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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday in 2026, the National Archives has planned a tour for the public to see historic documents that date back to the country’s founding. And it all starts in Kansas City. The National Archives announced Tuesday that...

Lenexa Police confirm they’re investigating an alleged home invasion with a gunshot fired late Sunday near 75th Street and Quivira Road. The department’s calls for service log shows officers were dispatched to the 7600 block of Halsey Street at 11:57 p.m., for a “disturbance — unknown call for the police.”

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement are investigating another homicide in Kansas City and working to determine how the victim died. Just after 9pm Tuesday, police responded to an apartment in the 2500 block of Benton in Kansas City, Missouri, on an EMS call. The caller saw a person in a neighboring...

Jackson County Legislator Manny Abarca — voted legislative chair just last week — has been charged with two counts of Harassment by Telecommunications Device in Hutchinson, Kansas. This is the third time Abarca has been charged criminally since June. Abarca is scheduled for arraignment in the central Kansas...

One man was shot to death inside a vehicle Wednesday afternoon at Linwood and Broadway boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri.

Coyote sightings have become a normal part of life for many residents of Johnson County. So much so, in fact, that people in Olathe say they expect to see them in their neighborhoods without fail this time of year. But those encounters now seem to be even more frequent, some Olathe residents told The Star, saying...

An outstanding cocktail service, an informal Japanese-inspired pub, and a Shawnee speakeasy are among the Kansas City area restaurants and bars nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award this year. Also among the honorees was Helen Jo Leach, executive pastry chef at The Town Company in downtown Kansas City, and...

DENVER (CN) — The 10th Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to Kansas City detectives whose investigation led to the wrongful conviction of Olin Coones in 2009. “In light of the significant evidence of Kathleen’s dishonesty, her history of fabricating stories about Mr. Coones, her motive...

Kansas City officials voted last week (Thursday , January 15) to relocate the site of a long-planned municipal detention center — a project approved by voters just nine months ago — without public notice, committee hearings, or community engagement, prompting criticism from several City Council members and concern...

Lisa Renee Irwin, now age 16, has been missing from Kansas City, Missouri, since October 3, 2011. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) website has a photo (shown above), which is an age-progressed image to 15 years.