LIVE UPDATES: Kansas City area under threat for significant severe weather risk on Friday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A First Warn Weather Day — our highest alert level — is in place as strong winds, large hail, tornadoes, and heavy rain are all possible. The Storm Prediction Center has graded the severe weather risk for the Kansas City area to 4 out of 5.
Precautions to take during severe weather threats
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Ahead of Friday’s anticipated severe weather, Wyandotte County officials released some reminders during inclement storms. Friday brings the most significant severe weather threat of the week. A First Warn Weather Day — our highest alert level — is in place as strong winds, large hail, tornadoes and heavy rain are all possible.
Fareway Market, once known as McGonigle’s, begins expansion
Fareway Meat Market in south Kansas City will more than double in size in a new building. Phase One of the redevelopment at 1307 W. 79th St. has begun. A new 10,500-square-foot meat market is being built immediately south of the current 5,000-square-foot store. It will offer more specialty items...
Police ID Kansas man who died after struck by 2 vehicles
JOHNSON COUNTY —Law enforcement have released the name of the man who died in an accident just after 3:30a.m. Saturday in Johnson County as 45-year-old Michael L. Martens of Overland Park, according to a statement from Overland Park Police. According to Officer John Lacy, a vehicle was northbound on...
Driver injured after turkey flies into vehicle on KC-area highway: ‘So bizarre’
Kylie Mullin was driving at highway speeds Wednesday when she spotted a turkey barreling toward her and the car next to her. The bird, which was flying across the median on Highway 50 near the Blackwell Road interchange in Lee’s Summit, narrowly missed her Jeep, then struck the vehicle next to her and wound up in the driver’s lap. Initially, Mullin wondered if the...
Independence police arrest student for possession of firearm at school
An Independence Police Department School Resource Officer was alerted around 10:41 a.m. Friday that a student at an Independence high school may have a firearm in their backpack.
Inside the collapse: 4 firefighters injured in Kan. abandoned structure fire
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Four career firefighters were seriously injured when a floor collapsed during an early morning structure fire in a vacant, single-story residence in Kansas, according to a NIOSH report. On Dec. 29, 2025, crews were dispatched just before 3:45 a.m. to a reported residential fire with...
A tale of two 4/20s in Kansas City
Monday is 4/20, the unofficial cannabis holiday, and whether you can legally partake depends on which side of State Line Road you're on. The big picture: The Kansas City metro spans two states with opposing cannabis laws — legal in Missouri, illegal in Kansas — meaning the same product can be a misdemeanor just miles apart.
Multiple Kansas City area schools to dismiss early as severe storms loom
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Multiple school districts across the metro are dismissing students early Friday as severe storms threaten the area. The school districts announced an early dismissal schedule after monitoring forecasts calling for thunderstorms with strong winds, large hail and the possibility of tornadoes. The following school districts...
Jealous Ex’s Fake Tow Call Sparks Violent Ambush Near Kansas City McDonald’s
A Calculated Trap Unravels (Image Credits: Unsplash) Kansas City, Missouri – Tension boiled over into gunfire on April 13, 2026, when a 21-year-old woman and her mother allegedly lured a couple from their apartment with a phony towing alert. The scheme culminated in a smashed Mercedes sedan and a chest wound to the woman’s ex-boyfriend ... Read more The post Jealous Ex’s Fake...
