‘The gap’s noticeable’: KCK community center finally rebuilds after summer floods
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - An uphill battle is coming to an end for one KCK nonprofit that suffered heavy damage from flooding this summer. The McNewton Community Outreach Center had an entire wall in their event space collapse when heavy rain swept the area in July, and it’s remained a hole of mud since.
Man’s body found in KCK streets, persons of interest cooperating
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood is waking up to a homicide in its streets. Police say they responded to calls of a shooting around 1:40 a.m. in the 15th Street and Greeley Avenue. That’s near 18th Street and Parallel Parkway just east of Carl B. Bruce Middle School.
Kansas City Man Gets Over 6 Years in Prison for Bank Robbery
Two Kansas City men have been given prison terms in connection with a bank robbery case. Rathell Quavon Ross, 28, received a sentence of 6 years and 5 months in prison from U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips. His accomplice, Gerrad D. Rivera-Willis, was sentenced earlier on April 22 to 6...
Lenexa police ask for help identifying suspects of at least two home burglaries
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Lenexa Police Department is asking for help identifying two people who burglarized multiple homes. Police said the two people recently burglarized at least two homes in Lenexa near K-7 and Prairie Star Parkway. The burglaries happened between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. after the victims left their...
Murder: KC area man stabbed friend during fight over sweatshirt
KANSAS CITY—A Kansas City area man faced charges for a fatal stabbing over a sweatshirt the victim was wearing. Trey C. Parker, 23, faces 2nd Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson. According to court records, police were dispatched to a car wash...
Business targeted by copper theft is left reeling from damage, asking for more to...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A business in the Northeast Industrial District says that over the past few months, they’ve spent far too much money recovering from thefts, which won’t stop. Douglass Hallmon, the service manager at Jim Hawk Truck Trailers, says thieves broke into the business just...
Family grieves loss of unborn baby boy, seeks justice in Sugar Creek shooting
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local family is grieving the loss of their unborn child after the mother was shot. They say a random act of violence in Sugar Creek took their baby boy, and as they mourn and the mother recovers, the family is seeking justice. “We...
Flight to Quality, Fractional Spaces & the World Cup Effect: Key Takeaways from MetroWire’s...
Kansas City, Sept. 23, 2025 — In a packed room on a rainy fall morning, MetroWire’s Retail-Office Summit convened top voices from Kansas City’s commercial real estate community to tackle a central question: What will define successful office and mixed-use projects in the next 3–5 years?
Man charged with threatening to kill Independence Municipal Judge
A man with a lengthy criminal record is now charged with tampering with a judicial officer after making profane threats to kill the judge, court employees and police officers with an AK-47 rifle.
Car driving 100+ mph causes wreck on Highway 71, 2 people in critical condition
Two people were hospitalized with critical injuries after a car wreck on U.S. Highway 71 in Kansas City Thursday afternoon. Around 3:45 p.m., a burgundy Honda Civic with two occupants was traveling more than 100 miles per hour northbound on Highway 71, just past Red Bridge in southern Kansas City, according toAlayna...

















