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PITTSBURG, Kan. | The old Jefferson Highway was the first road to traverse North America from north to south and possibly the first dedicated international highway in the world.
KANSAS CITY | Murder charges filed Murder charges were filed Sunday against two men in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk on East 12th Street this weekend.
WICHITA | A pregnant woman accused of stealing from good Samaritans has been charged with burglary. Nicole Bell, 26, was charged Friday with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft in Sedgwick County District Court.
Dog text messages Squirrel in yard.
About 700 runners, walkers, friends and fundraisers lined up for a Sunday morning footrace. Each seemed to have a different reason for joining the Arthritis Foundation event at Zona Rosa. The winner had come to win, having finished second in each of the previous three years and each time behind someone different.
Kansas City police won a grant from Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s foundation that will be used to buy a new police dog. The $8,000 will pay to replace Rambo, a police dog that is set to retire at year’s end because of arthritis.
A new on-ramp opened Friday afternoon for motorists traveling from Levee Road to northbound Interstate 29/35. It is the fourth of 16 new ramps to open in connection with the Paseo Bridge project, which also includes widening I-29/35 northeast of the downtown loop.
When the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth went from maximum to medium security in 2005, the storied prison encountered a problem not faced in its 100-plus years. People wanted inside.
KNOB NOSTER, Mo. | Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler remembers exactly what he was doing the day in August 2007 when he got a call about a monumental misdelivery. Dressed in his most tuxedo-like uniform and giving a speech to senior sergeants in an Air Force hangar on Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, the then-colonel left his audience in an instant.
The problem South Kansas City resident Judi Wollenziehn sent the Dog a photo of a portable warning signal parked at 56th Street and State Line Road on the Missouri side. She travels that way to work and saw it “languishing there” every morning for months.
Sunday’s winning numbers: •Missouri Pick 3
Who: Barbara Elder-Owens, 71, of Lee’s Summit. When and how she died: Nov. 9, after a long fight against breast cancer.
Burglary suspects led police Saturday night on a chase through the Northland that ended when their vehicle crashed near Interstate 435 and Truman Road. Claycomo police had been called to a home in the 200 block of Randolph Road about 7:40 p.m. Officers saw a man and woman there run to a car and drive off. They pursued in a chase that reached 100 mph, police said.
A group of people has come together this year to help people who have fallen on hard times, and it is focusing on one area: Johnson County. “There are a lot of people who think Johnson County doesn’t have need, but there really is,” said Linda Peterson, who in January founded this new giving circle with Marilee Benage.
Flying is a turnoff for Brian Kunitz. Long security lines. Body patdowns. Having to remove shoes. Setting off the metal detector.
The problem Jerry Musil Sr. of Kansas City wonders why access is limited to the shopping center on Northwest Roanridge Road in Kansas City, North.
Jennifer and Chris Bertrand spent part of Saturday morning watching a video about their 9-month-old son, Winston, a video that was edited and produced by two people they didn’t know.
An Overland Park man was being treated for critical burns after a fire broke out Saturday morning in his home. Firefighters were called shortly after 6 a.m. to the house in the 11600 block of Caenen Street and were met at the door by the lone occupant, who had suffered obvious burns, according to fire officials.
Two people were taken into custody Saturday afternoon after Kansas City police surrounded a Northeast area apartment building in connection with a nearby robbery and fatal shooting. Police tactical officers converged on the building in the 3200 block of East 11th Street late Saturday morning after witnesses told officers that suspects from the robbery and shooting may have gone into the building.
The holiday season started a little early for 10 families gathered Saturday at the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe. An overcast, chilly morning did not dampen the enthusiasm of more than 100 people who stood outside the courthouse as 13 children prepared to be legally adopted.
