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Lightning causes damaging Olathe house fire as severe storms roll through
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - Lightning has been determined as the cause of an evening house fire in Olathe over the weekend as severe storms rolled through the area. The Olathe Fire Department says that around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, emergency crews were called to the 15600 block of S. Downing St. - near South Downs Park - with reports of a house fire.
Kansas City police search for 8 people after shooting on the Plaza
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police released pictures of eight people they are hoping to question in connection with a shooting on the County Club Plaza three weeks ago. A spokesperson for the department said the photos appear to be all different suspects who may have either had a role in, or knowledge of, the shooting.
Missouri morel hunters continue to discover unpleasant surprise — human remains
Instead of mushrooms, Missouri morel hunters are finding dead bodies — or at least parts of them. In what's become a seemingly annual occurrence, human remains, some belonging to people who've been missing for several years, are being found in secluded wooded areas by Missourians whose eyes were peeled for edible fungi.
Police in KCK shot and killed a homeless man. His brother wants bodycam footage released
Eric Anderton viewed body camera recordings showing the shooting. He says in a lawsuit that his brother did not have a weapon and that police shot him in the back as he ran.
Police ID 13-year-old who died in KC shooting
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a Monday homicide in Kansas City have identified the victim as 13-year-old Trvion Stewart, according to KCPD. Just after 4:00p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2700 block of Quincy, according to Sheriff Daryl Forte'. First responders located the boy in...
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