Neighbors wake to sirens, later learn 4 KCK firefighters were injured in floor collapse
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department responded to two separate structure fires within a 12-hour period — both of them resulting in serious firefighter injuries. Iker Valencia's family woke up early Monday to the sound of sirens. The house next door was burning. “It...
LV teen missing; search continues
(KAIR)--The search continues for a teenaged girl from Leavenworth who's been missing since August. That's according to a release from the organization Kansas Missing & Unsolved, which says 17-year-old Savanna Berman is considered "a missing/endangered runaway who went missing from Leavenworth, Kansas on August 11,...
Nonprofit resale clothing store on Plaza embodies Kwanzaa principle, Ujamma
A nonprofit resale clothing store on the Country Club Plaza is celebrating Kwanzaa and embodying Ujamma through its work program for Black girls.
4 firefighters injured battling vacant house fire Monday in Kansas City, Kansas
Four Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters were hospitalized early Monday morning while battling a fire at a vacant house.
Fire damaged the auditorium Monday in school building vacant for years
Fire damaged the auditorium Monday in the former Paul Robeson Middle School in south Kansas City, Missouri. The building has been vacant for more than two decades.
‘Multiple rescues’ reported as KCMO firefighters battle 2-alarm apartment fire
More than a dozen firefighters rescued residents and battled an apartment fire Monday night near East 18th Street and Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
Former Jackson Co. assessor files lawsuit, claims she was wrongfully terminated
Former Jackson County Assessor Gail McCann Beatty filed a lawsuit last week against Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota, alleging she was wrongfully terminated.
Kansas City leaders say violent crime is down. They credit deterrence programs and police
For the first time in two years, Kansas City leaders reported an overall decrease in violent crime, which they attributed to an increase in police officers, nearly two years of an innovative deterrence program, and a public health approach to neighborhood conditions. From a record year for homicides in 2023,...
Missouri’s One-of-a-Kind Restaurant Delivers Meals by Train
If you want your food delivered by a little train, there's only one Missouri place that can make that happen.
KCK church left with thousands in damages after person sets off explosion
The pastor of a church in Kansas City, Kansas, said a vandal caused thousands of dollars in damage to their building.

















