KC area voters back four-day school week, elect new KCK mayor
Tuesday's elections gave Kansas City metro voters a say on major local decisions, from who leads their counties to how schools schedule the week and who takes over as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. Here are some of the results. Jackson County. Residents considered two ballot issues: one on changing...
Driver smoked rock cocaine before crash into KC area home
KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City area man faces charges after he crashed a vehicle into a home in Independence, Missouri. Keith R. Clausen, 53, faces one count of 2nd Degree Assault, one count of 4th Degree Assault, and one count of Operating a Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner Involving an Accident., according to...
Our investigation into Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s officer misconduct list
A hack of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department exposed a highly secret Veracity Disclosure List, commonly known as a Giglio List. KCUR and WIRED’s review of the document revealed dramatic details of alleged officer misconduct, from incompetence to domestic violence. The story reporters, WIRED’s Dhruv Mehrotra...
Murder suspect taken into custody in KCK after armed standoff
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A suspect connected to a homicide in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested across state lines on Tuesday after an hours-long armed standoff. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department said officers were dispatched just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 1400 block of Oakland Avenue.
Sideshow drivers damaged Waldo intersection Friday at 75th and Wornall Road
Sideshow drivers damaged an intersection Friday where city leaders and neighbors just celebrated an 18-month, $14 million dollar upgrade at 75th Street and Wornall Road in the Waldo neighborhood.
KCFD investigating cause of fire at vacant Parade Park Homes
The Kansas City Fire Department was called to the complex around 3:15 a.m. on a reported fire near 16th and Brooklyn.
Photo shows ‘heavy fire and smoke’ engulfing east Kansas City apartment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Crews were called to a vacant apartment complex on the east side of Kansas City after a fire was reported early Monday morning. According to the Kansas City Fire Department, at about 3:25 a.m., crews arrived at the Parade Park Complex at 16th Street and Brooklyn Avenue for a heavy fire coming from...
Thelma’s Kitchen offers free kids’ lunches as shutdown, SNAP uncertainty grows
As the federal government shutdown drags on and SNAP benefits remain on hold, Thelma’s Kitchen in Kansas City is seeing more families and children turning to their low-cost menu for relief.
Kansas City roller coaster camera captures sheer terror on riders’ faces when young girl’s...
The young girl screamed for her life as the horrified couple realized her seatbelt came undone on a rollercoaster
KC’s budding cannabis dining scene: SWADE brings chef-driven infused dinners to Night Goat and...
Kansas City’s dining scene has quietly been experimenting with cannabis-infused menus for the last couple of years, from intimate private chef tables to ticketed pop-ups blending THC with fine dining. Now, one of Missouri’s biggest cannabis brands is stepping into the local culinary ring with its own take.
