This collection of stories examines recent changes shaping Kansas City's growth as a center for culture, sports, and food.

Streets and sidewalks remain closed in downtown Kansas City, where a building partially collapsed on Tuesday night. ...

The winners of the first two matches will go head to head for the inaugural Teal Rising Cup championship title at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Local folks like to boast about the beauty of Kansas City, with its boulevard system to rival Paris’ and nearly as many fountains as Rome. But most people probably don’t realize that until the ...

Len Dawson revived his career in Kansas City, led the Chiefs to their only Super Bowl win and later became a respected local sports anchor. Tom Watson honed his game in the city’s ever-changing ...

Not all ghost towns are empty shells. From historic buildings to street names, you can still find remnants of dozens of ghost towns located across the Kansas City metro and just beyond its borders.

Kansas City has long been associated with barbeque, fountains and jazz music — but accordions? Not so much. Still, Kansas City has a rich accordion history thanks to Joan Cochran Sommers, an ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Anyone who tells you baseball is dying hasn't spent much time in Kansas City lately. Obviously, the Royals are in the World Series for the second straight year, and some ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- You know what, they do care. They care so much that they cheered Billy Butler as if he was the best player in baseball. They care so much that they stayed around for all three ...

Lindsborg embraces its Swedish heritage, the arts and tourism. It’s paying off for this small town in the Smoky Valley, where the real estate market is hot.

The haters used to call Kansas City “Gully Town.” A reader asked us to explain the transformation. ‘Kansas City is so ugly’: How our town leveled up from its dirty, hilly, homely past ...