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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City’s employment has been flat for 18 months, according to a report by the Mid-American Regional Council, leaving the region lagging the nation by four percentage points in job recovery since COVID-19. The unemployment rate has risen to 4% as the region’s job market faces multiple...

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s newest film “Disclosure Day,” a sci-fi thriller apparently about an alien invasion, finally answers speculation that arose during filming earlier this year. Now we know that at least some of the action takes place in Kansas City, though filming took place in New York and New...

A concerned Kansas City mother reached out to KSHB 41 after learning her child's charter school must repay $1.7 million to the state. Charter schools across Kansas City owe a combined $11.8 million.

A program that gives property tax relief to eligible low-income homeowners in Johnson County is headed for a major expansion that is intended to open it up to more people next year. County commissioners last Thursday voted to remove the 65-and-older age restriction and disabled veteran requirement while also...

Each December, downtown Olathe comes alive with extra sparkle thanks to a tradition fostered by Rachel Marlow, the award-winning music teacher at nearby Central Elementary in the Olathe School District. Recognized recently as the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year , Marlow told The Star in September that she aims to...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A driver is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after they crashed into a metal barrier near Interstate 70 and U.S. 71 Highway on Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas City Police Department, just before 9:45 a.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a crash near...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Carolina and her husband welcomed a baby girl this week!. The newborn, Isabela, arrived before Dec. 14; both mother and baby are doing well, and Carolina said she is “soaking up the newborn snuggles and powering through broken sleep!”. Carolina said she and her...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City motorcyclist was seriously injured Wednesday night in a crash on I-70. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report, a 21-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, crashed a 2007 Honda motorcycle just before 9 p.m. The crash, which happened at I-70 westbound...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 12-year-old boy has been reported missing in Kansas City, police said Thursday. According to Kansas City police, Zayden Daniels was last seen about 12:30 a.m. Thursday on North Thomas Meyers Drive in the Northland. Zayden was seen wearing a black sweater and black pants.

For the second year in a row, Kansas City won’t be in the top 20 for an annual study regarding U.S. cities with the most rats. But it does inch closer this time around. Orkin, an American pest control company, released its annual report for the “Top 50 Rattiest Cities.” The company determined the rankings by tracking...