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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A murder victim known only as ‘Jane Doe’ for 46 years has now been identified: Orlene Donaldson. Othram, a DNA lab, says the breakthrough ends nearly five decades of mystery surrounding a brutal killing that sent a man to prison even though authorities never knew his victim’s name.

A white Kansas woman known for hurling the N-word and vomiting on people’s lawns is getting exactly what her Black neighbor promised: She’s becoming internet […] ‘Hate Was Literally Spewing’: Kansas City Woman Caught on Camera Hurling N-Word at Elderly Neighbor—What Happened Seconds Later Draws More Shock and Disgust

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson says Missouri’s stand-your-ground law is making it difficult to determine who is the criminal when multiple people are armed. In an interview with KMBZ Radio News, Johnson said this past year has been a “struggle” to identify aggressors in...

A Kansas City-based development group gave a glimpse Monday afternoon of plans for a 33-story high-rise in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A construction union will protest Port KC with banners, accusing the authority of breaking a wage agreement. The Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council announced the banner campaign on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The Council represents more than a dozen construction trades in the...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Residents at the Town House apartment building in downtown KCK have been unable to use elevators for nearly a week. The situation forced some disabled tenants to rely on firefighters for assistance getting in and out of their homes. The 14-story apartment complex on Seventh...

Two people person were shot to death Tuesday night in the 1300 block of East Armour Boulevard in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri, according to KCMO police.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating the death of a three-month-old child.

For more than 145 years, The Star has created the first draft of Kansas City history , from the development of the park system to the upcoming World Cup. As the city’s paper of record, The Star has decades of archives that tell the stories of Kansas City’s triumphs, tragedies and tensions. While our archives of pages...

Tabitha Diane Brewer was only 16 when she went missing. She would be 44 now. She's been missing since April 27, 1998, from Shawnee, Kansas. Her photo above (right) is shown age-progressed to 34 years.