Kansas City-based transportation company to layoff hundreds of employees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City-based company is starting the new year by notifying employees of layoffs. Railcrew Xpress Inc. filed layoff notices in three states late last month. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, show Railcrew Xpress plans to layoff employees in Virginia, Georgia,...
16 babies born in Missouri prison nursery’s first year
From immediate separation to 18 months of bonding: How Missouri's prison nursery is "cradling change" for incarcerated families.
KC Mexican restaurant is closing after 47 years. ‘It’s very bittersweet’
Maria Medina Chaurand hears it often inside her restaurant. Customers will sip spoonfuls of menudo, or scarf down steaming fajitas, and proclaim: “This reminds me of the food my mother used to make.” The cumulative weight of those statements make closing the La Fonda El Taquito all the more difficult — it’s a...
$1M estimated damage in Lenexa house fire, no injuries
No injuries were reported in an early morning Lenexa house fire, but officials estimate the blaze caused more than $1 million in damage.
Man charged with first-degree murder after New Year’s stabbing in Johnson County
Kavin Moreno, 34, faces murder in the first degree after he allegedly stabbed a man in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Police were called around 1:46 a.m. to a residence in the 16900 block of Walter Street in Gardner, Kansas, on reports of an armed disturbance, according to a Facebook post from the Gardner Police...
Olathe police identify 2 teens, 16 and 17, killed in Saturday crash
Olathe police have identified two victims who died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night, Jan. 3.
Kansas City Police Department shares improved 2025 crime stats: ‘KC is getting safer’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - In a brief report shared Monday, the Kansas City Police Department said major crime rates fell “significantly” in 2025. According to data comparing 2025’s major crime rates to 2024:. Homicides fell 5%. Non-fatal shootings fell 31%. Robberies fell 27%. Property damage fell...
Three suspects in Kansas City reporter’s death reject plea deal
KENNER, La. (WVUE) — Attorneys appeared in court in place of three suspects accused in the death of Kansas City reporter Adan Manzano on Monday morning. Danette Colbert, Christian Anderson, and Rickey White face racketeering charges in connection with Manzano’s death during Super Bowl week. The three suspects...
Missouri lawmakers will grapple with property tax system in 2026
As property owners contend with rapidly rising assessments and higher tax bills, state lawmakers say they want to change the system and provide some property tax relief. The post Missouri lawmakers will grapple with property tax system in 2026 appeared first on The Beacon .
Couple, son found shot to death in Riverside townhouse after open-line 911 call
Officers responding to a 911 call over the weekend found three family members dead of gunshot wounds inside a townhouse in Riverside, a police spokesman said. Riverside police and fire dispatchers received a 911 call about 1 a.m. Saturday where no one spoke, but the line stayed open, prompting officers to respond to...
