Overland Park KS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man pleaded guilty to two counts of felony harassment in Jackson County Circuit Court on Wednesday, stemming from an incident in August 2025 where he was accused of chasing a car while driving an ATV. Court records show that Lonny Waits was...

Hearst Television’s local station in Kansas City has named Eric Graves as the newest anchor of its weekend morning news program “KMBC 9 FirstNews Weekend,” the company announced on Friday. Graves, a Lee’s Summit graduate, steps into the role after reporting extensively across the Kansas City metro...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - Key I-635 ramps are set to close for bridge repairs, complicating detours for drivers avoiding the closed 18th Street Expressway. The Kansas Department of Transportation says the closures begin at midnight on Feb. 9 and will last about two weeks as crews repair a bridge expansion joint at...

OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - A man who was rescued from an Olathe house fire earlier this week has died. The Olathe Fire Department said 54-year-old Johnny Ray Childers died Wednesday after suffering critical burn injuries in a house fire on Tuesday. Childers and another man were rescued from a home...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - A Johnson County man is headed to prison for several years in a case that stemmed from a woman’s death. A judge in Johnson County sentenced Treger Melique Samuels to 84 months in prison. Samuels was charged with one count of distributing drugs causing...

A Kansas federal judge recently imposed penalties that included fines ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 upon attorneys responsible for mistakenly submitting a brief containing falsehoods created by artificial intelligence . Senior U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in a Feb. 2 ruling spelled out penalties assessed to...

Merriam Police are investigating after a man was found dead along the Turkey Creek Streamway Trail on Thursday afternoon. Captain Jerimiah Waters, spokesperson for the police department, told the Post that officers were called to the area by a person walking the trail, who found the man’s body just inside the woods,...

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Quick Pick lottery ticket turned into an $11,000 jackpot for a Jackson County resident who discovered the win while casually checking numbers. The Missouri Lottery says the winner claimed the prize from the Feb. 2 Show Me Cash drawing. “I usually get a ticket...

A metro area man will spend more than 15 years in prison for selling the drugs that killed another person in 2020.

Reggie Brown, the longtime Kansas City gospel radio host known to listeners as Reggie B., built a ministry that reached well beyond the studio walls, offering comfort and encouragement through a voice many in the community came to trust like family. His daughter, Porcha Brown, grew up watching her father set the...