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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Every night, Luis Arellano opens doors for Kansas City’s homeless at Unity Southeast church. “And when they say ‘Hey, Luis!’, they remember me for something good. ‘Remember me you gave me the jacket!’,” said Luis Arellano, who serves as shelter lead.

A devastating high-speed crash in Kansas City has now claimed a second life, nearly a week after a vehicle catapulted into Brush Creek. According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department (KCPD), the driver involved in the collision died on Thanksgiving, several days after the initial incident. Passenger Died...

This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. If you’re dedicated to giving your loved ones the most unique holiday present this year, you could start with one of the many holiday artist markets happening around Kansas City.

When Brian Wessling retired in 2018 after more than 30 years in the Olathe Police Department, he made his retirement plans around the city’s robust benefits package. Now, the benefits — and the city’s contributions to them — that he had planned his life around are changing . “Olathe’s salaries when we were employed...

The driver of a tractor-trailer was hospitalized Saturday night following a crash involving a Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department ambulance.

The Olathe Police Department is investigating an armed disturbance Saturday that left an 85-year-old woman seriously injured. Police responded around 12:30 p.m. to the 14600 block of West 119th Street for an armed disturbance with a blunt force object, according to Sgt. John Moncayo with the Overland Park Police...

This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on Wyandotte County residents rally, calling new homelessness ordinance ‘inhumane'.

After dealing with issues with its old snow map last winter, Overland Park has rolled out a new interactive map online to help residents better track the status of city streets and whether they’ve been plowed. Called the Snow Operations Map, it is intended to be “more accurate and...

One man died in a single-car crash in a northwest Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood Saturday morning, police said. Officers responded just before 7 a.m. to the 1300 block of N. 38th Street on reports of a crash. When officers arrived, they found a man inside a gray SUV unresponsive, according to Captain Osvaldo...

Several lanes of highway were closed after an ambulance was involved in a collision in Kansas City’s Northland Saturday night. The ambulance was responding to a call around 7 p.m. in the northbound lanes of US 169 Highway near Highway 152. It had pulled over behind a vehicle when it was hit by a tractor trailer,...