Masks are required for anyone inside a public space within Kansas City, Missouri and Wyandotte county starting Monday.

A jump in coronavirus cases after many businesses in the Branson area reopened to tourists has health officials concerned.

Another Kansas City area community is making masks mandatory amid a surge of coronavirus cases. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, announced Saturday in a tweet that a requirement that masks be worn in public will go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

People in KCMO will be required to wear a face mask in all public indoor spaces starting Monday, so KCTV5’s Leslie Aguilar hit the streets to see how people feel about that.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that the number of cases had risen to 13,538, a 4.3% increase from Wednesday and a 12% from last Friday. 

Most decisions about what the upcoming school year will look like in Missouri's elementary and secondary schools will be made by local officials, who are still struggling with many concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the state's education department said.

Health officials believe a Lawrence bar called The Hawk might be at the center of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has announced that people will now be required to wear masks when at any “place of public accommodation.”

Two Shawnee Mission East students who attended athletic conditioning this week have tested positive for COVID-19. 

On Friday, the Olathe School District said they are going to welcome students back in person on Aug. 13 and 14. 

The leader of the Missouri department of education says most decisions about how schools will reopen during the coronavirus pandemic will be left to local officials.