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But the latest estimate is the largest 480,129.City Manager Wayne Cauthen on Tuesday announced the new number, which is up nearly 30,000 from the Census Bureaus original 2008 estimate.The city appealed the initial figure, persuading federal officials to increase the number largely by presenting data on building and demolition permits, said Steven ...

A man robbed Wilson Enterprises. The suspect was armed with a handgun and took some jewelry and money from the business.

Police rushed to 4601 Chestnut Ave. just before 2 p.m. Wednesday to investigate the city's latest shooting.

Update : Kansas City police say they caught the homicide suspect from earlier this afternoon.

In regard to the Fort Hood tragedy, why not call Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan a terrorist? If you are terrorizing people and killing groups , you are a terrorist.

The managing editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Las Vegas Sun said Wednesday he will retire next month, capping a career dating to 1960.

Police arrested these men after relatives accused them of child abuse: Jared Leroy Mohler of Columbia, Mo.; David A. Mohler of Lamoni, Iowa; Burrell Edward Mohler Sr.

One worker was killed and another injured Tuesday when a crane tipped over at the construction site of a Kansas City, Mo., performing arts center, police said.

In this update of the 2004 Mean Streets report, Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths ranks Americaa s major metropolitan areas and states according to a Pedestrian Danger Index that assesses how dangerous they are for walking.

A Kansas City woman has been charged with murdering her live-in partner Sunday night after the partner said she wanted to end their relationship.Blanche L. Johnson, 38, was in the victims van in the 6600 block of South Benton Avenue when the victim, 38-year-old Yolanda Walker, said she wanted to break up, court documents say.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 An attorney for a man who has confessed to killing a Kansas abortion provider says there's no such thing as a "necessity defense" in Kansas and his lawyers don't intend to present one at his trial.

Kansas City, Mo., School District officials are locking down Central High School Tuesday after a violent day in and and near the school.

Police in Kansas City, Mo., say one worker has died following a crane accident at a construction site near downtown.Police spokesman Capt.

Kansas City Water Department officials announced they have set up a fund to help some water customers pay water and sewer bills.

KANSAS CITY, MO a ' One person is transported to a local hospital overnight following a house fire in Kansas City.

An inspection at Kansas City's police department crime lab highlights more than a dozen problems that must be fixed before the lab's accreditation can be renewed.

Crown Center Ice Terrace is open until March 2010. It's uncommon for something to remain popular for more than a decade.

Scott Roeder has confessed to the shooting of a Kansas abortion provider. The 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man told The Associated Press in a telephone call from jail Monday that he plans to use the so-called necessity defense at his trial.

Jackson County prosecutors say a Kansas City man was arrested after allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl in what he considered an arranged marriage.

Need proof we live in a pinball world? Lisa Long was driving through Cass County farm country last week when somebody _ maybe a mile or more away _ pulled the trigger on a high-powered rifle.