KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A new entertainment venue is coming to Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Children’s Mercy Park is working with sports architecture firm Populous on a project that will bring live entertainment to the soccer stadium. It’s the same firm that designed the stadium.

A zoo staff in Kansas is mourning the loss of one of their beloved rhinos after he was killed by another rhino in an enclosure. The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City announced the death of one of their most enduring rhinos,

The Chiefs begin training camp as a contender and the favorite in the AFC West, but there are two big unanswered questions.

Football season is near at last: The Kansas Jayhawks open their annual summer training camp on Thursday. The start of camp is a week earlier than usual this year, as Kansas will play in a Week 0 game against Fresno State on Aug. 23. The game will be the first at the newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

Kansas universities are dropping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and support for LGBTQ+ students this week following action by the state’s lawmakers.

The Kansas City Chiefs are negotiating stadium deals with lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri, raising questions about their future at Arrowhead Stadium.

Generally, during the summer months, dew points have to climb between 55 and 65 degrees before the weather feels sticky and muggy, according to the weather service. Dew points above 65 degrees make the heat oppressive and uncomfortable due to the high level of moisture in the air.

It was the final week of July 2023 when husband-and-wife Bogart Sauza and Diana Perez announced their plans to turn the former Jax Restaurant and Bar building at 21st and Webb into a Wichita location of their Leawood-based Viva Tacos & Tequila.

Households in Missouri and Kansas could see a 15% increase in utility costs as tax credits for renewable energy are eliminated.

Authorities issued Tuesday’s AMBER Alert after finding two people dead in a Topeka home and a young child missing. He was later found roughly 400 miles away, safe.

The “Prince of Darkness” brought his famous Ozzfest — “the metal music festival of the summer” — to Bonner Springs, Kansas seven times over the years.

Jackson County, Missouri, prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against a man who shot and killed two brothers inside a convenience store Sunday.