Couple was banned from a restaurant after a dispute. All they wanted was a...
How did a Valentine’s Day dispute over dinner reservations lead to an interracial married couple from Kansas City being banned from the Wandering Vine at The Castle restaurant in Shawnee? Almost two weeks after Shawnee police responded to a verbal dispute at the restaurant, Michael and Johanna Kelley are still not...
Johnson County city creates penalties for sleeping outside in divisive move
Sleeping on public property, in city parks, on local bridges or in a parked vehicle in the City of Gardner could now cost people fines or jail time. The City of Gardner is the first Johnson County municipality to directly target unhoused individuals with an “unsafe” camping ordinance. By a 5-1 vote, city council...
NB I-35 shut down at I-435 in the Northland after deadly pedestrian accident
Northbound Interstate 35 is closed at Interstate 435 in the Northland after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian Thursday night.
Metro families out thousands after using same swimming pool contractor
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackie Julian inherited her house from her parents. Upgrading the family home in Prairie Village included re-doing the swimming pool. “I have a brother that has Parkinson’s that I want to be able to have pool therapy,” Julian said. In Overland Park, Jody...
KC electrical union says offer to restore Western Auto sign for free rejected by...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — The Western Auto sign has been off for seven months, a Kansas City electrical union says it offered to fix it for free and was rejected. The Western Auto sign has lit up the Kansas City skyline since 1952. The IBEW Local 124 worked on the initial sign when it was first installed. The union...
Dozens Of Car Break-Ins Hit Ford F-150 Assembly Plant
Aside from dealing with a rash of thefts from its assembly plants and nearby storage lots, Ford has also faced issues with vehicles being vandalized at those same facilities, too. In fact, it was just around a year ago that the Ford Chicago Assembly plant saw a number of employee-owned vehicles get vandalized, broken...
Kansas City considers eliminating downtown parking requirements for new buildings
The move is aimed at making the area more walkable and encouraging the use of public transportation.
Car catches fire, man seriously injured after wrong-way crash on I-635
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A wrong-way crash on I-635 resulted in a car catching fire early Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Kansas City, Kansas, man crashed a Kia Telluride just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. The crash happened on southbound I-635 at mile marker 5 and...
Man shot into parents’ Shawnee house before standoff with Overland Park police
A man charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling fired the gunshots into his parents’ home in Shawnee, according to an affidavit filed in the case.
BJC Healthcare reveals employee pay changes
BJC Healthcare announced a new compensation structure that it says would maintain or increase pay for 72% of its employees, but the health system did not immediately clarify impacts on the remaining 28% of its workforce.
