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Rapid growth in the Kansas City area's Latina population is producing specific employment, education and social service needs that aren't being met effectively, and that's an economic drag on the entire community, according to a new research brief.

Police chased a stolen FedEx truck across Kansas City Wednesday afternoon before finally immobilizing the vehicle and taking the driver into custody.

If you have never seen country club plaza at the holidays, you really need to go at Thanksgiving to see the annual lighting of the plaza.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Change is coming for Kansas City Public Schools. The district's enrollment is growing in northern sections of the district and declining in southern sections.

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Last night Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy kicked off a 12-show solo acoustic tour at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO.

Four months ago, a handful of textile lovers emerged from their basements and other isolated work spaces in the name of collaboration.

One comes to look for certain favorite bits of dialogue or business, while realizing that even these may change over time.

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The owner of JRay's Restaurant and Bar in Platte City stands accused of possessing child pornography on his computers.

Firefighters responding to an alarm at the Metcalf 56 Townhomes complex at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday found a large fire in the back of a three-story apartment building in the 5600 block of Floyd Street.

When Kirkland B. Armour began construction of his palatial mansion on the boulevard that bears the name of his uncle, Simeon B. Armour, the roadway was barely more than a widened city street.

BASED BURN MEDICAL PRACTICES IN THE COUNTRY. A 23-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE -- CRACKED BY VOLUNTEERS! AS KMBC-9'S MICHEAL MAHONEY TELLS US -- THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THEY'VE GOT A SUSPECT -- AND A CONFESSION.

A pedestrian crossing Interstate 35 in the Northland was killed after striking the front windshield of a Kansas City Area Transportation Authority bus.

Defensive lineman Joe Phillips, who played with the Kansas City Chiefs in the mid-to-late 1990s, is among five former players to join in a lawsuit against the franchise for damages related to concussions suffered while playing.

Bank of Kansas City now is retreating on its branch network plans, closing a location at 7500 College Blvd. in Overland Park.

An unnamed fan said when he and his son took a break during the game, Van Winkle was found inside the owner's Jeep rifling through paperwork, presumably in the act of stealing something of value inside the car.

Kyle Van Winkle worked in the banking industry, and it's still unclear how he died.

The center, which is GBC's first facility in the Midwest, expands the company's existing network of facilities in California and Arizona, and is its second collaboration with the Hospital Corporation of America , the nation's leading provider of health care services.

Kyle Van Winkle worked in the banking industry, and it's still unclear how he died.