With news of a new nonprofit to guide the area's World Cup efforts, local officials begin looking at two key aspects of Kansas City's hosting duties: providing appropriate facilities and creating easy ways for people to get around during the tournament.

Atlanta is now home to the big, purple glass recycling bins seen in Kansas City since 2009.

ARTcap, a microloan program for artists through Kansas City-based AltCap, receives a $500,000 grant from e-commerce company Etsy to make it easier for artists to get even smaller loans.

"Artists are incredible borrowers, they know their businesses well," an AltCap official said.

With Missouri on pace to be the fastest state to reach $1 billion in annual cannabis sales after logging $102.9 million in February 2023, voters in Kansas City-area cities took to the polls Tuesday to decide if their city can tax recreational marijuana sales. Leaders in several local jurisdictions want to implement a 3% local tax on marijuana sales, but residents had to weigh in first. Unofficial results from Tuesday's election indicate voters in almost every city or county with the measure on…

Records provided by the Unified Government shows Sauer Castle LLC bought the historic landmark on March 15.