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.

Vinnie Pasquantino hit two of Kansas City’s four two-run homers and doubled on a 3-for-4 afternoon, leading the Royals past the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Wednesday. Salvador Perez and rookie Tyler Tolbert also went deep as the Royals took two of three games from the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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

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

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.

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.

A federal judge ruled that Kansas lawmakers were suppressing free speech when they passed a law targeting mail-in ballots. The law was passed one month after the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

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.

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

Rounds of severe thunderstorms will extend from for more than a thousand miles from the Plains to the Northeast in the coming days. The greatest threats will be from damaging winds and flash flooding.