Kansas City, Missouri, police investigating death of 3-month-old child
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating the death of a three-month-old child.
Go behind the scenes of The Star’s photography archive at free KC Library event
For more than 145 years, The Star has created the first draft of Kansas City history , from the development of the park system to the upcoming World Cup. As the city’s paper of record, The Star has decades of archives that tell the stories of Kansas City’s triumphs, tragedies and tensions. While our archives of pages...
Missing since 1998 from Shawnee, Kansas, she was only 16 when she disappeared
Tabitha Diane Brewer was only 16 when she went missing. She would be 44 now. She's been missing since April 27, 1998, from Shawnee, Kansas. Her photo above (right) is shown age-progressed to 34 years.
Motorcyclist killed after crash with an SUV driven by Kan. woman
JASPER COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Sunday in Jasper County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom driven by a 24-year-old Joplin man was westbound on MO 66 one mile west of Joplin. The motorcycle struck a northbound 2017 Lexus RX 350...
‘Did nothing’: 2 new defendants added in Family Dollar collapse injury lawsuit
Attorneys representing Tammy Martin, a woman injured in the July 2025 collapse of a Midtown Family Dollar, added two new defendants to their personal injury lawsuit.
‘Gas station heroin’ facing ban in several metro communities, statewide
Kansas City, Missouri, is pushing forward on a ban for what lawmakers and medical experts have called 'gas station heroin.'
One hospitalized in shooting near Kansas City gas station
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One person was hospitalized Tuesday night after a shooting near a Kansas City gas station. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department said the individual’s injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening in nature. Police were called to the Conoco gas station on the corner of...
KCKPD chief says domestic violence victim may not have sought help due to status
Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karl Oakman is expressing concern that a woman recently killed in a domestic violence case may have been reluctant to seek help because of her immigration status.
Overland Park police search for suspects behind shopping spree on stolen credit cards
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police are looking for two people who are accused of shopping on someone else’s dime. Overland Park police said two people pictured below found a lost wallet in December. Instead of turning the wallet over to police, investigators said the suspects went shopping. They...
Teenager shot to death Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon outside a Kansas City, Kansas, apartment complex, according to KCK police.
