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Kansas City Public School administrators report the average building in the district is 60 years old, and many will receive urgent repairs.
Park Hill School District voters passed two propositions to fund teacher salaries and district improvements.
Taxes will not increase, but the district will be allowed to borrow money for capital projects.
A neighborhood crime meeting looked a little different the day after Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves announced an alarming homicide statistic.
Those behind the petition disagree with how the County Executive and the County Assessor handled property tax assessments in 2023 and the aftermath.
Ronald McDonald Longfellow House plans to expand and add 40 new bedrooms, which could serve as many as 1,400 additional families each year.
The tax will pay for a new $250 million city jail, additional EMS maintenance projects, and other capital improvements for KCPD.
The Lee’s Summit School District will use millions of dollars to update safety, improve facilities, and plan for the future.
Voters approved one of three bond issues, meaning $55 million will be spent to improve roads and bridges near seven schools.
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Tidus Bass, 3, fell nine stories from his bedroom window at Independence Towers in July 2024.
With a spike in child abuse and domestic violence, Clay County investigators said it’s not more violence but rather more people finding the courage to speak up.
Health experts are worried the potential fluoride ban could negatively impact the oral health of kids.
Local contractors say home repair prices could soon spike, as new tariffs threaten to increase the cost of materials like lumber, drywall, and appliances.
A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday was sentenced a day later to more than two decades in prison.
The leader of the Satanic Grotto, Michael Stewart, was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly following an incident at the Kansas State Capitol building on March 28.
Victim impact statements were interrupted Tuesday afternoon when a fight erupted during the sentencing of Te’Bryis Robinson.
Investigators reportedly spoke to the suspect's girlfriend, who said she did not think to call police after the shooting because he “didn’t have any negative intentions during the incident.”
A formal funeral Mass will be held for Father Carasala in India for his family there.
More than 50 years after a death, KBI officials have positively identified the man who died.
Mayor Quinton Lucas toured the 9-1-1 Dispatch Call Center on Tuesday to see how changes have helped fill gaps in service identified last year.
Court documents say the man became agitated after he was asked to leave the hotel, which he believed to be public property.
The fraudsters would take the recruits' debit cards and deposit bad checks into their accounts to later withdraw, investigators said.
Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Shawn McKnight, S.Th.D. as the fifth Archbishop and twelfth Bishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
A slim majority of Jackson County legislators on Monday passed an ordinance regarding the property tax assessments.
Monday afternoon, the phones at Newhouse, a domestic violence shelter and organization, continued to ring. It was people calling asking for help.
The KCK police chief has a strong message after a drug deal turned into a violent robbery on April 5.
Despite the downturn, financial experts are urging investors not to panic.
Jesus Neri-Aguilar will be sentenced on April 7 in a Johnson County Courtroom.
The popular amusement park thinks thrill seekers will immediately notice the changes to some of the most popular rides.
A Kansas City teenager has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for her role in a south Kansas City double homicide that happened in December last year.
The Kansas City Fountain City Brass Band won the 2025 North American Brass Band Association national competition.
Officers indicated there was no threat to the community.
The nursing shortage across Kansas has rural hospitals in a particularly vulnerable spot.
“It was, over the span of a few days, he started to get a rash, and he didn’t have a great appetite,” recalled Pearson.
Missouri voters head to the polls Tuesday, April 8, for municipal elections.
Theatre in the Park earned a high honor in the state of Kansas.
Claims under the bill must be brought forth within two years of the date of damage.
A felony robbery charge has been filed against a man accused of stealing an elderly woman’s purse.
The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department is investigating a shooting that left two dead and two others injured.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill related to religious beliefs and children’s welfare.
The 2022 crash killed Billy Barton II and three other people along with injuring about 150 others.
KCPD reported a significant increase in domestic violence as the known contributing circumstances in homicides this year.
Artist Phil Shafer said the mural will sit along 3rd Street and wrap around west towards the West Bottoms.
Voters in the North Kansas City Schools district will decide on a $175 million bond issue for a performing arts center, school renovations and more.
An investigation has opened after an overnight shooting left one man dead in the middle of a Kansas City street over the weekend.
Firefighters rescued the woman from the burning home but said she suffered life-threatening injuries.
With the Royals back on local television, fans across the metro are celebrating – and at Madison Senior Living, baseball fever was in full swing.
A 78-year-old fisherman was pronounced deceased after he fell from his boat on Stockton Lake and drowned.