Overland Park KS

The Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) says at least one skimming device has stolen non-refundable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits from hundreds of Kansans.

Kansas City planning officials want more details about what it would mean for the city to give up control of public sidewalks in the Country Club Plaza to a private company. Gillon Property Group, the firm that owns much of the Plaza , has asked the city to vacate public sidewalks in the historic shopping district’s...

A decades-old motel on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, is getting a makeover and will become a homeless shelter, offering hope to families in need of stable housing.

Early risers and insomniacs alike know an entirely different Kansas City. At 4 a.m., distant commuters make their ways into town, likely grateful when their morning isn’t as cold as the one before — and dismayed when it is. The streets are quiet, largely empty, in a city still waking up. A few times a year, on...

A former Winnetonka High School campus supervisor and assistant wrestling coach has been charged in federal court with conspiring to traffic firearms, including machine guns, after allegedly arranging illegal gun sales while on the job, according to court records. Markel Fluker was charged last month in the U.S....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One person is dead after an overnight shooting in east Kansas City. Police responded just before 1 a.m. January 8, in the area of 16th Street and Fremont Avenue, after reports of a shooting. A man later died from gunshot wounds, authorities said. Officers found...

As a 19-year-old from the inner city of Kansas City, Darrion Nimrod created The Outsiders Social Club as a safe space for young adults who were combating their mental health. He was focused on giving back to his community when he was younger, but later moved to Austin and Miami. He’s 31 now, and that vision hasn’t...

On Wednesday, Clay County Commissioner Jason Withington said that he was done negotiating with the team.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - A smartphone’s automated crash detection feature helped police locate a deadly crash in Overland Park this week, leading officers to a fiery scene after the phone automatically called 911. The technology demonstrates how modern smartphones can serve as lifelines during emergencies,...

Mattie Rhodes Center is expanding its community-based violence prevention efforts deeper into Historic Northeast Kansas City, announcing this month that its ParateXPaz program will now serve the Independence Plaza neighborhood. The expansion builds on the recent opening of the ParateXPaz Violence Prevention Center at...