Demolition of historic KC home near Ward Parkway approved without public hearing
Ninety-six years after it was built, a stately 3,000-square-foot Tudor-style home near Ward Parkway — valued by Zillow at $1.3 million — was approved Monday for demolition, albeit without a city public hearing. When Christopher and Andrea Ketcherside purchased the home on Mercier Street in the Sunset Hill...
Popular Kansas City restaurant & café opens sister concept downtown
It’s not quite a diner, not quite the same grandma-core restaurant as its sister spot in Waldo. Hemma Hemma Dinette has elements of both: metal chairs, checkered accents and floral wallpaper. There’s needlepoint artwork of fruit and cats. The restaurant soft opened Tuesday with the intention to launch full-bore...
KCPD investigating fatal shooting in 7000 block of Cleveland
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of Cleveland Avenue.
KCMO police need the public’s help to find a missing 12-year-old boy.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old boy.
Argument over stolen vehicle turns deadly – Kansas City man charged with murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man is facing a second-degree murder charge after prosecutors say he shot and killed a man during an argument over a stolen vehicle. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced on Tuesday, March 3, that Tyler J. Parris, 29, has been charged in connection with the...
Kansas City man granted compassionate release in 1988 blaze that killed 6 firefighters
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A federal court has released a Kansas City man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a 1988 construction site fire that killed six firefighters, citing his youth at the time and his rehabilitation behind bars. Richard R. Brown, now in his mid-50s, was...
Hail Threat Builds From Wichita and Tulsa to Kansas City and Central Missouri Tonight,...
KANSAS — A developing round of elevated thunderstorms is expected to form tonight across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma, with the potential to spread into central Missouri overnight and into early Wednesday morning. Forecasters indicate that as warm air advection increases ahead of a broader severe weather...
OSHA fines company whose worker died in Kansas City, Kan., trench collapse
Safety regulators fined a Johnson County-based company, K&W Underground, for violations in a deadly trench collapse last year in Kansas City, Kansas.
Yemeni coffee is exploding in the U.S. Here comes another KC-area spot
If all goes according to plan, three Yemeni coffee shops will open in Johnson County within weeks of one another. It’s a significant number considering there were zero last year. Mocha Point Yemeni Coffee Co. recently opened at 8641 W. 135th St., and Turath is on its way at 9916 College Blvd. Now comes the latest: R...
Former KC postal worker admits to stolen checks fraud scheme
KANSAS CITY– A Kansas City, Missouri woman pleaded guilty to attempted bank fraud last week for altering and depositing stolen checks into her bank account. At the time of the fraud, she was employed by the United States Postal Service, according to the United State's Attorney. Shawneasha L. Watson,...

















