A Jackson County judge permanently struck down a slew of abortion restrictions, including a statute requiring what's known as a "complication plan" for medication abortions.

The program lets Douglass High students gain certification in construction, highway construction, carpentry and teaching.

So far the society raised $15 million in gifts and pledges and are planning the design of the new animal care campus.

Some 150 jobs will be eliminated and remaining employees will get less time off and a smaller retirement match.

As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend their preparations.

The FBI said the local and state drone task force has detected 14 illegal flights in just the first week of World Cup festivities in Kansas City.

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.

Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing.

The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their aid?

The university broke ground on the Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory in April 2025.

Several city services and departments will close in observance of the holiday. Emergency services will still be operational.

The new rule prohibits pedestrians from standing on Columbia street medians and drivers from stopping their from stopping on busy roads and interacting with pedestrians.

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith recently spoke with Eric Hueste, who runs the Office of Emergency Coordination for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. They spoke about some of the ways the state is working to monitor and protect the health of all soccer fans in Missouri.

Discover the gripping true story behind Photograph 51, a play about Rosalind Franklin’s pivotal yet uncredited role in uncovering the structure of DNA, co-produced by Talking Horse Productions and Minimal Art Productions. Set in the 1950s and framed through the memories of colleague Maurice Wilkins, this intimate, six-role ensemble drama (directed by Heather Hatton and starring Mary Shaw) explores scientific rivalry, gender bias in academia, and the personal cost of a “critical error in judgment.” June 16, 2026

Last year, the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services received and investigated more than 43,000 cases of elder abuse. That’s nearly thirteen hundred more than the previous count.