him into the lead with a well-executed pit stop strategy during the final green-flag pit sequence, and the young driver held off a late charge from Sheldon Creed to win the Kansas Lottery 300 by 0.718 seconds on Saturday night at Kansas Speedway. The win was […]
The U.S. Department of Education on Friday, Apr. 17, announced its finding that the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (USD 500) violated Title IX and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), capping an eight-month federal investigation into the district’s policies concerning transgender students. The department issued a proposed […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners cleared a $95 million expansion of industrial revenue bonds for NorthPoint Development at its Thursday meeting, while tabling three separate utility rate proposals and failing twice to muster enough votes for an eminent domain request from the Board of Public Utilities. Three of ten […]
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers from Kansas and Missouri introduced legislation this week to designate the Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, Kan., as a National Historic Landmark, a move that supporters say would secure federal recognition for a site that played an outsized role in the fight against slavery and […]
The Kansas City Current exacted a measure of revenge on Saturday afternoon, rallying from a first-half deficit to beat Gotham FC 2-1 at CPKC Stadium, snapping a three-game losing streak and delivering some payback against the club that ended the Current’s record-breaking 2025 season in the playoffs. Midfielder Debinha equalized […]
The Unified Government’s Neighborhood and Community Development standing committee denied a proposed storage facility that conflicted with the Northeast Area Master Plan, approved a batch of land bank applications and received updates on a comprehensive rewrite of the county’s 40-year-old zoning code during its Monday, Mar. 30 meeting. The committee […]