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Some Missourians aren't planning to get the COVID vaccinations. KCUR's Alex Smith takes a look at a new study outlining why.

A common belief is that self-deception is a bad thing, but The Hidden Brain's Shankar Vedantam points out that it can actually be quite useful. Listen to his interview with Steve Kraske on the Up To Date podcast.

During the pandemic, some Kansas Citians picked up new hobbies. A collection of poetry featuring the joy of birdwatching has been published by Humanities Kansas. KCUR's Laura Spencer tells us about its inspiring backstory.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would've lowered the concealed carry age from 21 to 18.

Meet the two newest members of the Kansas City Public Schools board Tanesha Ford and Kandace Buckner.

Looking to keep your food scraps out of the landfill? In Kansas City, there's a service for that. Learn about Compost Collective KC on the Up To Date podcast.

Some Kansas City political scientists worry that President Trump’s attacks on the press, political adversaries and the election process could become the new normalwith potentially violent results.

The coronavirus vaccine is on the way but early shipments to Kansans won't be enough to even cover medical workers.

Courtney Farr wrote an obituary for his father, Marvin, that has struck a chord across the U.S.

Sav Rodgers' Transgender Film Center is offering grants for filmmakers like him, at a time when the pandemic has made making movies harder than ever.

How did you spend your Veterans Day? 96-year-old World War II veteran Peter Bielskis and his son, a Vietnam veteran, skydived at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Music venues are looking at at least six more months of weathering the coronavirus storm.

Kansas City-area schools will likely have to close again, this time for lack of teachers. Shawnee Mission School District has 74 staff members in quarantine right now. In addition, 52 certified staff members have left the district since July.

During a large outbreak of the coronavirus at the Kansas City Missouri Police Department that has 54 police officers in quarantine and 18 recovering, many officers refuse to wear a mask.

Has the policy that shields police and government officials from civil lawsuits been expanded beyond its original intent? KCUR's Up To Date asked a law professor at The University of Kansas.

The Topeka Police Department is an early adopter of a program focused on building a culture of peer intervention within U.S. law enforcement agencies. "We may not know the full impact right now, but we're going to see it in five years," Chief Bill Cochran told KCUR's Up To Date.

In case you were wondering, Kansas is still as red as ever. (KMUW)

The United States' first vice president of color was Charles Curtis, a Kansan and member of the Kaw Nation.

An average of 138 people infected with COVID-19 are admitted to Kansas City area hospitals each day. The highest number yet. This is what we had feared."

Here's some advice from the experts for preserving physical and mental health as we approach a season usually filled with lots of up-close gatherings.

As health care providers brace for increasing infection rates, one drive-thru food giveaway is adding free COVID-19 testing to the menu.

Here's how Kansas City Democrats celebrated on Saturday when the Associated Press finally called the presidential race.

If they had more Black detectives working at the assault squad and the homicide squad, they’d do a better job of solving some of these unsolved homicides."

When the yard signs come down and the ballot counts end, we still need to grapple with how to bring our communities together.