Top Stories
City of Bonner Springs
Bonner Springs is giving more than $200 million of tax incentives for Mattel Adventure Park. City officials say it will boost the local tax revenues. But a public finance expert says the deal will mostly cost the state.
Reed Hoffmann
/
Associated Press
-
Happy Holidays! Here's a commercial-free summary of KPR news headlines. These news briefs - free of pop up videos and embedded advertisements - are made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today... before it's too late. Thanks!
Latest Radio & Podcast Episodes
-
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour we'll hear the Randy van Horne Singers, who sang the theme songs from many cartoon shows, including The Flintstones and The Jetsons. Also, Duke Ellington goes exotic; the Three Suns team up with a mighty pipe organ for that "Godzilla stomps Bambi" sound; plus tunes by Mondo Hammondo, Creepxotica and the Hamburg Spinners. -
Brian TurnerTwo of KC's great guitarists - Brian Baggett and Danny Embrey - lead the foursome known as Guitar Elation in an hour of original tunes at the Green Lady Lounge.
Heading into our third year, we’re thrilled to keep the spotlight shining on the incredible work of local community organizations, and we’re excited to announce its return for 2026!
-
Jerry Goldsmith is one of the most successful film composers of the 20th century. Early in his career he found work as a clerk-typist at CBS, where he soon began contributing scores to TV shows. We'll hear music from The Waltons, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Twilight Zone, Playhouse 90 and more. -
-
Ahmon Mann, 46, says Roger Golubski, a disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective, was the “main architect of the state’s one-witness case” in a 2000 murder. Mann is seeking release from a Kansas prison, saying his conviction was a “manifest injustice” created by Golubski and his then-partner. -
Producers across the central U.S. are facing high input costs as the trade war puts crop markets in an uncertain position. Agriculture economists say they’re watching tariffs and the cattle industry — which has boosted income for some farmers. -
A major tax incentives package approved Monday by Kansas lawmakers will help the Chiefs build a new $3 billion domed stadium.
Latest From NPR
-
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021 told investigators someone needed to "speak up" for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen, prosecutors said Sunday. -
The drills came after Beijing expressed anger at U.S. arms sales, and a statement by Japan's prime minister saying its military could get involved if China were to take action against Taiwan. -
President Trump could use the face-to-face at his Mar-a-Lago estate to look for ways to speed up the peace process, as Israel's leader has been accused of not pushing his side to move fast enough. -
A 'bomb cyclone' is intensifying severe winter weather for millions of people across the U.S. The system is expected to knock out power and disrupt holiday travel. -
The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites on Sunday from a launchpad in eastern Russia.
On this edition of Conversations, Tami Charles talks with Host Dan Skinner about "Together, United" a picture book that celebrates the power of unity.
