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On Thursday morning, federal officials raided a food manufacturing facility in Kansas City. The operation is an extension of federal efforts to ramp up immigrant arrests during the World Cup.

Bars and restaurants say business for international football matches is on-par with what they take in for Mizzou home football weekends in the fall.

Kansas City has welcomed thousands of visitors as the metro enters its second week of the World Cup. But as international crowds come in, many local shop owners feel they're taking a backseat. Some small businesses say the economic boost is not evenly distributed.

A teacher in the Olathe School District created an entire curriculum around the FIFA World Cup to make sure students know about the tournament and the cultures that make it happen.

The FBI said the local and state drone task force has detected 14 illegal flights in just the first week of World Cup festivities in Kansas City.

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith recently spoke with Eric Hueste, who runs the Office of Emergency Coordination for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. They spoke about some of the ways the state is working to monitor and protect the health of all soccer fans in Missouri.

Fans wearing red, green and white crowded Ballpark Village on Thursday afternoon to watch Mexico and South Africa kick off the 2026 World Cup.

Fans from America's soccer capital are dishing out the big bucks for a chance to get a glimpse of success in the first World Cup jointly hosted by the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Almost 400 Kansas City residents took advantage of a program offering cheaper short-term rental permitting during the World Cup, hoping to catch a windfall from the influx of tourists. Some aren't seeing the bookings they anticipated.

Grocers across the Kansas City region stocked up on an array of World Cup gear to capitalize on excitement around the event.