Tensions flare after audit claims financial mismanagement by KC Parks and Rec
An audit of Kansas City Parks and Recreation suggests the city department is failing to track and manage its finances, possibly costing the city millions of dollars. The audit presented to the City Council on Thursday showed the department misreported financial details, lacked adequate records to track its revenue and
Woman allegedly struck driver on head, caused crash in KCK. She’s in custody
An Overland Park woman is in custody Friday after she allegedly struck a driver on the head, causing him to lose consciousness, while she was in the passenger seat as the pair drove on a Kansas City, Kansas, highway. The 34-year-old woman is being held in the Wyandotte County Detention Center on suspicion of domestic b
Double homicide under investigation at Kansas City apartment building
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police are investigating after two people were found dead inside a Kansas City apartment. The Kansas City Police Department said it was called to an apartment building near NW Englewood and N. Broadway Blvd. with a request for a welfare check on Friday morning, May 22.
KC police investigating double homicide in 500 block of NW Englewood Road
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a double homicide near the 500 block of NW Englewood Road.
Kansas City woman charged with 7 felonies after assault incident with gun
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City woman has been charged with several felonies after a late-April incident. Twenty-nine-year-old Taylor Anne Murrell is charged with seven felonies, for an April 26, 2026, incident in Kansas City, Missouri. According to court documents filed this week in Jackson County, Murrell fac
Student graduates high school and college one day apart
A Louisiana student graduated from high school and college just one day apart. (KALB, DILLON MCTERNAN SR, CNN)
Bus fares for KCATA, RideKC to resume June 1
After years of zero-fare service, fares will resume June 1 for regional bus service provided by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and RideKC.
Former UCLA Standout Earl Watson Headed to Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Earl Watson, a four-year starter at UCLA from 1997 to 2001, has been selected for induction into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony is set for August 16 at Sporting Park in Kansas City. In the summer of 1997, Baron Davis was the name everybody was talking about...
Kansas City settles discrimination lawsuit with former civil rights director for $500,000
The Kansas City Council will pay half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by Andrea Dorch, formerly one of the highest-ranking Black women at City Hall as the head of the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department. She alleged that the city, and particularly former city manager Brian Platt, forced her out
Kansas City, Missouri, adds 5 measures to August ballot
The Kansas City, Missouri, City Council announced Thursday it has sent five measures to the Aug. 4 ballot.

















