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A Kansas City historian is preserving the stories of Mexican Americans who served during Vietnam. The new oral history project is titled "In Their Own Words: Mexican American Vietnam Era Veterans." More than 50,000 U.S. service members died in theater during the Vietnam War. A disproportionate number of those killed...

Aurora Borealis forecast models said there was a chance only the northern parts of Missouri could see the northern lights Tuesday night. But the pink and green sky was actually seen all across the Kansas City metro, and even reached as far south as Alabama and Florida. If you missed it Tuesday, you may have a second...

The rocky tenure of former Kansas City manager Brian Platt has finally ended for good with a contract settlement of $192,000. "The Parties mutually desire to avoid the time and expense of litigation," the document said. The settlement, which was finalized at the end of September, provides Platt with a "Neutral Job...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City businesses are preparing for an unprecedented influx of visitors when the city hosts World Cup 2026 matches. Matthew Hill, owner of AJ’s in downtown Kansas City, said the event will bring challenges unlike anything local businesses have experienced. “It’s gonna be tough,...

World War I ends when an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies. Eight years later, the Liberty Memorial is dedicated in Kansas City. It is the biggest museum and memorial in the United States devoted to The Great War.

With the U.S. House of Representatives poised to vote on an end to the longest-ever government shutdown, Kansas City’s roughly 30,000 federal workers are still facing an uncertain future – professionally and personally. On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution that would reopen the government, and...

At the National Black United Front building at 7714 Prospect Ave., the sound of African drums echoed through the hall as a crowd of community members, elders, activists and youth gathered to welcome a former Kansas City Black Panther leader, Charlotte O’Neal. Dressed in a blue dashiki and seashell-adorned hat, O’Neal...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police are searching for Georgia construction workers who attacked a woman in a Kansas City Walmart parking lot. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records indicate that Kelvin R. Johnson, 24, and Jared Gordon, 20, of Valdosta, Georgia, face charges of first-degree assault and armed...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium has shared the news of a new male giraffe calf and invited the public to help name him. Voters can choose between six names that the giraffe animal care specialists have already selected: Anderson, Beni, Chester, Mosi, Patch, or Slim (Giraffey McGiraffeface...

A child was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning after a shooting at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri.