Hidden costs of grief: Chef’s murder illustrates economic toll of gun violence in KC
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Independence police: Human remains identified over 4 decades after disappearance
The Independence Police Department announced Thursday that the human remains of a woman who disappeared in 1984 have been identified.
Police respond to fatal shooting reported just north of Kansas City park
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police continue to respond to a fatal shooting just north of Prospect Plaza Park. The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says that around 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, emergency crews were called to the area of 10th and Prospect with reports of a fatal shooting.
Brookside restaurant latest target of overnight burglars in the metro
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One Kansas City metro restaurant is the latest to be the target of overnight burglars. Managers at Sayachi, the popular sushi restaurant on Brookside Plaza, posted on social media that somebody broke in early Tuesday morning, and stole the business’ cash register. Video clips...
Kansas deputy charged with murder in the death of a man in custody
Jail Death Kansas Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A Kansas sheriff’s deputy was charged Thursday with murder in the death of a jail inmate who sustained broken ribs after his back was kneeled on after he was wheeled from the infirmary to his cell, according to an autopsy report. Wyandotte...
Second victim in fatal grocery store parking lot shooting identified as teenager
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The second victim in a fatal weekend shooting that happened in the parking lot of an area grocery store has been identified. The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department announced on Thursday, Sept. 18, that it has identified the second victim in Sunday’s shooting at El Mercado Fresco as...
Mothers in Northland met through Corey’s Network; their teen’s murders unsolved
Two young men, Therrell Jackson, Jr. and Charles Sanders, were killed in 2024 and 2025 in the the Northland.
KCPD: Parent of juvenile found near 33rd, Montgall has been located
Police in Kansas City, Missouri, said a child was reunited with their family Wednesday afternoon.
‘Must be consequences’: Kansas City leaders challenge award in KCFD arbitration
Kansas City, Missouri, city attorneys have been instructed to challenge an arbitrator’s ruling made earlier this month in the case of a KCFD firefighter involved in a deadly crash in 2021.
Kansas City’s iconic tower in midtown being relit Thursday after over 20 years
After over 20 years, Kansas City’s iconic KCTV Tower will once again illuminate the skyline. The KCTV Tower has been a defining feature since 1955, when it was debuted as the third-tallest freestanding structure in the world, after New York’s Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building—and 18 feet taller than the...
