Culture
FIFA World Cup in Kansas City: How safe is it really?As Kansas City prepares to host its first FIFA World Cup matches Tuesday and Saturday, officials are hoping recent shootings and team England’s stolen equipment won’t overshadow the festivities. Read More
Culture
12 dead after plane crash near KC before skydiving flightTwelve people are dead after a small plane destined for a skydiving excursion crashed near Butler, Missouri, Sunday morning. “Our hearts go out to those who lost… Read More
Culture
Weekend fun: Kansas City to enjoy 10th annual Arts in the ParkThe Kansas City area will celebrate its 10th annual Arts in the Park event this weekend, along with family-friendly soccer fun at Crown Center and a Sand Cinema outdoor… Read More
Courts
New conversion therapy ban drafted for Kansas City amid repeal backlashKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced a replacement for the city’s prior conversion therapy ban on Tuesday. Lucas and Councilman Johnathan Duncan developed a new ordinance with… Read More
Culture
Weekend wanderings: Kansas City-area to enjoy free fishing, Guns N’ Hoses, festivals and moreThe first weekend of June is bringing loads of family fun to the Kansas City area, including the annual boxing match between local first responders, family-friendly festivals and a… Read More
Culture
Kansas City welcomes Argentina ahead of first World Cup matchThe Argentina soccer team arrived Sunday in Kansas City ahead of its first World Cup match. Video of the team plane, bearing the number of its world-famous captain… Read More
Politics
Kansas City mayor hints at higher office run in 2028Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas inadvertently announced his intent to run for higher office in 2028. Pete Mundo, host of Mundo in the Morning,… Read More
Courts
Kansas City-area man receives 110-year sentence for child sex crimesA Kansas City-area man was sentenced Wednesday to 110 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sex crimes against multiple children. Billy Gene Burney III sexually assaulted three sisters between… Read More
Culture
Kansas City hosts The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.’s North American premierAn international Cold War exhibit made its North American debut Friday at Kansas City’s Union Station. The Berlin Wall. A World Divided. features… Read More
Courts
Freedom of speech restored in Kansas City as conversion therapy ban repealedKansas City, Missouri, has repealed its ban on “conversion therapy” – counseling that encourages a biblical view of sexuality and gender. The city had prohibited the therapy,… Read More
Public Education
Four JOCO school districts unite, prepare to sue state over perceived lack of special education funding(The Sentinel) – The four largest school districts in Johnson County, Blue Valley, DeSoto, Olathe, and Shawnee Mission, are joining forces with the intention of suing the state over… Read More
Culture
Missouri’s Harry S. Truman Museum to offer free admission Memorial Day weekendThe Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, is offering free admission this Memorial Day weekend in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The Kansas City Royals Foundation made free admission… Read More
Government
JD Vance visits Kansas City business to tout pro-America manufacturingVice President JD Vance visited a Kansas City manufacturing business Monday to speak on the importance of goods “Made in America.” Milbank Manufacturing is nearing its 100-year anniversary… Read More
Kansas City
‘Where are we drawing the line?’: Longtime KC criminal rearrested for battery while on probation for it in Wyandotte CountyWyandotte County, Kansas District Attorney Mark Dupree is huge on second chances for criminals – repeatedly touting alternatives to prosecution, hosting seven annual “expungement fairs” to erase criminal… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Police still searching for Kansas City car-chase, shooting suspectPolice are investigating a gunfire-riddled car chase that ended with a rollover crash in a Kansas City suburban neighborhood on Sunday evening before sunset, as the suspect is… Read More
Drugs, Kansas City
Barbie dolls concealing cocaine, fentanyl unwittingly sold at Kansas City storeA Kansas City discount store inadvertently sold Barbie dolls with potent drugs concealed in the packaging over the weekend. One family discovered a mysterious white powder when they… Read More
Kansas City
So who is the mystery anti-ICE arsonist, and why isn’t she in custody?This should have been an open and shut case. In the early evening of Feb. 12 our mystery terrorist splashed accelerant over the windowed stretch of a large… Read More
Crime
Kansas City arson convict to serve another prison sentenceA man who previously set a Kansas City church on fire was sentenced to seven more years in prison last Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm as a… Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City airport among weekend security threats amid Democrat government shutdownA bomb scare at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) Sunday isn’t considered an act of terror – though it comes amid others around the world that are. The… Read More
Kansas City, Local Government
Kansas City mayor’s new budget promises wage increase for officers, inclusivity for those ‘fleeing bigotry’The Kansas City mayor introduced an increased budget for the coming year in his annual State of the City Address last week. Mayor Quinton Lucas announced… Read More