High winds and a tornado watch or two came through the Kansas City metro area in the last month. This raises the question of student preparedness for severe weather, as well as the likelihood of such weather. Missouri now approaches its peak tornado season, which runs from...

  For the second week of the semester and the final week of August, a heatwave has blanketed across the KC area, leaving the people of UMKC dealing with intense heat.   An advisory was put in place for temperatures in the nineties which felt like triple-digits. Many are...