Brian Ellison

Vincent Orsolini moved to Kansas City eight years ago. His genre-bending sound is making a mark on the music scene.

Kansas City's Ethnic Enrichment Festival has been running for 44 years. This summer, more than 40 vendors are gathering to showcase their food and traditions.

Mike Kelly has served as the chair of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners since 2023.

Missourians will vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution this November.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas told KCUR's Up To Date Friday he hopes future Royals stadium negotiations don't include a countywide sales tax vote.

Jeff Jacobsen's "Heart and Soul of Kansas Sports" project aims to capture sports in all 105 Kansas counties. He's only got eight left.

Bill Thompson marches in support of paid sick leave and a $15 minimum wage in Kansas City, Missouri in 2023.

Advocates for abortion rights in Missouri say they are feeling cautiously optimistic about the statewide vote coming up in November.

Marcellus Williams remains on death row in Missouri after 20 years, despite evidence that he is innocent in the 1998 murder of a St. Louis woman. But a plea deal that would have saved him from the death penalty, in exchange for life in prison, was blocked by the Missouri Supreme Court.

Kansas City is finishing its campaign of installing LED streetlights that they say promote green sustainability. But activists say it's just a band-aid on the city's bigger climate problem. Plus: Why Kansas musician Freedy Johnston returned to his small hometown to paint a mural.