Kansas City MO

Swope Health has broken ground on Swope Health Village, a 12-acre, multi-phase campus designed to knit affordable housing, behavioral health, primary care, and community amenities into one destination along Swope Parkway in southeast Kansas City. Early site work followed demolition that started in January 2024; a...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners awarded more than $2 million toward an area nonprofit in an effort to serve the county’s homeless population. During a meeting Thursday night, the BOCC approved a conditional award of $2.38 million in federal funds to Metro...

Ron Evans used to walk with his grandmother — as she clutched her purse — past the intersection of Troost Avenue and Armour Boulevard because she didn’t feel safe walking to Save A Lot alone. At that very same intersection, Urban Restaurant (formerly Urban Cafe) now hosts...

On Social Security's 90th anniversary Thursday, Kansas City federal workers rallied to warn that the program is buckling under chronic understaffing, with wait times stretching from minutes to hours and service delays lasting days. The big picture: Social Security serves almost 70 million beneficiaries, and union...

A federal judge sentenced six leaders of a Kansas City, Kansas, based quasi-religious group who forced children to endure abuse and work long, unpaid hours. Kaaba Majeed — the second in command to Royall Jenkins, who founded the United Nation of Islam and died in 2021 — was sentenced to 10 years in prison and three...

Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman submitted his resignation this week, city officials announced Friday.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Police are investigating a crash that killed a teenager riding a motorbike. Officers said they tried to stop the rider for multiple traffic violations prior to the crash. According to investigators, the rider tried to turn from EB US 24 Hwy onto Sterling Avenue around 9...

Lenexa’s recent response to the execution of a federal search warrant at a local restaurant exposes a troubling contradiction: City officials have praised our police department for not assisting in the operation, distancing themselves from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Yet they also claim to be committed...

Independence Police are investigating a fatal crash involving an Axis M200 motorbike going the wrong way on U.S. 24 Highway.

Hartzell Gray has built a reputation around Kansas City as a well-known media personality and progressive activist, drawing in listeners through podcast episodes, radio segments and speeches at local protests. Now, the former radio host and tenants rights advocate is running to represent Kansas City in Congress ....