Kansas City MO

CLAY COUNTY — Lavon’dre Smallwood, 19, submitted a petition to enter a guilty plea Oct. 29, 2025 and on Feb. 13, he was officially sentenced to 14 years. His four felonies are felony assault, two counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and aiding or abetting a person discharging or shooting a...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - A man died after he was attacked by a dog in Independence on Wednesday afternoon. Independence police responded to a home in a neighborhood near E. Bundschu Road and N. Jones Road around 2:30 p.m. The dog was attacking the victim when officers arrived at the...

(KNZA)--Two men from Warsaw, Missouri, were arrested Monday evening following a traffic stop in Jackson County. Sheriff Tim Morse reported that just before 9:30 p.m., a deputy stopped a Chevy Cruze on U.S. 75 Highway near 134th Road. Deputies say illegal contraband was found inside the vehicle. The driver,...

LENEXA, Kan. (WIBW) - Two men sustained serious injuries in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday evening in Johnson County, officials said. The crash was reported at 4:28 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 435 just west of Lackman Road in Lenexa. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Dodge Ram 4500 truck...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - The Humane Society of Greater Kansas City is providing ongoing care and rehabilitation for more than 50 dogs and one cat that were rescued from severely neglectful conditions in Texas in February. The animals were among more than 70 dogs, one cat, two horses, and...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Union Station officials announced “The Berlin Wall: A World Divided” exhibit will open this spring. The exhibit spans 45 years of history with more than 200 artifacts from 20 international institutions, including actual pieces of the Berlin Wall. It tells a story of separation, freedom, and...

Several roads and interstates in the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, area were closed Thursday morning due to ongoing police activity.

COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old Kansas City man died from injuries he suffered in a crash on Wednesday on Highway 54 at Monticello Road in Cole County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man drove a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta southbound...

But if you listened closely, it was the city government equivalent of a visit to the public woodshed, with Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves called to question on her recent memo outlining “drastic cost-reduction measures.”. In part, that’s because the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners approved paying...

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