Connect to The Kansas City Star newspaper app wherever you are.
Receive the latest local and breaking news from the Kansas City metro area, including community information for Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa and Prairie Village. The Kansas City Star reports on the local topics you care about, including local weather, traffic, crime, sports and national news.
Features of the app include:
• Breaking news alerts and real-time updates.
• The local news and sports topics you care about from around the Kansas City metro area.
• View stunning photos and videos of news coverage and events.
• The Kansas City Star opinions, editorials and columns you love.
• Ability to share stories on Facebook, Twitter or by email.
• An app-native eEdition of the printed newspaper, including 60 additional pages in the ExtraExtra section.
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• eEdition page browser navigation: Fixes a bug some users encountered where if you tapped a thumbnail in the eEdition page browser, the app would load a blank screen.
• Minor stability improvements.
Improvements to the push notification service
• Overall performance and stability improvements
• For in-app purchase subscribers, added a button that links to the Google Play subscription center for easier payment management.
• Strengthened how the apps handle push notifications by adding in-app browser fallback support.
• The app should no longer send readers to the first page of an eEdition issue when closing an eEdition article view on devices.
What's new:
• Sets the eEdition to display to the width of the screen
• Fixes an issue with eEdition banner ads appearing in full screen view
• Updates Google Play Billing Library
• Performance improvements
Better error handling for article embeds
Improvements to how the app refreshes content
We fixed an issue some users were having when opening articles by adding more effective error-handling.
This update includes fixes on initial load time and overall performance.
This update contains small bug fixes
What’s new:
• Your news, your way: Choose between app or eEdition as the default view.
• Customize your Home screen with Topic Selector for a quick glance at the content you care about most.
• eEdition has been rebuilt with improved sharing and easier puzzle printing.
• New look and feel, including new fonts for better legibility.
• Text size can now be adjusted directly in the story page.
• New “My Content” section allows quick access to bookmarks and saved eEditions.
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
• We have fixed some small bugs
We have fixed some small bugs
New Digital Subscriptions
• You can now become a digital subscriber by purchasing a subscription in app
• You can restore a digital subscription, purchased from within the app, on all your devices
• Create and Sign In to your digital account to get the most out of your subscription
We fixed some bugs that prevented push notifications from opening the associated story when tapped.
We fixed some bugs that prevented content from refreshing on app launch.
We fixed some bugs that caused articles to be cut off and not display in full
• We have fixed some small bugs
•Brand new look.
•Get to stories faster with the improved navigation and design.
•Split-screen view
•Reading on a tablet or a plus-sized phone? Turn it horizontally for a split-screen mode to browse headlines as you read stories.
•Print Edition
•Get access to a replica of the newspaper from within the app.
•Trending section
•Browse popular news stories.
- We have fixed some small bugs
• Breaking news alertsPush notifications now take you directly into the story
- Video live streaming support added for stories- Proper thumbnail image now being used for stories with galleries and live streaming videos- Banner ads and web links now properly opening in-app browser- Loading content on webviews now displaying immediately
