Public Education
Missouri test scores: More than half of students still below proficientMissouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released statewide test results last week. While some scores ticked up slightly, more than half of students remain below proficiency in… Read More
Culture
New Kansas City Royals stadium moves ahead, passes City CouncilThe Kansas City Council ushered along the developing plan to build a new Royals baseball stadium at Crown Center in an 11-2 vote Thursday. The council’s finance committee voted unanimously in favor of the multi-billion-dollar plan Tuesday, which… Read More
Culture
Kansas City storms dump 3 inches of hail on airport taxiwaysA bout of severe storms in Kansas City Tuesday night into Wednesday morning left behind three inches of hail at the downtown airport along with other damage. The… Read More
Courts
Former Kansas City deputy charged with child sex abuseA former sheriff’s deputy from the Kansas City area is facing child sex abuse charges for allegedly violating a child younger than 12. Former Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Andrew… Read More
Culture
‘Operation 1,000 Feet’: Nearly 100 sex offenders living too close to schools arrested in Kansas CityKansas City-area law enforcement arrested about 100 sex offenders last week who were illegally living too close to school buildings. Over 100 officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and four other Kansas City-area law enforcement agencies worked… Read More