Man fatally shot while working on vehicle overnight in Kansas City
A man died at a hospital after being shot while working on a vehicle early Thursday in Kansas City’s East Blue Valley neighborhood, a police spokeswoman said. Officers responded to the shooting shortly before 1 a.m. in the area of East 16th Street and Fremont Avenue, said Officer Alayna Gonzalez with the Kansas City...
KCPD: Altercation leads to gunfire; adult male victim fatally struck Thursday
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday afternoon in the 6600 block of Monroe Avenue.
‘Incredibly discouraging’: Kansas City reels from 3 homicides in just over 24 hours
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Three people are dead in Kansas City in just over 24 hours - a violent start to 2026 that has police searching for answers. The Kansas City Police Department says the latest victim was shot and killed around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, after a confrontation in an apartment complex parking...
Kansas Man Shelters A Soaked Kitten From Storm, Then Realizes He May Have Made...
When severe weather rolls in, animals don’t have the luxury of choosing safe shelter. They simply run, hide, and hope they’ve chosen the right place. Sometimes, that desperate instinct leads them somewhere no one would ever expect. That was the case during a violent storm in Lenexa, Kansas....
SNAP, TANF benefits stolen by skimming operation in KCK: DCF
The Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) says at least one skimming device has stolen non-refundable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits from hundreds of Kansans.
Could the Plaza’s public sidewalks be made private? KC officials want clarity
Kansas City planning officials want more details about what it would mean for the city to give up control of public sidewalks in the Country Club Plaza to a private company. Gillon Property Group, the firm that owns much of the Plaza , has asked the city to vacate public sidewalks in the historic shopping district’s...
Building on Main Street in KCMO transforms from motel to homeless shelter
A decades-old motel on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, is getting a makeover and will become a homeless shelter, offering hope to families in need of stable housing.
Mayor says KC ‘mourns loss of former neighbor’ after ICE agent shoots Renee Good
A day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in south Minneapolis, the Kansas City community where she recently lived is grieving her death, Mayor Quinton Lucas said in a statement posted on X. “Kansas City mourns the loss of a former neighbor, Renee Nicole Good ,” Lucas said....
KC-area teacher walked from Lee’s Summit to KCK to get winter coats for students
Early risers and insomniacs alike know an entirely different Kansas City. At 4 a.m., distant commuters make their ways into town, likely grateful when their morning isn’t as cold as the one before — and dismayed when it is. The streets are quiet, largely empty, in a city still waking up. A few times a year, on...
Lee’s Summit non-profit gets hit with huge, unexpected tax bill, county says there’s a...
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (KCTV) - A Lee’s Summit VFW post received a property tax bill for nearly $50,000. VFW Post 5789 has served the Lee’s Summit community for almost 80 years. Jim Nail, Former State Commander for the VFW Department of Missouri, said the organization is a pillar for the community.
