Alarms rang out in Flarsheim Hall around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, forcing an evacuation due to a fire caused by a drone battery.   As students and staff clustered outside near the building's exits, the fire department responded in full force. Seven fire trucks and ambulances,...

  Tayler Gilbert, UMKC senior and professional photographer, is putting the final touches on his new film, “Welcome to Godly.”    Gilbert developed the screenplay in a screenwriting class at UMKC and recorded for over three days in May of 2023. The film chronicles...