Tastes and Sounds of Nations was held at Grubbs Hall. The annual event is hosted by the International Student Association and seeks give the community of Pittsburg a glimpse into the music, food and culture from around the world. Several of the students said that studying in the United States is not only an educational opportunity for the international students, it’s way for them to express their own cultural identity and give Americans a broader worldview.  International S…

An Independence man faces charges after being accused of threatening Lee’s Summit police with a rifle.

Police are investigating after officers found a teenager dead inside a Kansas City, Kansas, business.

Police are investigating after officers found a teenager dead inside a Kansas City, Kansas, business.

Missouri lawmakers may place stricter controls on spending by political action committees in the wake of a news report about a PAC funded by a former speaker of the Missouri House.

The state of Missouri is looking for input on how to spend $41 million from a national settlement with Volkswagen over the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal.

Kansas lawmakers from across the political spectrum say they’ll push to fix the state’s culture of secrecy after a newspaper highlighted alarming levels of opacity in state and local government.

A group of Oklahoma seniors and adults with disabilities who receive in-home state services to keep them out of nursing homes has filed a federal lawsuit against the two agencies that fund the programs.

Kansas says its unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent in October, but the state continued to see a decline in the number of non-farm jobs over the previous year.

The Christmas holiday begins this weekend at Union Station in Kansas City.