Sam Zeff

Kansas City grocery stores say that SNAP cliff is forcing them to 'cut way back' For some grocery stores in the urban core, up to 60% of their business comes from shoppers using federal food benefits. A SNAP shutdown just before Thanksgiving and Christmas could be particularly bad...

Cuttig SNAP is awful for, well, everyone. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

How a Kansas college runner ended up 'on the verge of death' after 102-degree practice Delia Montes was one of two cross-country athletes at Dodge City Community College who were treated for heat-related conditions after practicing on the hottest day of the year. Former athletes and tra...

“You know, they don’t call off the war when it’s too hot. You just don’t call off the war when it rains,” the Trustee board chair said. www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...

How a Kansas college runner ended up 'on the verge of death' after 102-degree practice Delia Montes was one of two cross-country athletes at Dodge City Community College who were treated for heat-related conditions after practicing on the hottest day of the year. Former athletes and tra...

www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...

Excessive heat makes sports in the Midwest more dangerous. Can a key weather metric help? Wet bulb globe temperature uses a combination of weather data that indicates how conditions will affect the human body. But there is no universal standard, leaving just what amount of heat is dangerou...

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Copper thefts are soaring in Missouri, as Trump's tariffs drive up the price In the last six months of 2024, some 6,000 incidents of copper wire theft were reported in the U.S. Only Texas and California had more than Missouri.

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Copper thefts are soaring in Missouri, as Trump's tariffs drive up the price In the last six months of 2024 some 6,000 incidents of copper wire theft were reported in the U.S. Only Texas and California had more than Missouri.

While your catalytic converter is a little safer, your copper is not. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...

The Battle At Tuttle Creek | Fountain City Frequency To understand the battle at Tuttle Creek you need to know just how bad the flood of 1951 was in Kansas. 

Turns out, this was a concern decades ago when the dam was being proposed. The controversy became a propaganda film fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc...

Here is the little-known, but fascinating story, of how Tuttle Creek Lake even came to be. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc...

Wyandotte County residents will pay more in taxes after contentious budget process Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, commissions voted Monday to raise property taxes but also cut the Board of Public Utilities PILOT fee.

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Two men arrested in Utah after bomb found under news vehicle Men could face terrorism-related and weapons charges after officials say explosive ‘had been lit but failed to function’

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Wyandotte County residents will pay more in taxes after contentious budget process Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, commissions voted Monday to raise property taxes but also cut the Board of Public Utilities PILOT fee.

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About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

“Oh, they’d have died.”

Episode 1: Queen Bey from KCK | Fountain City Frequency In this premiere episode, we meet Queen Bey—born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1937—via the final interview she gave before she died in 2024. Raised in a Muslim household in a segregated city, Queen Be...

In the 10 years I've produced Archiver #podcasts, I've never been more inspired by a subject. Here is episode 1 and make sure to subscribe. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc... #kansascity #music

Kansas college soccer player collapsed from heat a day before track athlete was hospitalized Family and friends of Delia Montes, a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College who is hospitalized for heat exhaustion, gathered over several days this weekend to support her and her famil...

I’m just getting started on this. www.kcur.org/health/2025-...

Kansas City workers plan to protest Republican efforts to gerrymander Missouri A protest, led by organized labor in Missouri, is set for Monday at noon on the Plaza. They say the redistricting effort — which would carve up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district — violates t...

www.kcur.org/politics-ele... Opponents are getting loud and a little snarky.

Kansas City workers plan to protest Republican efforts to gerrymander Missouri A protest, led by organized labor in Missouri, is set for Monday at noon on the Plaza. They say the redistricting effort — which would carve up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district — violates t...

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Kansas opens criminal investigation into college athlete collapse during practice The KBI is investigating what happened to a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College. Delia Montes is in critical condition in a Wichita hospital.

UPDATE: KBI says "investigators did not find evidence that a criminal act occurred." The woman is in serious condition in the hospital, two weeks after she was discovered in a field. My reporting has really just begun.
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Facing recall vote, Frank White Jr. says he won't seek reelection in Jackson County. Probably White sent a letter to all Jackson County employees Wednesday announcing his decision. But he also said he might reconsider.

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Facing recall vote, Frank White Jr. says he won't seek reelection in Jackson County. Probably White sent a letter to all Jackson County employees Wednesday announcing his decision. But he also said he might reconsider.

BREAKING: www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case The voting system manufacturer claimed the news channel made false statements about the company.

Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.

West Plaza pop up

Kansas opens criminal investigation into college athlete collapse during practice The KBI is investigating what happened to a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College. Delia Montes is in critical condition in a Wichita hospital.

Update: The Go Fund Me for this young woman has now raised $4000. I'm waiting for information from Dodge City Community College on practice conditions. I'm also getting pushback from the Ford County Sheriff on basic information about when and where Delia was found.
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I love posting new Archiver seasons, but I especially love this one: The Real Queen Bey from KCK. She was #kansascity #jazz Ambassador, a fabulous actor and a mentor to many in show business. Subscribe wherever you do that sort of thing!

Kansas opens criminal investigation into college athlete collapse during practice The KBI is investigating what happened to a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College. Delia Montes is in critical condition in a Wichita hospital.

www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...

Kansas opens criminal investigation into college athlete collapse during practice The KBI is investigating what happened to a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College. Delia Montes is in critical condition in a Wichita hospital.

NEW: Another heat related incident at a Kansas college www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...

A troubled Kansas City grocery store has closed, despite nearly $18 million in city investments The Sun Fresh at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue is the only grocery store for miles, and has been struggling to fill shelves recently despite 10 years of taxpayer money to renovate it and keep it in ...

BREAKING: www.kcur.org/news/2025-08...

"Sandra Hemme's federal lawsuit accuses St. Joseph Police of suppressing and destroying evidence that pointed to a fellow officer who was guilty of the 1980 murder. Before being freed last year, Hemme served the longest sentence of any wrongly convicted woman in American history."

Lawmakers sue Missouri over Chiefs and Royals stadium funding: ‘Who pays Mahomes?’ The lawsuit charges that Missouri's hastily passed Show-Me Sports Investment Act is unconstitutional and "a direct gift or bribe to the owners of the Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri."

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Lawmakers sue Missouri over Chiefs and Royals stadium funding: ‘Who pays Mahomes?’ The lawsuit charges that Missouri's hastily passed Show-Me Sports Investment Act is unconstitutional and "a direct gift or bribe to the owners of the Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri."

What's this? Another wrinkle in the @chiefs.bsky.social and @royals.com stadium saga? Sure is. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Kansas City was warned about Family Dollar's structural issues before deadly collapse A city inspector visited the Family Dollar store shortly before it collapsed. Another neighbor also said it looked like the building had a "structural issue."

There were warnings. www.kcur.org/news/2025-07...