Steve Kaut

The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office ruled a Mission police officer was justified in the March 15 shooting of a suspected burglar who shot at the officer several times.

The search for a new leader of the Independence Police Department, which has dealt with turbulent times involving its former police chief, lawsuits and on-duty officer deaths, is drawing to a close.

The Kansas City, Missouri, City Council voted Thursday to approve the expansion of CPKC Stadium and development in the riverfront area.

A black Hyundai hit and critically hurt a pedestrian as the pedestrian tried to cross U.S. Highway 40 near White Avenue on Tuesday afternoon in east Kansas City, Missouri.

The Gardner Planning Commission voted to recommend a development project that would include a 15,000-seat indoor-outdoor concert venue and a college campus.

Federal prosecutors charged a 21-year-old man in a child pornography case who worked as a substitute teacher in the Independence School District.

Kansas City, Missouri, fire crews battled fires at two vacant houses Thursday evening in northeast Kansas City.

One of the Kansas City area's largest grocery store companies will move to a new headquarters after purchasing a building in Mission, Kansas.

Jackson County prosecutors charged a man with second-degree murder and other charges in an Aug. 1 shooting death of a woman in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Professional Firefighters Association (IAFF Local 64) filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.