The Kansas City Star won eight Pulitzer Prizes:
- 1982 Pulitzer Prize - Local news reporting of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse (along with The Kansas City Times)
- 1982 - Rick Atkinson (of The Kansas City Times) for national reporting for a series on the West Point Class of 1968
- 1992 Pulitzer Prize - National reporting by Jeff Taylor and Mike McGraw's critical examination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 1944 Pulitzer Prize - Henry Haskell for Editorial Writing
- 1952 Pulitzer Prize - Coverage of the Great Flood of 1951
- 1954 Pulitzer Prize - Alvin Scott McCoy's local reporting coverage that led to the resignation of C. Wesley Roberts as Republican National Chairman
- 1931 Pulitzer Prize - A.B. MacDonald for articles about a murder in Amarillo, Texas
- 1933 Pulitzer Prize - Editorial Writing
Some of the famous journalist and columnist of the Kansas City Star are:
- Joseph McGuff : was an American journalist, author and newspaper editor.
- William E. Vaughan: an American coloumnist and author.
- Joe Posnanski : is a US journalist and columnist for The Kansas City Star. He has worked with the newpaper since October 1996.
- Jason Whitlock : is an Frican-American sportswriter for the Kansas City Star.
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