Kansas City MO

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - For the third night in one week, JC Van Deventer will embark on a 16-mile overnight walk from his Lee’s Summit home to the KCK school where he teaches. He wears shorts in subzero temperatures without a jacket. It’s symbolic of what so many of the kids he teaches go through.

The Hardee’s restaurant at 6323 Independence Ave. will serve its final customers on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, marking the end of an era for a longtime fixture in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast. The closure follows a wave of Hardee’s shutdowns across the region that began in 2023, when...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A pair of men from Kansas have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding the Small Business Administration. Sixty-one-year-old Joseph Campbell, of Olathe, and 65-year-old John Duncan, of Topeka, are both charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy. The men are...

Police say two Catholic schools in Overland Park and Olathe may have received bomb threats Friday morning.

A Missouri man has been detained in connection with a murder in Oklahoma nearly 30 years ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma stated on Tuesday that Timothy Hollan, 73, of Miller, Mo., was detained in Kansas City, Kan., on a federal arrest warrant on December 15.

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s board of commissioners will not renew the contract of CEO Frank White III. The decision came after a three-hour closed session at its last board meeting of the year. In an interview with KCUR, White said the decision to not renew his contract was mutual.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Council passed the second half of funding to keep city buses running, but amendments to the ordinance mean more work remains. Council members went into closed session for half an hour when discussing the ordinance. They ultimately passed it with one council member voting no,...

Redevelopments on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, took a significant step forward Wednesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -Three Optum Community Center locations around the Kansas City metro closed with very little warning for clients. Optum’s locations in Kansas City, Shawnee and the Northland could be seen with closed signs posted on the front doors on December 18. The locations provide a space...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - December 18, 1966. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas airs for the first time on CBS. The Grinch’s voice was that of Boris Karloff, the horror actor who brought Frankenstein’s monster to life on the silver screen. More This Day in...