Savannah Bananas player (24) is held up by his teammates while singing during a Banana Ball game against the Indianapolis ...

Expect to see more buses and airport shuttles around the metro during the World Cup. Will those services remain once FIFA pulls up its stakes?

As the opinion editor of The Kansas City Star, I try to infuse our columns, editorials and commentaries with these core values. I’ve written about issues as macro as the need for grocery stores to as ...

I write about politics and public policy — and how they affect the lives of the many busy people who don’t have the time to follow either.” ...

After a fatal Memorial Day shooting at a grocery store in Pleasant Hill near Kansas City, how many more tragedies must occur?

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State Rep. Keri Ingle of Lee’s Summit says Amendments 4 and 5 are an unprecedented power grab by Jefferson City politicians.

Well, folks, it’s official: Amendment 5 will be on the Aug. 4 ballot, and it is a classic bait-and-switch. It offers a quick income tax cut today but pushes the real bill onto Missouri families, ...

As an opinion writer, I am often asked how I keep my own personal biases out of my commentary. I lean on the side of truth and justice is how I usually reply. I was born and raised in south St. Louis ...

I’ve been a writer at The Kansas City Star for more than 20 years, most of that time as an education writer. In the last five years, I’ve worked as an assistant managing editor for race and equity, ...

As an opinion columnist for The Star, I write about what I have come to think of as the architecture of city life. Sometimes that architecture is literal: buildings, businesses, neighborhoods.

At a press conference marking the halfway point of his temporary term, Interim Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota (center) was joined by Jackson County Legislators Sean Smith, Donna Peyton, Manny ...