Kansas City News

The largest Briarcliff mansion on the hill west of U.S. 169 north of downtown Kansas City, which impressed locals as well as visitors, was destroyed by a three-alarm fire late Thursday and early Friday.

Co-conspirators from eight states were involved in filing fraudulent tax returns in the largest federal false claims case that has ever been prosecuted in Missouri.

Complaints about a teacher and a part-time instructor at St. Thomas More school in Kansas City have led to suspensions and a police investigation.

The dogs, which were pit bulls and pit bull mixes, were found off a dirt road near Interstate 35 and Northeast Vivion Road.

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The 46-year-old man was stabbed in the throat by a 21-year-old man, Lawrence police said Thursday.

The 5-year-old suffered a massive stroke when he was just two days old. That stroke left him with cerebral palsy, as well as becoming legally blind.

A study released Wednesday by the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center analyzes the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economies in eight major cities: San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta and Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City drivers better plan their travels or pray for the luck of the Irish this St. Patrick's Day weekend as runs and parades temporarily take over some streets.

Kansas City police say the death of a man whose body was found at a recycling warehouse apparently was accidental.

"A couple of teens came across a disturbing discovery in a wooded area of the Northland.

Prosecutors file felony charges of financially exploiting the elderly against a man and woman from Utah in connection with what police say is a door-to-door scam selling alarm systems.

Comic books played a key role in the transition of Darryl "DMC" McDaniels to music.

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Kansas City, Missouri: A Washington, DC organisation aimed at reducing gun violence is suing an Missouri gun store in the death of a Lafayette County man shot and killed by his mentally troubled daughter.

A Gladstone boy who has been battling brain cancer, got a salute from Kansas City-area police officers before getting a ride to a hospital in a police cruiser A NINE YEAR OLD BOY, WHO'S BATTLING CANCER, GOT A VERY SPECIAL RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ONE OF HIS TREATMENTS.

Kansas City Mayor Sly James is putting the finishing touches on his official State of the City speech, which he'll deliver on March 24 at Park Hill High School.

The Big 12 Championships will draw thousands of fans and has an estimated $9 million local economic impact.

On March 12, the Surgicenter of Kansas City will break ground on a new 23,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City, Mo., according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.

Art without borders. Regional artists are displaying their work at the Vine Street Studio through March 29, 2014, as part of Culture Without Borders, a month-long art show sponsored by the Northeast Arts Kansas City.