Kansas City MO

— Kansas City, Missouri, leaders launched the KC Housing Gateway Program on Wednesday, which invests $1 million into "rapidly" housing people experiencing homelessness and revamping the city's homeless response system. City representatives and members from the business community gathered at the downtown Commerce Bank...

Short-term rentals are in higher demand in Kansas City during the World Cup than any other city in America.

Kansas City's city council will vote this afternoon on an ordinance to ban synthetic 7-OH and regulate natural kratom, a significant step in addressing what some have called "gas station heroin."

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement investigating a double homicide in Kansas City, Missouri have identified the victims as 26-year-old Brittnee McMillon and and 28-year-old Jerrell Westmoreland. At 9:30p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of E. Armour Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri, on a sound of shots...

In 1900, Missouri was a powerhouse of the American Midwest. This era marked the height of the “Gilded Age” influence on the state, with St. Louis preparing to host the 1904 World’s Fair and Olympics. Kansas City was also rapidly expanding as a major rail hub. But the biggest cities in the state of Missouri ended up...

Liberty police are using signs, along with social media posts, to alert residents about a Bitcoin scam. A Liberty store clerk last week helped a man who was about to be scammed out of $30,000.

A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged in Johnson County, Kansas, in a shooting at a Leawood senior center.

After a Wednesday afternoon interview, Sherry Mistretta texted two sepia-toned pictures to The Star. In one, Sherry had her hair pulled back and stood behind a roadside stand lined with several rows of blooming plants. In the other, she subbed out with her late husband, Pete Mistretta, whose face was partially...

More than 100 people rallied outside Kansas City Hall on Wednesday — the same day Mayor Quinton Lucas delivered his State of the City address — and the Port KC office on the riverfront with banners that read “Shame on Port KC.”. Unions representing Kansas City’s building...

A man’s family said his car was stolen as he traveled an estimated three hours to a Kansas City hospital for his cancer treatment. Bruce Bingham’s family is calling on kind-hearted souls to help him cover his medical expenses and the cost of new transportation following the car theft. His family wrote on a GoFundMe...