To cut costs, Kansas City Council moved to retrofit the temporary city jail built for the World Cup instead of building a new ...

Kansas City’s latest changeup in a yearslong effort to build a permanent municipal jail involves a $120 million retrofit of ...

A new surgery center in Independence will focus on Medicaid patients. It’s emblematic of progress improving oral health ...

Fitzgibbon joins the ranks of nearly a dozen hospitals in Missouri that have shuttered labor and delivery services since 2010. (Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital/Facebook) For pregnant women living north ...

Karrie Krause had to take out a bank loan to pay off a hospital bill from 2022. (Suzanne King/The Beacon) In December 2022, a ...

The roughly 150 fixed license plate readers are part of a network also mounted in parks and on municipal buildings, KCK ...

That question came through in September’s reader feedback through our reader survey at the end of each story on our website, “I have Medicare and a Medicare supplement. Many health care providers ...

Missouri voters will decide on five statewide ballot questions — four amendments and one proposition. The Beacon put together a guide on what a yes or a no vote means for each.

James Mays stands in front of his home in Wyandotte County. He's fighting to keep his property out of the coming tax sale. Credit: Mary Sanchez James Mays grew up in the Wyandotte County home that he ...