Former President Barack Obama’s visit comes shortly after Vice President JD Vance stumped for Republican candidates while in Kansas City.

“The tragedy of his passing is not only shared by his many admirers but also exploited by those who opportunistically use the occasion to damage his stellar reputation.”

“Because of senseless violence,” Raytown Bluejays head football coach Anthony Morgan said, “he was taken away from us.”

The Raytown School District identified the youth killed in the shooting as Joshua Lewis, a junior at Raytown High School.

Health officials said they had identified three locations the infected person had visited while infectious last week.

“The congressional map passed by the General Assembly in 2022 shall govern the upcoming General Election,” Hanaway’s office wrote in a filing with the Missouri Supreme Court.

The ticketed event will take place at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe.

Dominic Miller, one of two men who received a plea deal in connection with the 2024 Chiefs Super Bowl rally, was arrested Tuesday.

The move marks the end of a lengthy redistricting fight in Missouri and blocks a Republican attempt to oust Kansas City’s longtime congressman.

The football season opener for William Jewell College was suspended after a player was rushed to a hospital, where he died Saturday.

Deputy Richard Fatherley will not face trial for the 2025 death of Charles Adair, that judge ruled.

In 2007, a Johnson County jury found Andrew Ellmaker guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Teri Zenner, a mental health caseworker.

Police officers and several volunteers removed 81 dogs from a home in KCK’s Northwest neighborhood Saturday.

The Board of Police Commissioners said they will begin a search immediately and Graves will continue in her role until a successor is named.

The Wichita State AfterShocks/JHX Hoops TBT alumni game ended with another brawl. Punches were thrown after Frank Mason’s game-winner.

An Overland Park health restaurant just opened. Now it’s closed, with a sign on the door attributing it to “public attacks.”

A Kansas City real estate broker said she discovered the recording after missing a doorbell notification at her office.

On July 14, Kansas City responders got an unusual call about a man being stuck in a porta potty near 18th and Paseo.

A consultant hired by Lee’s Summit has laid out a series of recommended changes for court operations in the coming months.

Police said the boy was found unresponsive in a pond near his home in the Province of Briarcliff apartment complex in the 1100 block of Northwest Vivion Road.

A preliminary report said the plane that crashed at Butler Memorial Airport had completed two earlier skydiving flights on the same day.

Prosecutors in both Wyandotte County and Jackson County are dismissing charges filed against Oscar Sanchez-Munoz for a series of shootings.

“I just want people to remember that it’s not just about this guy that’s just shooting random people,” a longtime friend of Jeremy Keenan said.

The lawsuit said the woman suffered a traumatic brain injury, and had a concussion and a brain bleed, after she was bowled over.

Police previously said they had “thoroughly” searched the burned Independence home where Oscar Sanchez-Munoz’s body was located Wednesday.

Kansas City police did not confirm the report, which acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche made in an appearance on Fox News.

Officers on patrol heard gunfire and responded to the area, where several people were found shot. One man was pronounced dead at the scene.

“I still am in a state of shock, because it’s like, how did this happen?” a woman who was shot along Interstate 70 on Tuesday told The Star.

Investigators are still searching for 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz after a string of shootings along a Kansas City highway Tuesday.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the families, friends, and loved ones of all who were lost,” the company said in a statement after the crash.

The event was marred by fights and disruptions, and organizers said Tuesday that they would not bring the festival back.

The global soccer organization was also able to drop most of those rooms without paying a cancellation fee, a perk that is not always granted to organizations blocking off a large number of rooms.

Kansas City police said all nine people who were injured in the early morning shooting suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

A Chicago law firm said it was representing the family of a 19-year-old from Lee’s Summit who was fatally shot by a Lafayette County deputy May 1.

You might know his voice from Yoda, the father on the Powderpuff Girls and even the Oscars.

First-responders assisted with an emergency evacuation of the plane after it landed safely, an airport spokesman said.

None of them have so far tested positive for the respiratory disease that stems from rodents, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Town Topic said its Crossroads location at 2021 Broadway Boulevard will now close, for now, at 8 p.m.

Khalid Ouazzani, 48, pleaded guilty to providing financial support to al-Qaida in May 2010.

The mother of Tadens Joseph, a 4-year-old who was fatally struck by an Amazon delivery vehicle, mourned in the street Tuesday afternoon.

Kansas City’s tourism agency says it still expects 650,000 visitors even as reservations lag.

Journalists at newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee are refusing to let the chain use their names on summarized articles generated by a new A.I. tool.

When Ryan Myers was diagnosed last year, he thought he had just been handed a death sentence. Could a new treatment provide a lifeline?

“Something is wrong with that person,” the mall’s general manager said. “That person needs to be prosecuted.”

A look at maps of the current area and the renderings released Wednesday show what is located at the site now, and what may change.

Riders will be able to take the streetcar to Berkley Riverfront Park and CPKC Stadium.

No injuries were reported Friday evening, but many buildings were damaged and power was knocked out for homes and businesses.

Terry Young, one of the men who faced a murder charge following the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally in 2024, pleaded guilty to a count of unlawful use of a weapon Friday.

The National Weather Service said Clinton was struck by a pair of tornadoes as a storm system moved through the area Wednesday night.