Raytown News

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Cass County Sheriff's Department says a 17-year-old Kingsville boy drowned while jet skiing on a private lake on Father's Day.

Serving a lengthy prison sentence for a rape he didn't commit, Robert E. Nelson asked for DNA testing to prove his innocence.

On June 8th, 2013 at approximately 3:50 p.m. officers with the Lee's Summit Police Department responded to the 200 block of NW Aspen on the report of a possible drowning.

The city of Raytown says a controversial retail project will likely never be built.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former Springfield man with serious mental issues who stabbed a dean at a Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City shortly before Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

June 8, 2013 8:51 p.m. Sgt Chris Depue, Lee's Summit Police Dept. Lee's Summit, MO - On June 8th, 2013 at approximately 3:50 p.m. officers with the Lee's Summit Police Department responded to the 200 block of NW Aspen on the report of a possible drowning.

Both directions of I-70 are closed following a wreck and explosion. A tanker truck carrying Poly Acetate, a substance used in glue, crashed into the median and burst into a fireball just before 5:00 this Both directions of Interstate 70 in east Kansas City are closed following a wreck and explosion near Manchester Trafficway, and may not reopen ... (more)

An 11-year-old girl remains confined to a wheelchair and her summer plans are ruined after she was hit by a driver who fled the scene.

Google on Wednesday announced that Raytown, Missouri will receive the company's Fiber Internet service.

After meeting for about seven and a half hours, the the Raytown Board of Aldermen voted 6-4 early Wednesday to allow a change that paves the way for a Walmart grocery store in its downtown.

A Kansas City daycare that serves abused children is apologizing after a 4-year-old boy was left locked inside a hot van for hours Friday.

About 53,969 customers lost power since 7 p.m. Sunday, and some Kansas City Power & Light customers still had no electricity when they woke up.

Steven Brown of Progressive Electronics and Bob Ledo of Coffeen Fricke and Associates, Inc.

Consideration of rezoning for a Walmart Neighborhood Market proposed for downtown Raytown is expected to attract dozens of opponents to the 7 p.m. meeting of the city's board of aldermen Tuesday at Raytown City Hall.