Shetara Sims won $100, but even though she needed it, she donated it to a Kansas City officer, but the police department then raised $145k for her kindness.
Without enough litter cleanup, Kansas City put some of the homeless population to work and they found housing soon after.
A Downtown Kansas City Marriot is honoring a promise that its representatives made almost 40 years ago, to mark couple's 40th anniversary.
When a Missouri man got tired of complaining to city workers about a persisting neighborhood pothole, he decided to celebrate its birthday instead.
A leaky roof that's been plaguing a Kansas City women's shelter might never have been fixed, because repair estimates totaled $60,000. But the building got a new roof thanks to the generosity of two Kansas City businesses, and, as odd as it might sound, the consumer review site Angie's List that brought everyone together.
A special orthodontist is giving thousands of dollars worth of time and service to bring life-changing smiles to children from low-income families.
When Kansas City, Missouri, Police Officer Todd Templeton's police cruiser arrived on the scene where three kids were playing basketball in a local neighborhood, the group had no idea that someone with a cell phone camera would capture what happened next.
Who knew kids liked picking up trash so much?
A Kansas City woman got an early Christmas present when she received a state record $6.1 million from the Missouri unclaimed property fund, which works to return stocks, bonds, bank balances and safe deposit box contents to unknown owners.
Friends of a young man who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant for a serious blood disorder created a flash mob outside his hospital window to lift his spirits.
Two Kansas moms started the nation's first allergy-friendly food pantry after they both financially struggled because of their kids' allergies.
When a confrontational passenger started attacking his bus driver, Rodney Goldman came to the rescue with his cane a'blazing.
Doncella Liggins had no idea who her anonymous kidney donor was - only that the transplant was going to save her life.
Much as prognosticators claim to see green shoots in the nation's struggling economy, Kansas City's jazz scene demonstrated encouraging signs of renewed vigor after an extended period fraught with challenges.
Two days short of his 20th birthday, this young painter reached his goal of donating one million dollars worth of his art to charities. Impressive, especially because he is a cancer survivor, and he's legally blind.
A big guy with a beard wandered the streets of New York handing out cash at Christmas. The man, wearing a red Santa hat, handed out $100 notes to dozens of people at random over three days.
Robert Lewis peeked into a bag to find "$266,000 worth of individually wrapped diamond rings and wedding bands." He turned the sack over to police, and for his honesty he received a $10,000 reward. (AP)
You might have to crane your neck to see the most exciting thing happening in places like Kansas City -- in the city and in the suburbs, on top of schools and offices, rooftop gardens are sprouting.
Kansas City area schools are reducing energy, taking steps to lower school-bus emissions, and constructing green buildings that improve air-quality and provide more sunlight. (Kansas City Star)
"Durwin Rice leads a drive to change the image of Troost Avenue, a racial and economic dividing line in Kansas City, by planting millions of flowers."
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