City Council throws a first pitch in building nation’s 7th Urban Youth Academy

Kansas City this week moved toward creating a youth academy intended to help children and help revive the urban core. The city council on Thursday approved more than $2 million in funding for the Urban Youth Academy to be at Parade Park in the ...

MLB Urban Youth Academy gets a financial boost

Plans for a Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy near the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum have taken another step forward. This fall, Kansas City learned the seventh Urban Youth Academy was coming to the 18th and Vine area. Its goal is to ...