Kansas City MO

Kansas City’s number of homicides for last year increased by one after the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled a man’s death by blunt force trauma in July was a homicide, according to a police spokesman. The number now stands at 141 homicides in 2025, according to data tracked by The Star , which includes...

On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth. At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer. There were two problems. They...

A woman in her 40s was rescued from a storm drain in Kansas City’s Northland Wednesday. The Kansas City Fire Department responded to reports of a “confined space rescue” in the 3200 block of North Ameristar Drive, near the Ameristar Casino Hotel, at 7:20 p.m., according to a press release from battalion Chief Michael...

Please don’t become a Sensitive Steve or Sensitive Sally over the title! I’ve been to all 50 US states. Yes… Every. Single. One. I’ve stayed overnight in cities across all 50 states, and some places are so bad they make you want to sleep in a rest stop instead.

Firefighters say everyone inside made it out safely, however two men were taken to area hospitals with minor smoke inhalation.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - An Independence couple is suing a Missouri window company over the death of their toddler. Destiny Randle and Moses Bass filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Crown Window Corp. in January 2026. The lawsuit claims:. Negligence. Lawsuit claims Crown Window failed to properly install a...

A Kansas City man accused of shooting a person who was allegedly attempting to break into his vehicle was charged with unlawful use of a weapon in Jackson County court Sunday. Connor Walters, 31, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon resulting in death or injury and armed criminal action, according to a Jackson...

One man was killed following a shooting in the 1800 block of Front Street Wednesday night. A person of interest was being held for questioning.

Alexus Palacios, a senior at Winnetonka High School in the North Kansas City School District, had her mind set on becoming an interior designer and a quinceañera stylist when she graduates later this spring. “Now, my plans have changed,” Palacios said. “I now want to be a bank teller...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - The Hernandez family is weighing a difficult decision about their grocery store after what happened Saturday morning. Evan Hernandez’s 15-year-old sister was working the register when armed robbers came into El Nopal. Surveillance video captured the incident. “They robbed my sister at...