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When the Independence School District announced it was switching to a four-day week during the 2023-24 school year, it drew questions from local families and statewide officials. Parents wondered what kind of child care they would have on days without classroom instruction. And lawmakers debated whether the state...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police arrested a 28-year-old woman in Kansas City on a military desertion charge from Fort Riley. According to Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records, Mary C. Brewer faces court-martial after authorities charged her with abandoning her post. Court documents show Brewer was taken...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, homicide suspect was taken into custody following an hours-long standoff Tuesday in Kansas City, Kansas. A KCKPD spokesperson said officers received a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. from someone who said an armed subject had entered their home in the 1400 block of Oakland Avenue.

Rachel Kelly of San Diego doesn’t usually check her son’s location, but says she’s grateful she did last weekend, because on Saturday she saw her son Erik Kelly, who lives in Baldwin City, Kansas, was in a Kansas City hospital. “I lost it,” she said. “I called and the neurosurgeon answered. I fell to the floor. It...

A man who worked as the executive director of the Bright Futures Fund and the director of stewardship for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph has been charged with wire fraud.

Several Black business owners allege that a group that oversees an entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri, took deliberate steps to hamper their operations until […] ‘Not That Young Hip-hop Crowd’: Black Business Owners Allege All-White Board Deliberately Blocked Their Operations In Kansas City Nightlife

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating what led to a double shooting Wednesday afternoon at East 35th Street and Park Avenue. The victims, whose conditions were not available, were found about 3:35 p.m. Two ambulances were sent to the scene and at least one...

Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota said Wednesday that County Assessor Gail McCann Beatty has 24 hours to resign or she will be fired.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 50-year-old Warrensburg man died early Tuesday night after he was struck and killed standing outside of this vehicle. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 6:51 p.m. Tuesday, the Warrensburg man driving a 1984 Chevrolet 2500 had stopped in the eastbound lanes of Route C west of NE 851st...