‘Pleasant Surprise’: Jackson County resident takes home $111K Show Me Cash jackpot
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Quick Pick lottery ticket turned into an $11,000 jackpot for a Jackson County resident who discovered the win while casually checking numbers. The Missouri Lottery says the winner claimed the prize from the Feb. 2 Show Me Cash drawing. “I usually get a ticket...
Metro man sentenced to 15+ years for selling drugs that killed another person
A metro area man will spend more than 15 years in prison for selling the drugs that killed another person in 2020.
Colbern Road reopens as Lee’s Summit’s largest infrastructure investment
After more than two years of phased construction, detours and disruption, Colbern Road is open again, finally revealing what city officials are calling the largest single capital infrastructure investment in Lee’s Summit, Mo.’s, history. The $30 million Colbern Road Improvements Project, which spans from Northeast...
Gospel radio host remembered for faith, music and mentorship in Kansas City
Reggie Brown, the longtime Kansas City gospel radio host known to listeners as Reggie B., built a ministry that reached well beyond the studio walls, offering comfort and encouragement through a voice many in the community came to trust like family. His daughter, Porcha Brown, grew up watching her father set the...
Police: Info for rewards program linked suspect to KC restaurant killing
KANSAS CITY —Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced multiple felony charges against a Kansas City man in connection with a shooting that killed one and injured another at a fast-food restaurant. Joseph H. Watson, 22, faces 2nd Degree Felony Murder, three counts of Armed Criminal Action, one count of...
Woman trapped for hours inside storm drain in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY —A woman was rescued from a storm drain Wednesday near the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City. Just before 7:30p.m., Kansas City Fire Department crews responded to a reported confined space rescue at 3250 N. Ameristar Drive, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins. On arrival crews reported a...
Once-crumbling Shawnee shopping center coming ‘back to life’ with new grocery store
Major changes to a once-derelict shopping center in Shawnee are expected to be completed in time for the World Cup. At a Shawnee City Council meeting in January, the owner of the Westbrooke Green shopping center at 75th Street and Quivira Road gave an update on the ongoing renovations to the complex, including what...
The Down-Home Restaurant In Kansas With Outrageously Delicious Mexican Food
Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary experiences happen in the most ordinary-looking places, hiding in plain sight like delicious secrets waiting to be discovered by those in the know. Pancho’s Mexican Food in Overland Park, Kansas is exactly that kind of revelation – a modest establishment that delivers...
KCK suspect arrested on domestic violence warrant days before double homicide
Eight days before Josue Avila-Carcamo is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in last weekend’s double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas, police arrested him on an outstanding domestic violence warrant. Karl Oakman, police chief of the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, said that warrant stemmed from a 2024 incident...
Kansas chefs and bar among James Beard Award semifinalists
Three Kansas chefs and a Kansas cocktail bar are among semifinalists in the prestigious 2026 James Beard Award competition honoring culinary excellence. That nationwide competition, representing the "pinnacle of culinary recognition in the U.S.," has been held since 1990 by the James Beard Foundation and is presented...

















