Following up on Kansas' anti-trans bathroom ban. Great work from @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social (gift link) www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

McClatchy, the newspaper chain behind publications including The Miami Herald and The Idaho Statesman, has started to use a new A.I. tool that can summarize articles and spit out different versions. Many of its reporters are now withholding their bylines from articles created by the tool.

Spent the morning showing 4th through 8th graders how I reported this @kansascity.com story on green pool water. Thanks to Notre Dame de Sion Grade School for inviting me to career day! www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Up To Date will live at Rochester Brewing from 9-10 AM all week long. Here’s a look at some of our guests: - Ex. Director of the Kansas City Symphony (Tues) - KCUR reporters (Wed) - Anjin owner Leslie Goellner (Wed) - Cuban immigrants living In Kansas City (Thurs) - Mayor Quinton Lucas (Fri)

As a journalist, I communicate with sources using a Google Voice number for privacy. Recently, I've had sources asking to use WhatsApp. How do other journalists use WhatsApp while hiding their SMS number?

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social hi! I'm a reporter with the Kansas City Star. Jessica Pishko suggested I contact you with a question about a specific case I found on deportationdata.org. Is it easier to DM or email? My address is [email protected]

A collaboration with my @kansascity.com colleagues www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Sun Fresh closure left a hole in KC’s grocery scene. Black farmers are filling it - a story via @eleanorcnash.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Over the last three months, I interviewed 10 people and scoured piles of court documents, text messages, emails and even Venmo transactions for this investigation. Read my story for @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

The 3.5 mile extension has been almost a decade in the making. My story for @kansascity.com. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

A 2023 DWI arrest became a Kansas City fire captain’s fourth case of driving while intoxicated since 2016, court records show.

Early career journalists: join our team @kansascity.com with this service reporter job! Feel free to contact me for more info. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

My colleagues at @kansascity.com‬ have published a number of banger stories today. Here's a look:

A KC area agency had to shutter two refugee programs after losing federal funds under Trump. From Sofi Zeman for @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

This week I'll be soaking up journalistic wisdom at the IRE conference in New Orleans! Let me know if you'll be there too! @ire.org #IRE25

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s order triggers a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in Missouri. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Missouri passes the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals stadium incentives bill, which could pay for 50% of construction. From @kacen.bsky.social and @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

My collegues at @kansascity.com have been hard at work lately. Check out some of their stories:

The longtime internet star sang for a sold-out crowd at the Uptown Thursday night. Here's what it was like @kansascity.com with photos by @shortlittlekidd.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/entertainmen...

After touring this cannabis farm, my hair smelled like weed for the rest of the day. Look inside this 100,000-square-foot facility with @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

A Chicago-born Augustinian friar has been elected the first American pope in the history of the Roman Catholic church. Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69 walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to the cheers of thousands of faithful gathering for the announcement.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing a Kansas City-area trans advocacy group, alleging its executive director diverted donations for personal use www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Stay up to date on the latest Kansas City news from local reporters, on the ground across the metro. Here's how to find The Star's staff around here: go.bsky.app/CtXuDtk

Missouri sick leave provision takes ​effect today after surviving repeated challenges in the courts and the statehouse. My story for @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/state/m...

Hillsdale Lake is among over a dozen lakes across Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa that will experience temporary closures or reductions of services beginning in May, the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Breaking: two men charged in deadly Kansas City dog attack. “I have a smile on my face because we have gotten justice for Chris,” a neighbor who was injured in the attack said. @kansascity.com @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/local/c...

KC developer kept deposits for homes he never built. Now he wants $50M more www.kansascity.com/news/local/a... For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here: www.kansascity.com/subscribe

Here's how to find marijuana discounts in MO ahead of 4/20 on Easter Sunday. @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/weed/ar...

Students at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School were outside, playing feet from where their priest, the Rev. Arul Carasala, was gunned down. From @kansascity.com's Eric Adler. www.kansascity.com/news/state/k...

Brian Platt, Kansas City's controversial city manager, is fired. Here's what to know about him: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

This Kansas City highway is a ‘barrier’ to East Side, locals say. What could the city do? A story via @eleanorcnash.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

My latest with Laura Bauer on the Independence police shooting where a woman and her daughter were shot killed in November. Unedited bodycam footage and notes from the ME report show Maria Pike was shot in the back while holding her 2 month old Destinii. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

In my latest story for @kansascity.com, KC residents appear to have defeated a delivery giant for now.

KC Pet Project sued for negligence in November fatal dog attack, according to court records. The lawsuit comes after the nonprofit lost their animal control contract with the city yesterday. @kansascity.com www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Today, Kansas City is set to take back control of its animal services after contracting with nonprofit KC Pet Project since 2020. @kansascity.com @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Up to 22 people were enslaved at the Alexander Majors House. Researchers found nine of their names. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

NEW - Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall Folks, I've been covering politics for a dozen years in Kansas and Missouri and this is probably the most intense, angry town hall I have ever seen www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

The Kansas City Star is seeking to track federal worker firings and layoffs in the Kansas City area. If you or someone you know has information or a personal story to share, get in touch here (no personally identifying info will be published w/out consent) forms.gle/ES295JrXfS4M...

KC Pet Project could lose control of city animal shelter, not just animal control service www.kansascity.com/news/local/a... For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here: www.kansascity.com/subscribe

The cost increases range from more than 300% to only 4%, depending on the food item.

The arrest took place over three months after the fatal dog attack. @thekansascitystar.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

if Wicked was filmed in the timeline where Dorothy was from Kansas City, Missouri and not Kansas the state #Grammys

What we know about an outbreak of TB in Kansas City, Kansas, area.

Wyandotte and Johnson counties have been the center of the outbreak, which reached its peak in late summer. @thekansascitystar.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/busines...

Chiefs fans told me how much they spent to see the Saturday AFC divisional win www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/k...

There's one collection at Kansas City Public Library that I love more than any other, and it's the 1940 Tax Photos. And while it's taken many years longer than we'd hoped, filled with fits and starts, we've built them their very own website: kc1940.org

What was your top song of 2024, Kansas City? www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Much resepct, KC, but I don't have any of these songs on my Spotify Wrapped. @thekansascitystar.bsky.social

Breaking news: Former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski, who was accused of raping and abusing multiple women, has died by suicide, sources say. His first federal trial was set to begin this morning: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...