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Resolve the reassessment debacle in Jackson County
The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday.
Man reportedly acting erratically dies after officers stun him
An investigation has been launched after officers used a stun gun on a man who had been acting erratically and he then died, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman said Monday morning.
After son's death, mom fights to find justice
The Saturday before Mother's Day, for an hour or so, Kelly Riemann sat in a grassy median on Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Mo.
Drowning at Longview Lake Marina
June 15, 2013 Friday, June 14 at 11:51 p.m, agencies were dispatched to Longview Lake Marina on a possible drowning.
TKC Breaking and Exclusive News!!! Kansas City Land Bank Fails So Far
Since the U.S. Housing bubble burst in 2008 Kansas City has been home to a MASSIVE amount of abandoned real estate blighting local neighborhoods.
Kansas City metro area has islands of wilderness that are ideal for hiking
Serving a lengthy prison sentence for a rape he didn't commit, Robert E. Nelson asked for DNA testing to prove his innocence.
Victim suffers life-threatening injuries after shooting in Kansas City
Traffic is slow on Interstate 635 northbound at the Missouri River after a man jumped off it, authorities said Friday morning.The man jumped about 10:30 a.m. The Kansas City Scout system said at least Traffic is slow on Interstate 635 northbound at the Missouri River after a man jumped off it, authorities said Friday morning.
Man wrongfully convicted of rape in 1984 released from prison
DNA evidence exonerated Robert Nelson, who did not appear at a news conference Friday.
TKC Breaking News!!! Jackson County Judge Frees Man Wrongly Convicted ...
"Midwest Innocence Project and the Jackson County Prosecutor will hold a joint press conference on this matter at 2:00pm on the 11th Floor of the Jackson County, MO Courthouse."
The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals has decided that Judge R. Michael Wagner will remain on the seat in the trial of Ziyad T. Abid.
Missouri disregards the needs of the mentally ill
Judge John Torrence’s words at a sentencing hearing this week rang as true as any ever uttered in a Jackson County courtroom “Tragedy doesn’t begin to describe this,” the circuit court judge said while handing down a 12-year prison term to Casey Brezik, the mentally ill man who attacked a community college administrator in 2010.
Thomas Hart Benton heist isna t exactly a work of art
A thief broke into the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio early Wednesday and made off with an original signed sketch worth $16,000.
Serious injuries reported in wreck on I-435 near Worlds of Fun
A Phoenix mom was arrested Sunday on suspicion of injected her 5-year-old daughter with methamphetamine and amphetamine, Tolleson police said.
Shock!!! Dead Baby Dumped at Meth Town Gas Pump Was Drugged Out
The Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office determined a fetus found at an Independence pump station had speed and marijuana in his system.
These people are sought by the Kansas City, Mo. Police Department and are presumed to be in our area.
Key study for Jackson County commuter-rail plan gets under way
A study key in the future of Jackson County's commuter-rail aspirations is under way.
Concourse at Atlanta airport evacuated after explosion
A Kansas City woman is recovering from a staph infection she says she got from an area hospital, but when she started asking questions, she was shown the door.
Rock Hudson's wife secretly taped his gay 'confession': 'Are you that fast with boys?'
Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders and other officials led a tour Thursday, showing off the building’s new plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems, as well as its new elevator shaft.
Poll: How do you feel about Royals' top draft pick, Hunter Dozier?
Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders and other officials led a tour Thursday, showing off the building’s new plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems, as well as its new elevator shaft.
Art: St. John is an eclectic site
What sprouts in the lot between a powder blue house and artist Rebecca Koop's clay shop, Back Door Pottery, is sure to make passers-by smile.