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Martin City Brewing Co. is expanding to the Lake Lotawana area with a new concept that includes beer, coffee and pizza.

Presidents Day leads off a week full of drama, ranging from politics to professional baseball.

A new, 16-minute documentary from Independent Lens chronicles Hannah Fizer’s death at the hands of a Pettis County deputy.

Kansas City is grappling with how to allocate resources for its police department this budget season. Much of the debate turns on how many police officers are needed, and how they should be deployed.

From ballet to baby possums, there's a lot happening this weekend in Kansas City.

In "Preserving Our Past: Kansas City Stories of Black History," a new Kansas City PBS documentary compiled in honor of Black History Month, Flatland reporter Catherine Hoffman shares untold or unexamined stories of local Black history.

While the best-known, best-funded "voice" of farmers, the American Farm Bureau is far from the only one.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Loud Light filed two separate lawsuits Monday arguing the congressional map endorsed by a GOP supermajority in the Legislature intentionally violates constitutional rights of Democrats and communities of color.

Here’s your look at this week's news in Kansas City before it happens.

A redevelopment proposal that preserves historic facades and builds apartments and retail in the 18th and Vine District was approved overwhelmingly by the Kansas City Council.