Two-stepping is the soul of KC’s Black community. Its biggest competition turned 20
Men donning suits and ties and women wearing dresses and heels flooded the ArtsTech center in Kansas City on Saturday night, a noticeable difference to the youth usually there. Dresses swished and dress shoes clacked against the floor as couples danced for bragging rights in one of the biggest celebrations of Black...
‘Becoming more and more frequent’: Repeat offender admits to weekend car theft
A Kansas City man is behind bars after admitting to investigators that he stole the car he was pulled over in, but this is not their first run-in with him.
Amazon outage disrupts local deliveries, affects millions worldwide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A local Amazon delivery driver was sent home twice Monday as widespread technical outages disrupted package pickups and deliveries across the region. The driver contacted KCTV5 throughout the morning as the outage affected his scheduled routes. He said Amazon provided no communication...
Man struck and killed by vehicle near Old 56 Highway in Olathe
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Olathe Sunday night, according to police. Police were called around 8:37 p.m. to the area of Old 56 Highway and Chestnut Street where they found 36-year-old Aureliano Gonzalez-Sanchez critically injured, according to Sean Wilkes, Community Outreach Officer with the...
Police: 2 hospitalized and arrested after shooting at Kan. home
JOHNSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a shooting and have two suspects in custody. Just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a report of an armed disturbance in the 6500 block of Ballentine Street in the city of Shawnee, according to a media release. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that shots had...
White Oaks Plaza sells to Kansas City, MO developer
White Oaks Plaza…not the mall across the street…has been sold to a major Kansas City, Missouri developer and landlord in a massive property deal. The State Journal Register reports that the plaza, which sits across the road from White Oaks Mall off of Veterans Parkway in Springfield’s west end sold to U.S. company...
4-year sentence handed to man who admitted to fatal Kansas City stabbing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A deadly stabbing that spilled into a Kansas City street has resulted in a 4-year prison sentence for the attacker who chased his victim as he died. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Friday, Oct. 17, indicate that Leon J. Reese, 54, of Kansas City, has been sentenced...
‘Hate crime’: Overland Park church says ‘All are Welcome’ banner vandalized
An inclusion banner, designed to bring people that have felt excluded and/or unwelcomed into an Overland Park church continues to be vandalized.
Students pick pawpaws at this orchard in KC. It could become a parking lot
School kids who walk to their local orchard in Pendleton Heights to pick pears, figs and pawpaws could soon see the community garden get paved over with a fresh parking lot. The orchard fills an entire lot off Independence Avenue and Maple Boulevard, near Kansas City University, and sits on the Maple Flats apartment...
No pay and no relief for KC federal workers
Thousands of federal workers in the Kansas City metro are missing paychecks, picking up side gigs and turning to food banks as the government shutdown enters its third week. Why it matters: Many of the metro's roughly 30,000 federal employees have been furloughed since Oct. 1 or are working without pay.

















