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Days before Congress' summer break begins, President Barack Obama used a Wednesday morning speech in Kansas City, Mo., to lambast Republicans who are preparing to sue him rather than take action on some of his agenda items.

In his opening remarks, President Barack Obama said he won't decide who makes the best barbecue in Kansas City.

A Kansas City, KS, man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of three persons during a home invasion in Independence, MO, and the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the home.

Take a hard hat tour of Corinthian Hall, the 100+ year old home of lumber baron Robert A. Long and his family.

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When city officials considered laying the streetcar tracks behind her home along a community trail, her interest grew and she began to take action.

The President arrived at Arthur Bryant's on Brooklyn Avenue at 7:52 p.m., according to a White House press pool report, and departed by 9 p.m. The President took his jacket off and started unbuttoning the cuffs on his shirt just before walking in, the report said.

A Kansas City man was charged in federal court with the robbery of Commerce Bank on Tuesday, according to the press release.

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ALSO, HEAR WHAT SFESS QUESTION THE PRESIDENT ASKED JOSH ABOUT KANSAS CITY. IT HAS BEEN LOTS OF SPECULATION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AS TO WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT.

He's an important look at how The Leader of The Free World will be screwing up Kansas City traffic on Tuesday .

Kansas City, MO - infoZine - The City of Kansas City, Missouri, invites residents to take advantage of a three-day sales tax holiday from Friday, Aug. 1 through Sunday, Aug. 3. During this time, shoppers who purchase certain items of clothing, shoes, school supplies and computers in Kansas City, Missouri, stores will not have to pay any sales tax.

A man in his 20s died when he was shot during a disturbance early Tuesday morning near 37th Street and Brooklyn Avenue.

The latest missive from Mayor Sly James seems like nothing more than hocus pocus that references a bit of "silver bullet" legend or maybe they plan to serve Coors Light on the Kansas City Toy Train Streetcar.

Obama's Tuesday night gathering comes roughly 48 hours before Congress is set to go on a five-week break and is the latest in a series of trips the president has taken to meet Americans who have written him about their struggles and worries.

President Barack Obama is taking four Kansas City residents out to dinner to chew over the concerns of heartland Americans, with little time remaining for action on pressing issues before Congress begins its August recess.

A home known for prostitution and drugs was demolished in northeast Kansas City on Monday.

In a story July 26, The Associated Press reported that Latoya Caldwell, a mother of four from Kansas City, Missouri, who earns $7.50 an hour at a Wendy's restaurant, said she works six days a week to get 40 hours and takes home $435 per paycheck.

With President Obama coming to visit Kansas City on Tuesday and Wednesday, we thought we'd take a look at what a presidential suite at a Kansas City hotel looks like.

KMBC's Mike Mahoney provides some insight on what the President might do and say while in Kansas City Tuesday and Wednesday.