Kansas City MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man and woman are facing drug trafficking charges in connection with several overdoses in the area of the Prospect Avenue Corridor. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced Friday that 32-year-old Myron Mays and 29-year-old Danasia Miller have been charged. Court records in...

Kansas City could soon close a loophole that makes it easier to knock down historic buildings while beefing up rules for owners who leave their properties vacant. Mayor Quinton Lucas has proposed a trio of ordinances that would set new standards for securing and “mothballing” vacant buildings, expand the scope of when owners have to register vacant properties , and require further review for requests...

A popular celebrity-owned shapewear company is coming to Kansas City. The viral brand, Skims, founded by reality TV star Kim Kardashian in 2019, is slated to open at 405 Nichols Road , on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, according to permit filings. It will take over the spot that was formerly Soft Surroundings, which closed in 2024. Besides its famous shapewear, Skims also sells...

For the first time in Betty Rae’s history, Northlanders can officially get the sweet tastes of the ice cream shop’s scoops of cookie monster, lavender honey, cereal milk and gooey butter cake north of the river. Betty Rae’s Ice Cream opened its 11th location in the Kansas City metro earlier this month in Liberty, crossing the Missouri River for the first time and accomplishing...

Kansas City students walked out of class on Friday to join dozens of organizers and workers in support of May Day and to protest federal immigration action and data centers in their communities. Swoo Harter, a sophomore at Plaza Academy, and other students joined protesters with the Missouri Workers Center...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -A pawn shop in Independence is temporarily closed after a six-month investigation led police to suspected stolen property, Independence police say. https://www.kctv5.com/2026/04/30/independence-blue-springs-pawn-shops-raided-stolen-property-police-say/. On Thursday, Independence Police served simultaneous search warrants on 23rd Street Pawn at 23rd Street and South Norton Ave. in Independence and...

Kansas Citians are expected to gather in Washington Square Park Friday evening for an International Workers’ Day protest for equity for working people. The event at 5:30 p.m. is organized by a group of labor organizations and advocacy groups including Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR), Missouri Workers Center and KC Tenants. This comes as part of...

KC restaurants are split on adding automatic tips during the World Cup. For tipped workers the stakes are real — and the safety net is thin. The post Kansas City’s tipped workers could pay the price for World Cup culture clash appeared first on The Beacon .

Despite voting earlier this month to discontinue an employment contract with the district’s executive director of special education — whose leadership has been called into question by staff and families — school board members in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools no longer seem fully decided on the matter. More than six hours into their meeting on Tuesday, school board members by a 5-2 vote decided...

KANSAS CITY, MO.- As Evelyn Craft Belger completes the final year of her four-year term as Chair of the Nelson-Atkins Board of Trustees and transitions to Vice Chair, the Board has unanimously decided her successor will be Donald Hall, Jr. Hall is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hallmark Cards, Inc. Don Hall, Jr.’s involvement in the Nelson...