Kansas City MO

Toxic chemicals linger at a long-gone dry cleaning business at 103rd Street and State Line Road in Leawood. Tri- and Tetracholoroethylenes — banned or being phased out because of their links to Parkinson’s disease and certain cancers — have been in the soil and groundwater there since before 2010, spreading east and...

Olathe police arrested a 27-year-old man Thursday afternoon on suspicion of aggravated battery after he allegedly injured a woman in a suspected stabbing. The incident, police said, happened near the 1000 block of North Ridgeview Road. Police were called to the area just after 12 p.m. Thursday. “Officers responded to...

The suspect in the Target burglary over the weekend faces multiple charges and remains hospitalized after exchanging gunfire with a police officer. Online court records show William H. Parker III was unable to attend his scheduled first appearance in court on Tuesday afternoon due to a “medical condition.”. Parker...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Savannah Robin’s neighbors are getting their roof fixed. She wishes that were her. Instead, a few doors down, she’s left with a damaged roof, a tarp, and a headache. “This whole area just got pounded by hail that year,” Robin said. “They have...

The former Connecticut news reporter returned to her Kansas City news desk after a five-month leave.

Independence said its City Charter forbids citizen-initiated referendums related to ordinances like the one authorizing tax incentives for a massive data center in the Little Blue Valley.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man has been charged with murder days after a woman died from a weekend shooting. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced Thursday that 21-year-old Dante Williams has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Williams is accused of shooting a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An interesting twist was discovered this week at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead in Overland Park, Kansas. After 14 years of thinking their owl Zeus was a male, “Zeus” surprised the farmstead with an egg this week. “Since most owls are sexually monomorphic,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City artist Michael Artis is transforming a run-down wall at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Swope Parkway into a mural celebrating regional culture. The project is designed to revitalize the unsightly space and bring a sense of pride to...

BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (KCTV) - A former Bonner Springs Police Department detective has been arrested following a misconduct investigation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said 39-year-old Kyle Rector was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas, near Parallel Parkway and Village West Parkway. According...