Kansas City MO

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced an initiative called Fight the Blight this week. It includes three ordinances, including one aimed at protecting historic buildings by closing a loophole that has allowed them to be demolished without review.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Clay County man will spend eight years in prison for targeting restaurant employees in an attempted armed robbery. Clay County Prosecutor Zach Thompson says Isaiah D. Dotson was sentenced following a conviction tied to an incident in which Kansas City Police responded to the attempted robbery.

A Kansas judge is reconsidering whether a man imprisoned for 25 years in a 1997 murder could get a new trial, as testimony this week raised new questions about police work and evidence in the case. Attorneys for Celester McKinney questioned two people Wednesday as they seek to prove ineffective counsel influenced a 2022 decision not to grant him a new trial. The evidentiary...

Parade of Hearts is in full swing once again, with dozens of heart-shaped sculptures appearing throughout the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. According to its website, Parade of Hearts is a public art experience meant to celebrate “Kansas City’s creativity, culture, and compassion.”. This public art experience started in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Good Wednesday bloggers,. As I wrote this blog Wednesday morning, it is still snowing in western Kansas. Here is a pic from a KANDRIVE.org camera on U.S. 50 Highway near Syracuse, Kansas, around 11:45 a.m. We are in for mostly nice weather through the weekend....

A strike at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant ended Wednesday after IAM Union Local 778 members voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with Olin Corporation’s Winchester division.

Wyandotte County Detention Officer Richard Fatherley is charged with unintentional, but reckless second-degree murder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation has found that a railroad company wrongfully suspended an employee for reporting a train collision and safety concerns, in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated a complaint filed...

Sixty feet above the Kansas River, a 121-year-old railroad bridge has found a second life. Reborn as a $20 million gathering place for dining, events and riverfront exploring nearly a decade in the making, the Rock Island Bridge officially opened on April 1. Kansas City magazine toured the space—which is...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Seven defendants have been sentenced to federal prison in a methamphetamine trafficking ring tied to Mexico, with some receiving 25-year sentences, according to the FBI. The case was part of the new Homeland Security Task Force led by FBI Kansas City. During the investigation, law...