Kansas City MO

COVID paused prevention efforts, which helped fuel the rise in new infections. Now federal funding cuts threaten to disrupt those efforts again. The post The Kansas City region saw a 10% jump in new HIV infections last year. But some federal aid meant to help looks uncertain appeared first on The Beacon .

An Overland Park man whose wife died by suicide won his argument in Johnson County District Court when a jury found two medical professionals at a Merriam hospital were at fault for the woman’s death due to medical negligence. After a two-week jury trial, which concluded on Friday, Christopher...

Ask any local about the best barbecue in Kansas City and you’ll get no shortage of replies. As regional barbecue styles go, Kansas City might paradoxically be both the most recognizable and the hardest to pin down. Picture a generic “barbecue sauce,” and odds are, you’re thinking of something distinctively Kansas...

Police say the operator of a minibike died late Wednesday night, June 26, after colliding with a dump truck.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - It has been a day since city and county leaders gathered along Prospect Avenue, an area that has long struggled with violence. An impassioned Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson promised to hold accountable businesses that foster loitering and crime. After back-to-back violent weekends,...

A Leavenworth woman is awaiting sentencing following an investigation into the neglect of a 22-month-old child who was brought to a Kansas City hospital on Jan. 20, 2025.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - An invitation is extended to businesses looking to bridge the past with the future in Kansas City. Kansas City asked for entrepreneurs and business owners to submit proposals to help revitalize the 18th & Vine District. The city hopes ideas will help transform several properties...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Investigators are searching for the person responsible for a dog that was found dead near a Kansas City park. The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says that on Friday, June 20, law enforcement officials were called to the area of 44th and Garfield Ave. with reports of a suspicious...

Life just keeps confirming what I believe, which I guess is true for all of us. On Wednesday morning, for instance, I had to go to the eye doctor in Leawood, and my husband drove me because it’s good to be able to see when you’re behind the wheel. On the way home, our car just stopped, pfft, in the middle of a very...

KANSAS CITY– Ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two United States citizens have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine as well as numerous counts of distribution of those controlled substances, illegal possession of machine guns, alien in...