Overland Park KS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, man is facing charges in connection with firing a shot following a verbal disturbance Saturday, March 14, outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park. An Overland Park police spokesperson said around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to the clinic...

The fight against a proposed $150 billion data center in Independence, Missouri led to the recent filing of a lawsuit by citizens who object to the city’s recent approval of tax breaks for the project. Three residents who belong to a grassroots watchdog group fighting the data center proposed...

A woman who was shot over the weekend near the Kansas City Police Department’s East Patrol Division Station died Tuesday, police said. The woman was identified as Kyrstin Lickhart, 27, said Sgt. Phil DiMartino, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department. A person of interest was taken into custody in the...

The headlines used words like buried alive, sun treatment, starvation, and deprivation. The papers were no longer simply reporting the news. They were serving a larger purpose. The Army and Navy had finally begun releasing stories of what American soldiers on Bataan and Corregidor had been forced to endure. Relief,...

Strong winds and wave action Sunday caused a fuel barge carrying approximately 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel to sink into 20 feet of water at Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Federal officials with the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a press release that the incident occurred shortly before 2...

An airplane bound for the Kansas City area crashed early Tuesday, killing the pilot as the plane attempted to return to an airport near St. Louis, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Aero Commander 500-B twin-engine piston aircraft crashed short of the runway at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A passenger found riding in the trunk of an SUV is in critical but stable condition after a crash in Kansas City. The Kansas City Police Department says a black Nissan Kicks - carrying 6 people - ran a red light at Ward Pkwy. and Wornall Rd. around 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17.

A 29-year-old Missouri woman is headed to prison for a decade after her 5-year-old son died when he fell out of a window in their high-rise apartment. The post 'Went out the window': 5-year-old eating chocolate syrup on windowsill plummets 17 stories to his death while mom does nothing first appeared on Law & Crime .

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a Monday evening fire that heavily damaged a home in Mission Hills. Firefighters from Consolidated Fire District No. 2 and Overland Park Fire, along with Johnson County Med-Act paramedics, were called to 6527 Overhill Road at 9:14 p.m. According to recorded...

Blue Springs now requires short-term rental hosts to register annually, follow new rules, and collect hotel tax ahead of World Cup summer.