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Arson investigators are probing a fire that damaged a church Saturday night in Kansas City, Kansas. Fire damaged Wyandotte Tabernacle Church at 1229 South 59th Street, according to police. → Read More
Numerous mailboxes were found opened, with mail scattered in the street, in Olathe Sunday morning, according to police. Police were called about 7 a.m. to the area of 1100 North Purdom Street. → Read More
Vandalism has caused the closure of the elevator on the Town of Kansas Bridge at Berkley Riverfront park, according to Port KC officials.The elevator connects the bridge to the park trail along the Missouri River. → Read More
A man was missing and several other people were injured after a boat crash Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. The wreck was reported about 10 p.m. at the four-mile mark of the Osage Arm of the lake. → Read More
Lightning hit two homes and started fires during storms in the Kansas City area overnight.The first fire was reported Saturday night when lighting struck a fourplex in Lee’s Summit. The second was reported Sunday at a house in Overland Park. → Read More
A tornado that touched down near Mound City, Missouri, Saturday was rated at EF-0, according to the National Weather Service. A report from the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill said the tornado touched down about 4:22 p.m. → Read More
Police on Sunday said detectives located the mother of a toddler who had been found the night before wandering unsupervised in Kansas City. The boy, about 2 years old, had been found about 10:15 p.m. Saturday near 31st and Charlotte streets. → Read More
A Kansas City man is accused of shooting at two teenagers in a car in April near 63rd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, killing the 17-year-old driver, Deontae Campbell. Tracy D. French, 25, is charged in Jackson County with second-degree murder. → Read More
The Kansas City, Kansas, police and fire departments have asked the ATF for help in investigating at car explosion. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Terry Zeigler said on Twitter that the department’s bomb unit was requested to assist the fire department at 61st Street and Leavenworth Road. → Read More
Police were looking for a man who allegedly fired a gun at a victim during an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in Kansas City, Kansas. The man tried to take the victim’s minivan shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday at 22nd Street and Metropolitan Avenue. → Read More
After hours of rain Monday night and Tuesday morning, flash flooding blocked streets and highways around the Kansas City region. Flooding was reported in Independence, Grandview, Kansas and other areas. More rain is expected from storms Tuesday. → Read More
Paul Rudd, weeks away from returning to Kansas City to host Big Slick Celebrity Weekend fundraiser for Children’s Mercy Hospital, hosted the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” last night. Rudd recently starred in the Marvel movie “Avengers: Endgame.” → Read More
When Robert Gross was convicted Wednesday of stalking and federal firearms crimes in the U.S. District Court in downtown Kansas City, victims and survivors were watching for the verdicted. Gross, suspected but not charged in murders, could face 55 years in prison. → Read More
A fire on the roof of an apartment building Saturday in Kansas City caused some damage but no injuries, according to the Kansas City Fire Department. Crews responded about 11 a.m. Saturday at a three-story apartment building near West 38th and Wyandotte streets. → Read More
The Kansas Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would prevent judges from reducing the sentences of child sex offenders because their victims are “aggressors” or participants. The Kansas City Star had reported on the such a case in Leavenworth in Feburary. → Read More
A dirt bike rider suffered life-threatening head injuries Saturday after crashing a bike in a Northland neighborhood, according to police. Police were called shortly after 8 p.m. to the scene of the wreck near 88th Street and North Spruce Avenue. → Read More
A man who was reportedly intoxicated and threatening to hurt himself allegedly fired shots at police officers Saturday night at a home in Leawood. Police had been called about 10 p.m. to the home near 135th Street and Mission Road to check on the man → Read More
Several large fights, involving a total of about 300 teenagers, broke out at the Worlds of Fun amusement park Saturday night, according to Kansas City police. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded. → Read More
A man was found shot and killed Saturday night near 81st Street and Wabash Avenue in Kansas City, according to police. Police were called to the area about 10:30 p.m. and found the man on the sidewalk. → Read More
Photos released by homicide detectives Monday showed a “subject of interest” and a vehicle linked to the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Friday night, according to Kansas City police. Clinton Holman Jr., who was found shot in the 4300 block of Indiana Avenue. → Read More