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The KCTV5 team is dedicated to bringing long-form, impactful stories and documentaries to our viewers, readers, and listeners. The KCTV5+ podcast will include all of these specially produced stories for you to listen to whenever you want, wherever you are.
Episodes
Tucked away in Garden City, Missouri, YaYa’s Alpaca Farm offers visitors a chance to slow down and connect with one of the gentlest animals in agriculture.
The farm has grown into a popular destination, welcoming thousands of guests each year for tours, seasonal events, and special experiences.
Visitors can learn about alpacas, feed and photograph them, and even explore how their fleece is turned in...
A lease to a nearly 7,000 square foot building for a dollar a year for 50 years sounds like a great deal.
A deal that does exist in Jackson County, Missouri.
At 200 South Main, history sits on hold. Hiding behind the trees, a yellow brick building with white pillars. But look up close, and you can see it: cracked walls and sidewalks, boarded-up windows, and an entryway in disrepair.
Built in 1910, 200 S. Main w...
It is home to Fort Hays State University and has strong roots in frontier history and Volga German heritage. The city offers museums, local dining, shopping, seasonal events, and outdoor recreation, making it a popular stop for both visitors and residents.
In this episode of Destination Heartland, KCTV5 anchor Sharon Chen takes a virtual visit to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
The “9D” refers to nine distinct layers of engineered audio — including binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, isochronic tones, multi-directional sound, neuro-linguistic programming, and subliminal messaging — combined with sustained conscious breathing for 45 minutes to an hour.
KCTV5's Lauren Magarino explores the experienc...
It’s known as the “Czech Capital of Kansas” and a mecca of water sports in the state. Wilson, Kansas, sits just 3 hours west of the Kansas City Metro and it’s this week’s Destination Heartland.
KCTV's Sharon Chen shares more on her story of new research at the Stowers Institute regarding a chromosome variant that may contribute to pregnancy loss.
In this edition of Destination Heartland, we take a virtual visit to Hannibal, Missouri!
KCTV Investigative Reporter Samantha Boring discusses more about her story on Missouri's hands-free driving law.
A Brazilian asylum seeker shares his personal journey and experience navigating the U.S. immigration system in this extended interview. He says he fled Brazil to escape threats from organized crime and has been in the legal asylum process for nearly two and a half years while residing in the Kansas City area.
Sergio’s life changed in minutes. A routine traffic stop for speeding led to his arrest, and weeks after a new policy eliminated bond hearings, he found himself detained and unable to work. In this extended interview, he describes how that timing—and that policy—affected fighting his removal case.
Trinidad Raj Molina is an organizer and immigration rights advocate with Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation. In this extended interview filmed in November 2025, he discusses the patterns of ICE arrests in the Kansas City area, the tactics being used, recent high-profile raids, and what he sees as systemic failures in the U.S. immigration enforcement system.
Maya King is an immigration attorney working with individuals facing deportation proceedings in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed August 2025, she discusses a dramatic policy change that eliminated bail eligibility for people who entered without inspection—a shift that has upended cases she’s been handling. She also discusses how ICE is offering detainees financial incentives to “...
Kristi Nelson is a former immigration judge who served in Chicago’s immigration court from September 2023 to April 2025, when she resigned. She’s practiced law for 30 years. In this extended interview, she discusses the systemic challenges facing the U.S. immigration court system, recent mass terminations of judges, and the pressure immigration judges face from changing administrations.
...Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed in August 2025, she discusses how national policies are affecting the local immigration court system and the fundamental problems with the current immigration system that she argues require a complete overhaul, not band-aid fixes.
Stories of immigration, from arrests to detentions, court proceedings to legal paths, are unfolding in Kansas City.
St. James, Missouri, is a welcoming small town with deep roots, shaped by generations of local industry, rail-era growth, and the traditions of the surrounding Ozark landscape.
Its history is still visible today in the character of the community and the pride residents take in preserving what makes the town distinctive.
Join Sharon Chen as she takes a virtual trip to St. James, Missouri!
What does it take to defy the odds? One local man’s journey might inspire you to rethink what’s possible.
KCTV5's Zac Summers shared the story of James McGinnis, and why he continues to run with purpose.
It’s a 5-hour trek from Kansas City, but travel to St. Genevieve, Missouri and you’ll take a back nearly 300 years in time and don’t even have to leave the state.
In this week’s Destination Heartland, we take a virtual trip to St. Genevieve, Missouri where French Colonial America still lives, breath...
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