Taylor Hemness

5 days ago | kshb.com | Lindsay Shively |Taylor Hemness

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The KSHB 41 News team is loading up our live truck and heading to Pleasant Hill on Thursday, May 15. It’s part of an effort we’re calling Let’s Talk!We’ll be hanging out from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, at Press Monkey Studio, 122 1st Street, in Pleasant Hill. Join us in person to let us know what we need to learn about Pleasant Hill, its residents, what’s going well and what opportunities are possible.

1 week ago | kshb.com | Taylor Hemness

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last month, the American Bankers Association released a survey in which 72% of respondents said they'd be better off financially if they'd learned the basics of personal finance at an earlier age. Winnetonka High School, in the North Kansas City School District, may be better suited to help students with their financial literacy than any other high school in the Kansas City area, thanks to the new credit union that just opened inside.

1 week ago | kshb.com | Taylor Hemness

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — It's been five years since Overland Park Police Department Ofc. Mike Mosher was shot and killed while responding to a hit-and-run incident on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The city of Overland Park is marking the anniversary with a public memorial, not far from the spot where it happened. I recently sat down with Mike's father, Overland Park City Councilman Scott Mosher, to see what this passage of time means to him.

1 month ago | kshb.com | Taylor Hemness

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Public Schools is asking voters to approve almost half a billion dollars worth of construction and improvements in a general obligation (GO) bond on Tuesday, April 8. If voters say yes, it'll be the first time in decades the district has successfully passed such a bond. The district will break the money down among 32 KCPS campuses and nine charter schools.

1 month ago | kshb.com | Taylor Hemness

MLB Network host and analyst Adnan Virk recently visited the Kansas City Royals Spring Training site in Arizona. I had a chance to catch up with Adnan over Zoom about what he saw, and about what expectations he (and Royals fans) have for the team in 2025. "it's really tough to go from 56 wins to all of a sudden be a playoff team," Adnan told me. "Lo and behold, as we all know, the Royals did that. (Seth) Lugo was a revelation, Michael Walker panned out and (Cole) Ragans has been a star.