1 dead, 1 critically injured after car flips over guardrail near the Plaza
One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a car flipped over a guardrail early Sunday morning near the Plaza. Emergency personnel responded to the area of west Brush Creek and north Ward Parkway at approximately 2:20 a.m. Sunday on reports of an injury crash, according to a press release from...
Kansas City residents raise concerns about future look of Country Club Plaza
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new look could be coming to the Country Club Plaza as early as 2026. But not without the help of people in the area. Dallas-based Gillon Property Group has spent the past year promoting an ambitious redevelopment vision for the Country Club Plaza. On...
‘Nothing like it anywhere else’: Plaza lights ceremony returns for century-old holiday tradition
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The wait is almost over for Kansas City’s most beloved holiday tradition as the Country Club Plaza lights up Thursday night for another year. Few traditions capture the spirit of Kansas City quite like the lighting ceremony at the Plaza. What started as one man’s simple idea has become a...
Gas prices in Kansas City area have fallen ahead of Thanksgiving, still higher than...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly 82 million Americans are expected to travel this Thanksgiving – a new record. There’s good news for those driving to their destinations: prices at the pump have fallen in the past week. The roller coaster ride at the pump continues just in...
This Swope Park art piece is part wall, part bench and part invitation to...
A low concrete wall split down the middle. It’s not quite a bench, and not quite a barrier—which is exactly the point. For seven years now, sculptor Jill Downen’s Architectural Folly from a Future Place has lived in Swope Park, just steps from General Swope’s Greek-Doric mausoleum. Originally commissioned for Kansas...
Two Overland Park men indicted in connection with $4 million investment fraud scheme
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - Two Overland Park men were indicted in connection with a $4 million investment fraud scheme. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Kansas, Baha Ibrahim, 21, and Jawad Albadawi, 21, made their first appearances before a federal judge on Monday, Nov. 24. Court...
Pair charged in connection with shots-fired incident Friday night in Basehor
Two people have been charged in connection with a shots-fired incident Friday night, Nov. 21, in Basehor.
Two rescued after car found upside-down in Brush Creek in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two people are in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after crashing a car into a Brush Creek early Sunday morning in Kansas City. According to the Kansas City Police Department, at about 2:20 a.m., officers were called to Ward Parkway and Brush Creek Boulevard, in an area between State...
Report: Overland Park man arrested after holding group at gunpoint for 3 hours
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - The Lawrence Police Department says that an Overland Park man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly holding a group at gunpoint for hours. According to arrest records, Garnel Andreus Moore Wiliams was taken into custody around 3 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, near 3250 Michigan Street.
Johnson County will run free buses to Kansas City airport for World Cup. They...
Overland Park and Lenexa have agreed to use tourism tax dollars to help fund a new, temporary bus service that will connect the two cities to Kansas City International Airport during next summer’s World Cup. Last week, both city councils approved an agreement with the Board of County Commissioners...

















