Kansas City MO

Kansas City faces a looming budget deficit projected to be at $100 million in 2027, and the city has already implemented a hiring freeze in response. On top of that, the Board of Police Commissioners is calling for a nearly 22% increase in funding for the department next year. Amid...

The historic church, built in 1896, has been the heart of the small Missouri town for generations.

A Jackson County judge on Friday sentenced a Kansas City man to four years in prison for a fatal stabbing , but he could be eligible for probation after successfully completing a 120-day program, court records show. Judge Sarah A. Castle handed down the sentence to 54-year-old Leon J. Reese, who pleaded guilty in...

CLAY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a suspect in connection with an incident outside a Kansas City area high school. Just after 9a.m. Tuesday, a School Resource Officer was patrolling the parking lot of Liberty High School, 200 Blue Jay Drive in Liberty, Missouri, when he noticed a suspicious person...

CASS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 1:30p.m. Tuesday in Cass County. The Missouri State Highway reported a 2022 GMC Savana driven by a 42-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man traveled northbound into the southbound lanes of Interstate 49 just south of Belton. The van struck the...

A man is dead after a shooting early Tuesday at an apartment building in downtown Kansas City, a police spokesman said. Police dispatchers sent officers just after 12:15 a.m. to the 900 block of Jefferson Street in the Quality Hill neighborhood after receiving a report of gunfire, said Sgt. Phil DiMartino with the...

Grocery shopping has become a calculated exercise for many families, with every item carefully planned and selected to stretch limited budgets.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A historic Kansas City landmark designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright is receiving a major boost for preservation. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded a $160,000 grant to Community Christian Church as part of its National Fund for Sacred Places program. The...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a decade in the Missouri Department of Corrections for his role in a deadly shooting in 2023. According to court records, Kadin Hatch will serve 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and stealing...

A new feature film, Sarah’s Oil, will open in theaters on November 7, starring Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Zachary Levi. The film tells the story of Sarah Rector, who became America’s first Black female millionaire after oil was discovered on her land in Oklahoma in the early 1900s.