Kansas City MO

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Diana Knapp, Jackson County corrections chief, resigned Monday, leaving just weeks before the county is set to open the $317 million new detention facility. Captain Rhonda Montgomery, a sheriff's public information officer, confirmed that Knapp tendered her...

Investigators say hot coals from a grill started a fire that destroyed an Overland Park home over the weekend. Overland Park Fire Department Media Manager Jason Rhodes said in a statement Sunday that the fire at the home near 122nd Terrace and Gillette Street was accidental. “The homeowner reportedly cooked...

The Missouri River is the lifeblood of Kansas City. It supplies drinking water for the region. It’s essential for cooling the thermoelectric power plants powering Kansas City, and so much more. But this natural resource is at risk. For the past 30 years, Missouri has engaged in a water war with North Dakota. I spoke...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department is asking the public for help finding a missing 12-year-old. Nariek D. Thomas was last seen on March 1, 2026, at around 9 p.m. in the area of E. 12th St. and Prospect Avenue, riding a black and gray bicycle.

Your sense of direction is about to lose this fight. City Thrift in Overland Park, Kansas feels like a warehouse of finds, and the aisles never seem to end once you start roaming. You walk in planning a quick browse, and then the space keeps opening up in sections. Clothing...

A Kansas City, Missouri, man faces charges in a fatal shooting Feb. 16 near the Kansas City VA Medical Center.

According to the Johnson County Appraiser Office’s revaluation report, residential property values, not including apartments, increased by an average of six percent county-wide from 2025 to 2026.

There’s something deeply satisfying about eating smoked meat in a building that once welcomed weary travelers stepping off steam locomotives. At Wabash BBQ in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, you’re not just getting some of the finest barbecue north of Kansas City—you’re dining in a piece of authentic railroad history...

Jackson County prosecutors have charged a Kansas City, Missouri, man in connection with a crime spree in which he allegedly opened fire toward an undercover officer.

A pickup truck driver speeding north on the exit ramp from U.S. 71 Highway to Meyer Boulevard Monday hit two vehicles stopped at a red light, killing two people in one of the vehicles, police said.