Kansas Food Bank reacts to USDA canceling $1B in local food purchasing
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The United States Department of Agriculture cut two programs that provide money for schools and food banks to buy food from local farmers: The Local Food for Schools cooperative agreement program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance cooperative agreement program (LFPA). The programs’ end...
FEMA Floodplain Changes Would Put Thousands Of Lake Of The Ozarks Homes Under Water
A dramatic change to floodplain maps, proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has the Lake of the Ozarks community up in arms. Hundreds of citizens attended a town hall meeting on Tuesday, February 25 in Camdenton with concerns they could lose their homes, businesses, and properties due to...
Evergy says equipment failure resulted in brief flickering of lights
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Customers across the metro reported a brief flicker of power on Monday night. According to an Evergy spokesperson, the “momentary blink of (customer’s) lights” was the result of an equipment failure. “The backup system operated as designed and prevented a customer outage,”...
Construction on three Kansas roundabouts delayed
KANSAS — Three Kansas roundabout projects are now delayed. On Monday, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced construction on three roundabouts will not start until March 24. The work was originally scheduled to begin today. It was for pavement markings at U.S. 69-A and K-66 in Riverton, U.S. 160 and U.S....
Man faces additional felonies for burglarizing five businesses in one night, court records say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 25-year-old man faced several charges in connection with a string of burglaries in early March. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced that her office had 10 more felony charges against Javaune Tucker of Kansas City, Missouri. He had initially been charged with first-degree...
Army Corps staffer fired in Kansas City after DEI posts removed
A former employee said the week before she was let go it was part of her job to take down social media posts on DEI
1 injured in fiery crash on K-7 in Shawnee near where fatal wreck occurred...
A serious crash is being investigated on Kansas Highway 7 in northwestern Shawnee for the second time in less than a week. The latest crash occurred on Monday evening, when a southbound Jaguar sedan crossed into oncoming lanes and crashed into a railroad bridge between 43rd and 47th streets. The...
Wrecks on I-435 snarl evening commute from Antioch Road to Holmes Road
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Driving home or anywhere else will be nearly impossible Monday evening after a series of wrecks on Interstate 435. Just east of Antioch Road in Overland Park, one wreck closed five lanes for a time. No word on what caused the crash. Overland Park police...
Jackson County prosecutor touts push against property crime, violent offenders
The team will handle the property crime docket, so they can connect the dots between incidents and recognize serial offenders, Jackson County prosecutor Melesa Johnson said.
Mattie Rhodes team, grieving family, want peace in Northeast neighborhood
Crime plagues Kansas City, Missouri's historic Northeast community. KCPD's crime map shows homicides, assaults and robberies. One hot spot is Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard.
