FOX4 Forecast: Friday strong storms
Overnight and into the early hours of Friday, scattered storms move through the region with lightning and hail possible. Rain and thunder could linger into the Friday commute before skies attempt to clear by lunchtime. A Level 3 severe risk includes the entire Kansas City region for Friday afternoon/night storms....
Five years on, KC’s ‘Katz on Main’ historic facade is finally coming together
The steel has been erected. The roof is up. The swimming pool and deck, in the shadow of the Moderne clock tower, will soon be put in place. Five years after the Kansas City Council voted to provide Lux Living of St. Louis significant tax breaks to turn the 1934 Katz Drug Store site into luxury apartments, the...
Blue Springs man killed in Thursday night shooting
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - A Blue Springs man who was hospitalized Thursday night due to a shooting has died. The Blue Springs Police Department said officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Kingscross Road just before 9 p.m. There, officers located a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
IT Vendor Payments Under Investigation at North Kansas City Schools
(TNS) — Kansas City Star Editor's Note: This story was originally published by The Beacon, a nonprofit news organization serving Missouri and Kansas. The Star is republishing up to two stories a week as part of a new partnership with The Beacon. Law enforcement is investigating after the North...
Driver was transporting cocaine in Kansas, had illegal car tag
ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a traffic stop. Just after 4p.m. Wednesday.an officer on patrol conducted a traffic stop of a Ford Taurus for a traffic violation in the 700 block North 11th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. The...
Jackson County domestic violence review identifies guns, stalking as red flags
The Jackson County domestic violence fatality review is now helping leaders study warning signs behind deadly cases with one goal: preventing the next tragedy.
Man Charged in Liberty Memorial Explosives Case Arrested March 3 on Independence Boulevard
A man now charged with leaving explosive devices near the Liberty Memorial was arrested Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot on Independence Boulevard — an arrest witnessed firsthand by staff members at the Northeast News. Authorities later confirmed the suspect as Owen I. Canizales Argueta, 22, who prosecutors say...
Deli Grind in Marlborough provides same goodness as Vee’s
But after 17 years of early rising, Allie “Miss Vee” Toney closed her shop Vee’s Sweets & Treats at the end of 2025. The Marlborough Village store fed the neighborhood and beyond with freshly baked pastries, breads and homemade sandwiches. Before it closed, her accountant Sheree Hudson...
Kansas Storm Claims: $128M hit to Kansas City metro in 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas storms cost insurers more than $128 million on the Kansas side of the metro area alone last year. Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced the statewide figures on Thursday, March 5, which showed nearly 82,500 storm claims were filed in 2025. Schmidt noted that insurance companies...
Group raises issues over Johnson County property taxes
OLATHE, Kan. — As property taxes continue to be a heated topic, in Johnson County, Kansas, the NAACP is being one voice of residents in the county saying officials are not properly reassessing property values and that people are being over charged. “If a property sold for a million...
