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A man is dead after a shooting early Tuesday at an apartment building in downtown Kansas City, a police spokesman said. Police dispatchers sent officers just after 12:15 a.m. to the 900 block of Jefferson Street in the Quality Hill neighborhood after receiving a report of gunfire, said Sgt. Phil DiMartino with the...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a decade in the Missouri Department of Corrections for his role in a deadly shooting in 2023. According to court records, Kadin Hatch will serve 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and stealing...

The Kansas City Zoo announced Wednesday they are mourning the loss of a beloved elephant who had lived in Kansas City for decades. Lois, a 47-year-old African elephant, came to the Kansas City Zoo in 1982 when she was around four years old with another African elephant named Lea, who still lives at the zoo, according...

Kansas City, Missouri, police want the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old boy last seen Tuesday night in south Kansas City.

The mother of a child in the Blue Valley School District supports her son's former teacher who was fired after she violated district policy when she helped the woman's son during a problem at school.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office says a cash reward is being offered for any information leading to an arrest in the case of a 40-year-old man who was found dead at a park earlier this year. Deputies found the victim, Jacob Dupre, on the...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) — On Tuesday, the man accused of killing a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer saw little movement in his case as his new attorneys get up to speed. 31-year-old Dennis Mitchell III walked into a Wyandotte County courtroom wearing a gray-striped jumpsuit. He’s the man accused of killing KCK...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate at the Jackson County Detention Center. The Kansas City Fire Department was called to the Jackson County Detention Center, at 1300 Cherry St., Sunday on reports of a medical emergency, according to a press release from Jackson County...

Holiday train enthusiasts in Excelsior Springs may be disappointed this year, as the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Holiday Train appears to be taking a route that bypasses the city, traveling instead through the outer areas west of town via Mosby on its journey toward Kansas City.

Ann Michael — known by friends as “Annie” — can’t talk long about her children’s store closing before her eyes begin to glisten. “I said I wasn’t going to cry today,” she said, brushing away tears during a Wednesday afternoon visit with The Star. Annie’s , 841 W. 39th St., was filled with customers who’d likely seen...