2+ week, 1+ day ago  (575+ words) Imagine you need to buy groceries for dinner, but the meat is at one store, the produce at another and the bread somewhere else entirely. Most would give up before ever making it to a checkout line. For years, that’s…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (671+ words) Dane Cordes was an adrenaline junky and, according to those who knew him, was someone who liked fast cars, fast bikes, water sports and skydiving. Cordes was one of 12 people killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Butler, Missouri....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (410+ words) The global femtech market hit $66.2 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $255.5 billion by 2035, with cycle syncing apps and hormone-tracking wearables leading the surge. The science driving the trend, though, is moving slower than the marketing. A major Karolinska Institutet…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (188+ words) A smart, fun kid with a great sense of humor, SJ loves to make others laugh. The 8-year-old enjoys being active outdoors, especially swimming and visiting the ‘jumpy park.’ In his free time, SJ also likes playing with toy cars,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (206+ words) A GoFundMe has been created for an Olathe man who died in a crash Friday less than a year after immigrating to the U.S. from Ethiopia. Family of Naoel Gemeda, 31, started the fundraiser to help pay for funeral expenses, according to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (468+ words) A Kansas City Northeast area neighborhood is heartbroken after a young child was struck and killed by an Amazon delivery van whose driver allegedly left the scene before police arrived. The fatal crash occurred about 6:25 p.m. Monday in the 1800 block of…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (405+ words) The pilot killed when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday from a St. Louis-area airport was identified as a 65-year-old St. Louis man, authorities said. The flight was headed to the Kansas City area. Edward Ruhbeck, 65, of St. Louis…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (774+ words) Plans for a stretch of Colbern Road near Highway 350 will soon bring a swath of new activity to the northwest side of Lee’s Summit, including a new elementary school and park. The Lee’s Summit School District recently publicly identified a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (396+ words) Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Not long ago, childhood sounded like this: a phone ringing in the kitchen, a child nervously asking, “May I please speak to …,” a call to invite…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1337+ words) AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Starting next school year, roughly 34,000 Kansas students who qualify for reduced-price meals could get free breakfast and lunch under a bill passed by a divided Kansas Senate last week. But…...