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The site in Kansas City, Kansas, was originally a stop on the Underground Railroad, a network that assisted slaves in escaping to freedom.

The state of Kansas has stopped trying to end Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding. The move, by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, ends a three-year-long legal battle which began under the previous governor.

Kansas City, Missouri, voters approved the construction of a new single terminal in 2017 to replace the three existing terminals. The new airport is scheduled to open in 2023.

If you’ve been to a rock concert and bought a T-shirt, there’s a chance that shirt came from a factory in Kansas City. Bill Brownlee, an arts contributor for KCUR Radio, shares this story about a punk rocker who went on to succeed in the Kansas City business world.

Payless ShoeSource has announced it will close all its stores, nationwide. That amounts to more than 2,000 retail locations. The company, which used to be headquartered in Topeka, has filed for bankruptcy.

A hospital in a small southeast Kansas town is closing immediately, in part because it doesn't have enough money to pay employees. Oswego Community Hospital announced the decision to close earlier today (THUR).

The bill would ban companies from the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro area from accepting incentives for moving to Missouri side of the state line.

The hospital in Horton, Kansas, and the North Kansas City company that owns it, are facing serious financial problems.

A Kansas man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for robbery before his conviction was thrown last year. A new state law gives people $65,000 for each year spent in prison on a false conviction.

President Trump will visit Kansas City Friday, where he'll speak (around noon) at a national conference for police officers.