Wendell Hooks Jr., spent 10 years catering parties and tailgates with his brisket, pulled pork and wings. His new brick-and-mortar restaurant, Off the Hook BBQ, opened this month in Gladstone ...

Andrew Bailey's lawsuit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, claims that Planned Parenthood is downplaying the safety issues of mifepristone. Planned Parenthood responded that Bailey has ...

A hearing for two court actions over the election date is scheduled for Aug. 1, while the Jackson County Legislature has an ordinance setting a new election day to consider.

Mastercard is building a new solar facility to power its data center in O'Fallon, Missouri. Construction began on the 40-acre project next to the St. Louis campus this spring. The O'Fallon data ...

The court ruled 6 to 1 that counties cannot levy a 3% tax on marijuana dispensaries in cities and towns — only in unincorporated areas.

Actors Jeremy Swift, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple and Jason Sudeikis are shown in a promotional photo for "Ted Lasso," shot inside Gates BBQ in Kansas City.

The U.S. Department of Energy is canceling an almost $5 billion loan for a project that would bring wind energy through Missouri after pressure from state politicians. The Grain Belt Express is an ...

The American Lung Association is urging the state of Missouri to strengthen its tobacco control policies. Four F's and a C. Those were the grades Missouri received this year in the American Lung ...

Congress has approved a plan to claw back funding from U.S. foreign aid programs and public broadcasting organizations like NPR and PBS. What does this mean for KCUR? The station's general manager ...

Kansas City janitors with Service Employees International Union Local 1 last weekend ratified a new contract that includes four guaranteed raises over its three-year lifespan. The contract covers ...

The agriculture industry has been among the hardest hit by President Trump's tariff agenda. Still, Rep. Sam Graves, a farmer and the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 6th Congressional District ...

The state has been given a July 30 deadline to respond to the federal government's latest request.