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LEAWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - Parents in Leawood are urging the city to make streets safer after a driver hit and killed a 10-year-old last month. The driver hit and killed Duke Ommert on Oct. 13 as the fourth-grader was crossing Lee Boulevard at 103rd Street on an e-scooter at approximately 6 p.m. He died a week later....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A late-night traffic stop on Interstate 35 turned into a multi-county police chase, resulting in the arrest of four suspects on Sunday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, around 10:30 p.m., an MSHP trooper tried to pull over a car for speeding and a registration violation on...

Entrepreneurs want to tap into all the potential business they can when an estimated 650,000 visitors descend on Kansas City for the World Cup, said Jim Ready, detailing plans for a temporary expansion of alcohol sales in Kansas City, Missouri, to accommodate a global audience in June and July 2026.

1 man killed Tuesday night at Gregory Boulevard and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. KCMO detectives and crime scene technicians are on the scene.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence Police Department is searching for a 13-year-old girl who ran away from her home. Aliyah Venegas was last seen on Nov. 12, between 4-5 p.m. when she left her home in the area of E. 35th Street S. and E. B Bowen Street in Independence.

kcur.org - 11/15/2025 10:00:00 AM. Kansas City, Missouri, has announced plans to temporarily extend alcohol sales from 6 a.m. to 5 a.m. from June 11 to July 19, 2026, to accommodate an estimated 650,000 visitors for the FIFA World Cup. The move is designed to test the city's nightlife infrastructure and provide a...

I’m writing to you with a heart full of gratitude and hope. Last week, we asked for your support to power our Defender Free Food Program food distribution. This weekend, thanks to you, we delivered 100 food boxes to 100 Black families across the KC Metro. This was ESPECIALLY...

The brother of Charles Adair, who prosecutors say was killed in the Wyandotte County Jail when a sheriff’s deputy knelt on his back, says the deputy’s treatment shows the county’s “two-tiered justice system.”. Richard Fatherley, 32, is charged with second-degree murder and, in the alternative, involuntary...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The long-closed Family Dollar on Broadway drew an unexpected crowd Tuesday morning as people were allowed inside to collect remaining items from the store’s interior. According to witnesses, crews working at the building opened the doors to allow members of the public to gather...

When the Stowers Institute for Medical Research opened its Kansas City headquarters in 2000, much of the scientific world was skeptical that biomedical research could succeed in the Midwest. The post At 25, Stowers Institute still searching for the secrets of life appeared first on The Beacon .