Kansas City MO

For Hudson Rauer, communication looks a bit different. He's nonverbal and has level three autism. His family is pushing for passage of RJ's Law - the Purple Alert Bill

— Independence residents have filed a petition to recall a city council member following his approval of $150 billion in bonds for a hyperscale AI data center. Neighbors submitted official filings to recall Councilman John Perkins on Monday morning. Perkins represents Independence's 1st District. According to the petition filings, voters...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Dozens of people plan to honor a Kansas City firefighter and paramedic a year after his death. Graham Hoffman, 29, died on April 27, 2025, after he was stabbed while treating a patient in an ambulance. Hoffman had served the Kansas City area for more than five years.

Kansas City inspectors are looking at Olive Park Village apartment building after fire damaged it for the second time in two months.

The family of 2-year-old Aziel 'Azie' Zermeno is mourning the loss of the toddler after he was hit and killed while riding a scooter outside an Independence, Missouri apartment complex.

— A shooting early Sunday morning in Kansas City, Missouri's Crossroads Arts District left one man dead. The shooting happened in a parking lot near Broadway and Southwest boulevards. Just after 4:15 a.m. Sunday, off-duty officers working at the Town Topic restaurant at 2021 Broadway Blvd. heard several gunshots coming...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fast-moving storms pummeled parts of the Midwest with hail, strong wind and heavy rain Monday, flooding streets and leading to stranded commuters who needed to be rescued, with more storms on the way, authorities said. More than 64 million people in the Midwest were at...

Floodwaters inundated part of a neighborhood off Interstate 435 near East 23rd Trafficway on Monday after heavy rains drenched the Kansas City area. The flooding appeared to be centered near East 23rd Trafficway and Television Place, which sits at the bottom of the hilly Blue Summit area. The high water closed roads in the area. Vehicles could be seen abandoned in the floodwater, and...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - City inspectors will determine if a damaged Kansas City apartment building with a history of problems is safe enough to remain standing. Kansas City firefighters responded to a fire on the second floor of the Olive Park Village building shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. They could see smoke and fire coming from the building before they arrived at E. 9th...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Missouri’s attorney general is suing Dollar General, accusing the discount chain of charging customers more at the register than the price listed on store shelves. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by former Attorney General Andrew Bailey, alleges deceptive pricing practices at Dollar General stores...