Kansas City

Kansas City leaders are already talking about holding onto the giant red Heart Gateway even after the Fan Festival closes. But what about the transportation system that connected people to the stadiums and the airport? It's time to start thinking big about the region's future.

The 1951 Black Friday Flood on the Kaw River destroyed Kansas City's Stockyards and meatpacking industry, did $12 billion worth of damage and displaced 750,000 people.

Work crews were up early Sunday morning clearing away Fan Fest from the grounds of the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. The city hosted its final World Cup match on Saturday, when Argentina defeated Switzerland.

Kansas City has welcomed thousands of visitors as the metro enters its second week of the World Cup. But as international crowds come in, many local shop owners feel they're taking a backseat. Some small businesses say the economic boost is not evenly distributed.

Those big orange cans at FIFA Fan Festival? A Kansas City nonprofit put them there to help deal with organic waste from the massive sporting event.

According to GasBuddy, the average price of regular gasoline in Missouri fell 10 cents per gallon during the past week to $3.76 a gallon. Prices are now 44 cents lower than a month ago, though they remain 92 cents higher than they were a year ago.

For World Cup fans across the Midwest, seeing some of the top athletes in the world is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Nebraskan Vanessa Emlich wasn't going to miss her chance.

Safe House Projects' new app, Simply Report, is now available on all Apple and Android devices in Missouri.

June 1 marked the end of Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's free bus fare policy, the first in the country when it was implemented in 2020. Some riders are worried about how bus fare will affect their budget.

Up and down the Independence Avenue corridor, the 131 mostly immigrant- and refugee-owned businesses are checking their websites and online reviews, spiffing up their social media profiles, and hiring staff — all in the hopes of getting new visitors for the World Cup.