As we look forward to 2025, take a journey back with us through the year that was. Thank you all our families, neighbors and community partners for making it a wonderful year.

Genesis School in Kansas City, despite public outpourings of support from its parents and staff, is back in the hard place it was two years ago: imperiled by its sponsor that wants the school to close.

It’s not the sparkling green paint job that Garry mentions first when listing favorite things about his new bike. Not the smooth glide. Not the speed. The Gladstone Elementary student in LINC’s Caring Communities program was in love with the brakes.

Jackson County has established an application process for property owners 62 and older to freeze your current tax rate so that it would not rise if property tax rates were to rise in the coming years. Here’s how to apply.

Maybe it happened within a half hour, certainly by the 45-minute mark. But at some point, the LINC kids’ understanding of the simple directions from the KC Clay Guild art teachers ran fully amok — just like it was supposed to.