Police ID teen found dead on Kanas City sidewalk
KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement investigating another homicide in Kansas City, Missouri have identified the victim as 19-year-old Tylen Bean. Just before 2a.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to the area of E 107th and Marsh Avenue on a reported incident with Kansas City Fire Department, according to KCPD Officer Alayna...
Overland Park bubble tea shop closed for now after car slams through front window
A car crash this week has left an Overland Park boba tea shop temporarily out of commission. On Tuesday, a car slammed through the front window of Bubblecup Tea Zone in Overland Park, leaving significant damage to the shop’s interior. The incident was caught on the shop’s cameras, footage...
Kansas City man sentenced for illegal gun possession after thinking law was ‘dumb’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for illegal gun possession. Forty-eight-year-old Craig D. Monks, was sentenced for illegally possessing a Beretta, PX4 Storm, .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol. Monks’ sentence was for four years in prison and was the result of him...
Woman reported missing in Kansas City since Tuesday: KCPD
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) says a woman has been missing since Tuesday. Police shared that Kathryn Welty was last seen on Tuesday, heading eastbound on foot near the Research Medical Center Emergency Room in a blue hospital gown around 3 p.m. Police say...
Flooding concerns as storms move across the Kansas City metro and surrounding areas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Warning for areas south and southeast of the Kansas City metro. The Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 3 a.m. for Linn County on the Kansas side and southeastern Cass County, Henry County, southern Johnson County and Bates County on...
Prison for man who hid in El Salvador after Kan. woman’s murder
JOHNSON COUNTY — A man extradited from El Salvador is going to prison for the murder of a Kansas woman. Last month a Johnson County Judge sentenced 20-year-old Angel Maria Herrera, of Shawnee, Kansas to 50-years in prison and an additional 34months for aggravated burglary., according to the Johson County District...
Woman sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with drug-related death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County, Kansas, district judge sentenced a Roeland Park woman to 25 years in prison Wednesday for her role in the death of a woman and her unborn child. Izabel Reed, 24, was sentenced to 195 months for one count of distribution of drugs...
Kansas City, Kansas, parks face wave of vandalism and theft
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas City, Kansas, Parks and Recreation officials are asking residents to watch for vandals after multiple damage reports at several parks. At Westheight Park, thieves stole the chain baskets at the disk golf course. Someone stole fencing at Klamm Park. Graffiti covers slides at several...
Black-owned lounge cancels opening over its controversial name
A Black-owned hifi lounge will no longer open at Current Landing after controversy over what the owner planned to name the lounge.
Former Overland Park police officer sentenced to 2 years probation in 2023 case
A Wyandotte County judge sentenced a former Overland Park police officer on March 27 to 24 months probation in a 2023 criminal case.
