This photo of a swastika made up beer pong cups has been altered to not reveal the St. Teresa’s Academy girls involved.

KC Catholic school responds after girls pose with swastika made up of beer pong cups

2:33 PM

KCPD refused family’s report of missing loved one who later turned up dead

7:00 AM

The doctor helped her talk to her dying mother half a world away. On Wednesday, they met.

8:19 AM

Prosecutors charge man in shooting death of Lee’s Summit police officer killed at Californos

7:24 PM

Champions once more: Sporting KC wins U.S. Open Cup title

1:18 PM

In this Sept. 8 photo provided by Sonya Nelson, Life Lynn DeKlyen lay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Mom refused cancer treatment to give birth to Life, but now the baby has died, too

1:43 PM

Cullen Landis is in critical condition. His ex-girlfriend and her father are charged with assaulting him at Ruskin High on Tuesday.

“This didn’t have to happen,” says mother of beaten Ruskin High School student

11:40 AM

Latest News

Fatal wreck shuts down I-435 at Truman Road in unincorporated Jackson County

2:50 PM

KC Catholic school responds after girls pose with swastika made up of beer pong cups

2:33 PM

Nebraska fires athletic director Shawn Eichorst

2:02 PM

Nebraska fires its athletic director: Does that start a Heartland trend?

2:48 PM

Liberty on the rise: Here are the Missouri high school football Week 6 rankings

2:17 PM

For $99 you get $500 off roof project. Project must be 1,000 sq ft or greater.

$500 $99

KC Catholic school responds after girls pose with swastika made up of beer pong cups

2:33 PM

KCPD refused family’s report of missing loved one who later turned up dead

7:00 AM

The doctor helped her talk to her dying mother half a world away. On Wednesday, they met.

8:19 AM

Prosecutors charge man in shooting death of Lee’s Summit police officer killed at Californos

7:24 PM

Champions once more: Sporting KC wins U.S. Open Cup title

1:18 PM

In this Sept. 8 photo provided by Sonya Nelson, Life Lynn DeKlyen lay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Mom refused cancer treatment to give birth to Life, but now the baby has died, too

1:43 PM

Cullen Landis is in critical condition. His ex-girlfriend and her father are charged with assaulting him at Ruskin High on Tuesday.

“This didn’t have to happen,” says mother of beaten Ruskin High School student

11:40 AM

Sports

Fly like an eagle? Properly focused, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce can do just that; but he also can let his immaturity get in the way of his chances at times. That’s where his teammates, his peers, come in.

Why Chiefs star Travis Kelce needs his teammates now more than ever

KC Chiefs coach Andy Reid and many fans appear convinced that the coach can get Travis Kelce to change his knuckleheaded tendencies, despite all evidence to the contrary. They’re looking in the wrong place for influence.

Sports

Nebraska fires its athletic director: Does that start a Heartland trend?

Champions once more: Sporting KC wins U.S. Open Cup title

Breaking Balboni: Royals’ Mike Moustakas finally stands alone after 37th homer

Local

Fatal wreck shuts down I-435 at Truman Road in unincorporated Jackson County

Interstate 435 was completely closed at Truman Road after a fatal wreck Thursday afternoon. Traffic on northbound I-435 was backed up to the U.S 40 interchange.

KC Catholic school responds after girls pose with swastika made up of beer pong cups

‘This is a game-changer.’ Ex-presidents, celebs visit Missouri for museum’s opening

KC should be known as the City of Caves, here’s why

Nation & world

In this Sept. 8 photo provided by Sonya Nelson, Life Lynn DeKlyen lay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Mom refused cancer treatment to give birth to Life, but now the baby has died, too

Michigan mother Carrie DeKylen, who refused cancer treatment so she could give birth her sixth child, died earlier this month after having the baby. Now, the baby, Life Lynn DeKlyen has died, too.

‘This is a game-changer.’ Ex-presidents, celebs visit Missouri for museum’s opening

‘We will find our island destroyed.’ Hurricane Maria’s rampage demolishes Puerto Rico

After an exhausting dash through town, ‘criminal’ goat checks into La Quinta Inn

Opinion

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, joined at left by Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, speaks with reporters after Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.

No, Sen. Pat Roberts, this awful health care bill isn’t the only Obamacare alternative

Sen. Pat Roberts suggested he supports the Graham-Cassidy health care overhaul because it’s the only option available. It isn’t, though. And the bipartisan Alexander-Murray bill might have actually addressed problems instead of making them worse.

Why is Missouri spending millions of taxpayer dollars on legal expenses with no system to track the payments?

Populist success of Trump and Sanders show ‘right’ and ‘left’ have realigned

Why Sen. Pat Roberts is sounding the alarm on a new kind of food stamp fraud

More Videos

Deadly shooting in KCK

1:06

Deadly shooting in KCK

Kansas City family seeks answers in slain loved one’s disappearance

2:38

Kansas City family seeks answers in slain loved one’s disappearance

Loose Park proposal falls through the cracks

0:31

Loose Park proposal falls through the cracks

Divers search for engagement ring dropped during viral proposal

1:48

Divers search for engagement ring dropped during viral proposal

How survivors escaped ambush by gunfire

1:31

How survivors escaped ambush by gunfire

Big Sonia (Trailer)

3:01

Big Sonia (Trailer)

'This didn't even have to happen,' says mother of student attacked at Ruskin High School

1:56

'This didn't even have to happen,' says mother of student attacked at Ruskin High School

Cullen Landis' aunt said no parent should learn their child is being transported from school unresponsive

1:17

Cullen Landis' aunt said no parent should learn their child is being transported from school unresponsive

This is the KCI parking lot where Randy Potter's body was found

1:01

This is the KCI parking lot where Randy Potter's body was found

Kansas City Crime Stoppers Most Wanted Fugitives

1:49

Kansas City Crime Stoppers Most Wanted Fugitives

In Depth

After intern sex harassment scandals, has Missouri Capitol’s culture changed enough?

Blogs & Columns

Why Chiefs star Travis Kelce needs his teammates now more than ever

For Pete's Sake

Stephen A. Smith threatens to come to Arrowhead Stadium to watch Chiefs

For Pete's Sake

Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas shared another big hug in dugout after record was set

Videos

More Videos

Peter Vermes delivers emotional speech in Sporting KC locker room after Open Cup win

1:13

Peter Vermes delivers emotional speech in Sporting KC locker room after Open Cup win

Sporting KC celebrates U.S. Open Cup title (WARNING: Graphic language in video)

1:00

Sporting KC celebrates U.S. Open Cup title (WARNING: Graphic language in video)

After growing up in an orphanage, Gerso Fernandes has found a home with Sporting KC

1:49

After growing up in an orphanage, Gerso Fernandes has found a home with Sporting KC

New help for interns who think they were sexually harassed

2:04

New help for interns who think they were sexually harassed

Bernie Sanders speaks on American leadership in a time of global crisis at Westminster College

1:52

Bernie Sanders speaks on American leadership in a time of global crisis at Westminster College

Deadly shooting in KCK

1:06

Deadly shooting in KCK

Kansas City family seeks answers in slain loved one’s disappearance

2:38

Kansas City family seeks answers in slain loved one’s disappearance

Where are the women? Tracing the decline of female candidates in Kansas

1:11

Where are the women? Tracing the decline of female candidates in Kansas

Mike Moustakas breaks the Royals home run record: Here are all 37

2:11

Mike Moustakas breaks the Royals home run record: Here are all 37

City councilman Jermaine Reed, a member of the KCI terminal selection committee, discusses problems with the process

1:31

City councilman Jermaine Reed, a member of the KCI terminal selection committee, discusses problems with the process

Sporting KC receives 2017 U.S. Open Cup trophy

Sep 20, 2017

Sporting Kansas City defeated the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday to win the 2017 U.S. Open Cup championship.

Sam McDowell The Kansas City Star

View More Video

Top Photos

View All Galleries

Entertainment

J.D. Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) escapes the trauma of war by devoting himself to writing in “Rebel in the Rye.”

Movie News & Reviews

‘Rebel in the Rye’ fails to capture J.D. Salinger’s mystique

Taron Egerton returns as a member of the Kingsmen, a suave private security force out to foil a drug lord’s plot, in “Kingsman: The Golden Circle.”

Movie News & Reviews

Leave this offensive spy fantasy out in the cold

Brad (Ben Stiller, right) accompanies his son Troy (Austin Abrams) on a college tour to Harvard in “Brad’s Status.”

Movie News & Reviews

Stiller makes the most of a midlife crisis in ‘Brad’s Status’

Movie News & Reviews

‘Rebel in the Rye’ fails to capture J.D. Salinger’s mystique

Taron Egerton returns as a member of the Kingsmen, a suave private security force out to foil a drug lord’s plot, in “Kingsman: The Golden Circle.”

Movie News & Reviews

Leave this offensive spy fantasy out in the cold

Brad (Ben Stiller, right) accompanies his son Troy (Austin Abrams) on a college tour to Harvard in “Brad’s Status.”

Movie News & Reviews

Stiller makes the most of a midlife crisis in ‘Brad’s Status’