Drive-thru location to sign Respect Missouri Voters petition this weekend
On Thursday, Missouri Realtors sued to invalidate elected officials’ attempt to gut the state’s initiative petition process. On Saturday, volunteers will be gathering signatures for the opposite action – the Respect Missouri Voters campaign to protect and enhance the initiative petition. Six drive-through locations...
Belton police ask for help in finding missing 14-year-old
The Belton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 14-year-old boy.
‘It feels like you’re leaving your life behind’: Parade Park residents forced to move...
Kansas City leaders broke ground on a $300 million redevelopment project Friday at Parade Park Homes, one of America’s first Black cooperative housing developments. The city says the project at 18th and Vine streets will transform the area into a mixed-income neighborhood with 1,100 affordable homes. The BBQ grills...
Folly Theater cancels weekend shows following overnight break-in
Performances at Kansas City’s historic Folly Theater have been cancelled this weekend following an overnight break-in, theater representatives say. Cassidy Manetta, the marketing manager for the theater, told reporters in a press release Friday that the break-in is projected to cost the theater over $250,000. While...
‘It just opens up people’s world’: KC Streetcar extension opened Friday
Kansas City's $352 million streetcar extension opened Friday, with riders able to go from the River Market to UMKC with stops along the streetcar's Main Street route.
Things to do in Kansas City this weekend Oct. 24-26
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — From shopping and pet adoptions to Halloween festivities, if you are looking for something to do this weekend, we’ve got you covered. Here are ten events going on this weekend — Oct. 24 through Oct. 26 — that are worth checking out.
KCPD urges drivers to stay alert as KC Streetcar line extends down to UMKC
As the KC Streetcar gears up to extend service south of Union Station, Kansas City police say the new red “transit-only” lanes are an adjustment drivers will need to get used to.
‘The next opioid crisis’: Kansas City woman shares experience with 7-OH
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This month, 25-year-old Madison Mcmanness found herself in a place she never wanted to see again: drug rehab. “I didn’t think that I would be there again,” Mcmanness said. “It was really hard lying in the detox for three days, just catatonic. Everything was on fire. It hurt. I just didn’t want to...
Prosecutors charge man with multiple felonies in June 15 fatal shooting in KCMO
Jackson County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Kansas City, Kansas, man in connection with a fatal shooting near Kansas City, Missouri's 18th and Vine District that occurred in June.
KC mother pleads not guilty by reason of mental illness in son’s gruesome death
A 38-year-old Kansas City woman pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect Friday in the gruesome death of her 6-year-old son in 2022, according to court records. Tasha Haefs was facing charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after officers responded to her home in the 7300 block of...
