Kansas City MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Jackson County judge says Kansas City can move forward with its new ordinances designed to crack down on predatory towing. Judge Lauren Barrett issued her ruling Tuesday morning in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a towing company. Barrett said the city ordinances...

A former employee of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City i s suing the organization, citing violations of the Missouri Human Rights Act. Greg Carroll, a 63-year-old Black man, is suing the symphony for discrimination and retaliation regarding treatment he alleged he endured, as well as for his termination, according to...

— Erika Ruiz remembers the first time her son Isaac Ortiz experienced a mental health episode when he was 14. Over the next five years, Ortiz would be hospitalized nearly 20 times to treat his mental health. “He wasn’t diagnosed immediately, but eventually it came to light that he was...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The man accused of shooting out his passenger window, striking another driver on I-435, is behind bars. Court records show Dorian Fuel Jr. faces first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon in the Dec. 16 shooting in the area of I-435...

LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - Not a great start to Christmas week for drivers surprised on Interstate 35. Around 8 a.m. December 22, KC Scout showed multiple police cars and tow trucks responding to I-35 southbound just south of I-435, where cars were pulling off after hitting a massive pothole in the far right lane.

Kansas City Fire Department crews were dispatched to a reported fire in the area of 93rd Street and Newton Drive at 12:29 a.m. On arrival, crews reported a 1-story house, fully involved with fire. The house was reported as one that had been a previous burn, and a defensive fire...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department responded to two different crime scenes Monday morning around 10 a.m., one involving a homicide. Authorities stated that just after 10 a.m., officers responded to a call at 27th and Quincy, finding a female victim suffering from lacerations. The victim was...

Missouri is trying to illegally enact a gerrymandered congressional map in violation of a century of constitutional precedent, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. The ACLU of Missouri filed the lawsuit in Cole County on behalf of two Jackson County residents against Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and Secretary of...

KANSAS CITY—Three people were injured in a fire on Sunday in Kansas City. Just after 10:30a.m. crews were dispatched to a reported house fire in the 3300 block of Askew Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, according to Battalion Chief Riley Nolan. On arrival, crews reported smoke on the 2nd...

Two Jackson County voters filed a lawsuit to stop Missouri’s new congressional map from being used in the 2026 elections.