Kansas City MO

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Kansas City, Missouri – Heavy downpours could reduce visibility to under a mile and pond water on Interstate 70 within the next 12 hours as rounds of showers and thunderstorms push into the metro overnight...

KANSAS CiTY—Law enforcement investigating a weekend homicide in Kansas City have identified the victim as 21-year-old Jalen S. Gilliam. Just after 10p.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of E 76th street in Kansas City, Missouri on a sound of shots call, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (KCTV) - A private investigator working the disappearance of Prairie Village mom Angela Green says a phone call he received Saturday night may be a breakthrough in a case that has gone unsolved for more than six years. But Prairie Village Police say they have no idea...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Diana Knapp, Jackson County corrections chief, resigned Monday, leaving just weeks before the county is set to open the $317 million new detention facility. Captain Rhonda Montgomery, a sheriff's public information officer, confirmed that Knapp tendered her...

Investigators say hot coals from a grill started a fire that destroyed an Overland Park home over the weekend. Overland Park Fire Department Media Manager Jason Rhodes said in a statement Sunday that the fire at the home near 122nd Terrace and Gillette Street was accidental. “The homeowner reportedly cooked...

The Missouri River is the lifeblood of Kansas City. It supplies drinking water for the region. It’s essential for cooling the thermoelectric power plants powering Kansas City, and so much more. But this natural resource is at risk. For the past 30 years, Missouri has engaged in a water war with North Dakota. I spoke...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department is asking the public for help finding a missing 12-year-old. Nariek D. Thomas was last seen on March 1, 2026, at around 9 p.m. in the area of E. 12th St. and Prospect Avenue, riding a black and gray bicycle.

Your sense of direction is about to lose this fight. City Thrift in Overland Park, Kansas feels like a warehouse of finds, and the aisles never seem to end once you start roaming. You walk in planning a quick browse, and then the space keeps opening up in sections. Clothing...

A Kansas City, Missouri, man faces charges in a fatal shooting Feb. 16 near the Kansas City VA Medical Center.

According to the Johnson County Appraiser Office’s revaluation report, residential property values, not including apartments, increased by an average of six percent county-wide from 2025 to 2026.