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KC News · May 29, 2026

Westport Project Nears World Cup Pause

Westport's nearly $30M stormwater project is pausing for the World Cup. The massive upgrade will add 3.5M gallons of storage to end decades of flooding.

KC News · May 26, 2026

KC Puts $1.7B in Bonds on August Ballot

Kansas City voters will decide on $1.7 billion in city investments this August. Five bond proposals covering infrastructure, housing, and development are on the ballot.

KC News · May 22, 2026

Memorial Day in Kansas City: The 2026 Playbook

Three free museum days. A 30,000-person symphony with live cannons. A Black Hawk flyover at The K. The city-stay weekend Kansas City actually shows up for — Saturday May 23 through Monday May 25, 2026.

KC News · May 18, 2026

Tornado Watch Issued for KC Metro Overnight

A tornado watch was issued for the Kansas City metro overnight. As residents assess any morning impact, forecasters warn of a greater severe weather threat Monday evening.

KC News · May 17, 2026

Song of Dust and Water

Saturday's Slight Risk for severe weather became a defining event across the central Plains. A wall of dust collapsed visibility on I-70 in western Kansas while 3 to 9 inches of rain triggered flash flood warnings across the Daviess–Grundy–Mercer–Harrison corridor. By Sunday morning the Thompson River at Trenton was actively flooding and NWS Pleasant Hill projected the Grand River near Sumner to crest at 31.6 feet — moderate-flood territory — by midweek. The gap between the rain ending and the river peaking is exactly where the small-tributary warning system has its blind spots.

KC News · May 14, 2026

Three Kansans Monitored at Hospital After Contact With Cruise-Ship Hantavirus Case

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is monitoring three Kansans for symptoms after one had high-risk contact with a person who tested positive for Andes hantavirus following the MV Hondius cruise-ship outbreak. None are symptomatic; KDHE characterizes the public risk as extremely low. What this is — and isn't.