This Day in History: Plaza Theater opens on the Country Club Plaza
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 9, 1928. The Plaza Theater on the County Club Plaza opens at the intersection of Nichols Road and Wyandotte Street. It closed in 1999 and was converted into the retail store, Restoration Hardware. More This Day in History reports can be found here.
KCK police and faith leaders unite for Faith and Blue Weekend
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Friday kicked off Faith and Blue Weekend in Kansas City, Kansas, where law enforcement officers and faith leaders meet to strengthen their community. Friday night’s event, Hands Across State, saw church communities line State Ave from 7th street to past I-435. “It’s community unity,...
Wrong-way crash on Ward Parkway near KC school leaves 3 people hospitalized
Three people are hospitalized with serious injuries after a car driving the wrong way hit another car head on in Kansas City Thursday, police said. Officers responded to a reported crash just before 10 p.m. at Ward Parkway near W 51st Street, near the Pembroke Hill School’s Ward Parkway campus. According to...
Woman sues haunted house after breaking both ankles
A Nebraska woman says a jump meant to thrill visitors at a haunted house in Kansas City, Missouri, left her with two broken ankles.
A Kansas City toddler is in the finals of a national contest.
Tiffany Watts joins KCTV5+ to share more on Black Feast Week in Kansas City. KCTV's Gabbi Lumma joins KCTV5+ for the latest edition of Voices of the Newsroom. Friday Night 5G Lights: Bob Ray | Activities Director, Harrisonville HS. Updated: 12 hours ago. |. Friday Night 5G Lights: Bob Ray...
Dillon’s Marketplace returns to KC metro as part of multi-million dollar expansion
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Midwest grocery store staple, Dillon’s, announced the expansion of their marketplace location, bringing one of its stores closer to the Kansas City metro. On Friday, Dillon’s announced it will be expanding to Olathe, Kansas as part of a larger expansion project in the...
Jury recommends death sentence for Joshua Rocha in shooting of North Kansas City officer
LIBERTY, Mo. — Joshua Rocha, a man found guilty of killing North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez, was recommended the death sentence by a jury on Wednesday.
Shots fired into room of sleeping children led to arrest of Kansas City man
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Less than a month after they moved into their new apartment, a Kansas City family awoke to gunshots that were fired into the room of their two sleeping children. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Thursday, Oct. 9, indicate that Douglas Pinegar, 63,...
Concentration Camps, Human Trafficking, Gang Rapes: The Horrifying History Behind the Company Mayor Lucas...
The company Kansas City wants to contract for a World Cup human caging facility is co-owned by KBR—the infamous military contractor that built the Guantanamo Bay torture camp where the U.S. waterboarded prisoners, locked them in shipping containers, and held them for decades without trial. In 2008, the families...
My Night At The Pink Pony Club
From pinkifying the street car to painting the mural near Hamburger Mary’s, we showed up. “The city of Kansas City has shown up for me in a way that no one else ever has,” Midwest princess Chappell Roan said at her Oct. 4 Concert at the Liberty Memorial. “It’s so cool to look out and see the pink around the city in...

















