Second brother pleads guilty in North Kansas City High School shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Two brothers have now pleaded guilty to a shooting at North Kansas City High School that left an adult and a student injured. Clay County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Wednesday, Oct. 29, indicate that Lavon’dre M. Smallwood, 19, of Kansas City, has admitted to his involvement in...
Grassroots efforts for food donations increase as SNAP benefits set to run out
People from around the Kansas City area stepping in to help each other as SNAP benefits are set to run out November 1.
Restaurant owners, schools step up to feed kids as SNAP funding deals with government...
As lawmakers in Washington work to hammer out a deal, the clock is ticking for thousands of local families who rely on federal food assistance.
KCMO domestic violence survivors face constant fear, need for systemic change
Opening the courtroom door and acknowledging you're a victim is only half the battle for domestic violence survivors navigating the court system.
Man who died at Jackson County jail identified as Independence resident
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies have released the name of an inmate who died after having a medical emergency at the Jackson County Detention Center last week . The Kansas City Fire Department was called to the Jackson County Detention Center, at 1300 Cherry St., Oct. 19 on reports of a medical emergency, according...
Government shutdown-prompted furlough of Honeywell plant in KC pushed back
A potential furlough for employees at the Honeywell plant in Kansas City has been pushed back, union officials said, as the ongoing government shutdown stretches into its second month. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced earlier in October that about 1,600 of its members at the...
Kansas City area resources for those affected by potential SNAP benefits pause
A key deadline looms this weekend for recipients of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) across the Kansas City area.
Albuquerque man sentenced to half-century in prison for murder inside Olathe hotel room
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to more than a half-century in prison for the murder of a Gardner woman inside an Olathe hotel room in 2023. Franklin Bluelake, who pled guilty in June to the murder of Rhoda Morgan, was sentenced to 620 months in prison for second-degree murder on...
A bus tour through Kansas City’s haunted past
Kansas City's Ghosts & Gangsters tour takes riders into the city's shadowy past — where mobsters ruled, bullets flew, and some say the ghosts never left. The big picture: Riders visit sites linked to some of Kansas City's darkest chapters. At Columbus Square Park from the 1890s to the...
Man killed in Santa Fe neighborhood shooting; police say no suspect known
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A fatal shooting in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, is under investigation. The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department said it was investigating a homicide in the 3000 block of Bellefontaine Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the area at 12:20 p.m. on a...
