Kansas City MO

If you’ve been sick with a nasty respiratory virus in the past few weeks, or know someone who is, you’re not alone. In the last week of 2025, Kansas City saw its fourth-highest weekly total influenza cases in the past 15 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this surge has not yet...

Financing tied to sales tax revenue at Prairiefire, the large mixed-use development in Overland Park, is once again in default — two years after similar STAR bond struggles in the area. Prairiefire, at 135th Street and Nall Avenue, is anchored by a natural history museum and features retailers unique to the region....

SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - Police are searching for a domestic violence suspect who rammed two patrol vehicles and hit another driver before running. The Shawnee Police Department says the incident happened just after 5 p.m. near 64th and Nieman Rd. Officers say they were responding to a domestic violence call...

TOPEKA, Ks. – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) say they are aware of a possible skimming event in the Kansas City Metro area resulting in the theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits from over 300 Kansas households.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department has identified the suspect who committed ‘strong-armed robbery’ just a few days before Thanksgiving. Authorities stated in a post on X that the robbery occurred at a parking garage near Main Street at 5:46 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2025.

A transitional home for veterans in KCK officially celebrated its grand opening Friday after 3 years of operation, providing housing and support for veterans who previously experienced homelessness.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Parents and neighborhood watch members are standing guard at school crosswalks after six ICE agents were spotted near an elementary school earlier this week. The community around Garfield Elementary has been on edge since Tuesday morning when a neighborhood watch group saw the Immigration...

Two former residents of a Missouri faith-based residential program have filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were subjected to systematic abuse, neglect, coercion and forced unpaid labor while they were minors at Kansas City Girls Academy. The academy is a nonprofit facility that marketed itself as providing...

KCPD LISTS REDUCTIONS IN MAJOR CATEGORIES FOR 2025. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department on Dec. 31 shared statistics for major crime categories for the year 2025. The year-end numbers announced by the police department show significant declines in major categories. Below are the comparisons for 2025 vs. 2024....

When Kansas City officials moved Tuesday to fast-track a modular jail ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the headline item was money: nearly $4 million more to address newly identified design, utility and site placement needs. But also included in the discussion was a signal — not the first — that City Hall may be...