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Kansas City holiday lights return at Platte Purchase Park

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The holiday season is getting underway in the Kansas City metro, with one popular holiday tradition returning Wednesday night. Winter Magic opens for its seventh season at Platte Purchase Park, offering visitors a one-mile drive-through display of holiday lights and festive music. The attraction opens...

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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Independence to pursue legal action over special primary election tied to recalled councilmember

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - The Independence City Council voted this week to authorize legal action in an attempt to fill the city’s First District City Council vacancy. The move by Independence leaders comes after the Jackson County Election Board decided to decline to conduct a special primary election on Feb. 2, 2027.

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Water shut off at Riverside senior facility amid Legionnaires’ disease investigation

RIVERSIDE, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) confirmed water was shut off at a Riverside senior care and rehabilitation facility last week as the state investigates a case of Legionnaires' disease that may be associated with the facility. According to the Center for Disease Control...

Riverside, MO · 2d

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Audit finds gaps in Kansas City’s rental inspection oversight

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new city audit says Kansas City’s rental inspection program generally responds to complaints on time but has gaps in oversight and enforcement. The Office of the City Auditor released the performance audit of the Healthy Homes Rental Inspection Program on Thursday. What the...

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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Winter Magic ushers in the holiday season in the Northland

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Goblins and ghouls have been replaced by Christmas lights and holiday joy. Grab your sleigh because the seventh annual Winter Magic has made its return to the Northland at Platte Purchase Park. Fun for the whole family to enjoy; the show offers more than just one mile of pretty lights to look at.

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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Johnson County voters led a ‘blue wave' in Kansas, further shifting to the left

Just 10 years ago, Donald Trump headlined a Republican sweep of the federal offices on the ballot in Johnson County. Since then, the suburban Kansas City county’s electorate has continued a yearslong trend of turning the previously purple county solidly blue. As a nationwide “blue wave” led to a hugely successful midterm election for Democratic candidates, Johnson County’s voters spearheaded the shift to the left in Kansas. Along with historically Democratic Wyandotte County, the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro has cemented itself as the political party’s stronghold in Kansas. An easy answer for the ongoing shift would be Republican President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, high gas prices and a war with Iran. But Deann Mitchell, chair for the Johnson County Democratic Party, said years of strategizing campaigns and recruiting pragmatic leaders to represent the party led to the historic election night. “It’s been 10 years of continuous work to turn Johnson County blue,” Mitchell said. At the forefront of the county’s Democratic push was wide support for Leawood pastor Adam Hamilton, who received more votes in the county than any candidate — even more than five-time elected Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids. Hamilton defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger

Johnson County, KS · 2d

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Politicians, activist react to Prop A failure, retaining 2022 congressional map

With more than 60% of voters voting against the measure, the decision means Missouri will keep its 2022 congressional map rather than move forward with the proposed Missouri First map.

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KC Rental Inspection Program Flunks Audit as Director Says She Needs 10 More Staff Members

Kansas City’s Healthy Homes Rental Inspection Program is not following city code in four major ways, according to an audit presented to the City Council on Thursday, even as the program managed to answer 96% of complaints within a single day. Health Department Director Dr. Marvia Jones pointed to one root cause for the shortfalls: not enough people to do the job.

Kansas City, MO · 13h

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Stacy Lake Wins Jackson County Executive Race, Vows to Fix Broken Assessments

Stacy Lake is headed to the top office in Jackson County government after voters handed the Kansas City attorney a landslide victory over Republican Alan Rohlfing on Tuesday. Unofficial results showed Lake with 163,582 votes, or 68 percent, as of 10 p.m., capping a campaign that featured assessment reform as a major priority alongside auditing county government and infrastructure improvements.

Jackson County, MO · 2d

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Kansas AG Kobach finds 5 Lenexa councilmembers violated Kansas open meetings law

Note: The story has been updated with statements from Lenexa City Councilmember Chris Herron and Lenexa resident Jeff Cheek. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach found five Lenexa city councilmembers discussed a large development project privately before a public meeting and vote in violation of state law. On Sept. 16, Kobach’s...

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Grassroots surge and school funding concerns flip Missouri Senate District 8 after two decades of GOP control

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - Voters and organizers in Missouri Senate District 8 described frustration, grassroots organizing, and concern about public education in conversations with KCTV5 after Democrat Keri Ingle won a seat that had not been held by a Democrat in two decades. Missouri Senate District 8 covers parts...

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Wyandotte County voters reject sales taxes for city parks and services for homeless residents

Wyandotte County voters rejected the chance to invest more local sales tax dollars into their city parks and homelessness services countywide. In Tuesday’s general election, voters denied two sales tax initiatives on the November ballot, including one intended to generate $12 million for community health and homelessness services throughout the county each year and another focused on improving public parks and area infrastructure. Had it been approved, the parks and infrastructure tax, expected to bring in $16 million annually, would’ve applied to improvements in Kansas City, Kansas, only.

Wyandotte County, KS · 2d

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Wyandotte County leaders approve revised STAR bond ordinance

Wyandotte County leaders approved a revised ordinance Thursday night that outlines which local sales taxes and from which boundaries will be used as a source of repayment of STAR bonds

Wyandotte County, KS · 1d

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Jackson County voters approve COMBAT anticrime sales tax for public safety

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Jackson County voters approved the Community Based Anticrime Tax, known as COMBAT, with more than 70% voting in favor of a quarter-cent sales tax. COMBAT Director Murray Woodard said the result reflects community support for public safety funding. “I think it shows us that the...

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Cleaver clinches another House term after Missouri redistricting saga

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) is projected to roll to victory Tuesday, securing a 12th term in Missouri’s 5th District comprising Kansas City, according to Decision Desk HQ. Cleaver, a former Congressional Black Caucus chair, defeated Rick Brattin, a Republican state senator and former Marine who had allied himself closely with President Trump. Cleaver led Brattin…

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Residents question KCK school officials about parent communication, special education

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools: Board Listening & Learning Session (Oct. 19, 2026) By Kenneth Heermann, Kansas City Documenter See more about this meeting at Documenters.org Summary Notes KCKPS Strategic Plan and Priorities Student Learning and Pathways People and Talent Retention and Growth Supportive School Climate and Positive Student Experience Family and Community Partnerships and […] The post Residents question KCK school officials about parent communication, special education appeared first on The Beacon .

Kansas City, KS · 1d

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Lenexa meeting gets heated as councilmember calls for censure of colleagues over open meetings violation

The Lenexa City Council meeting on Tuesday devolved into finger-pointing as two councilmembers went back and forth in a heated exchange over a ruling that several councilmembers broke Kansas’ open meetings law. From the dais on Tuesday, Councilmember Bill Nicks accused four other councilmembers of “secretly involving” him in...

Lenexa, KS · 1d

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Leawood council rebuffs last-ditch effort to save historic city hall

Leawood City Council members on Monday rebuffed a last-ditch request by a former councilmember to allow fundraising to save the 73-year-old former city hall building. Former councilmember Debra Filla presented the city council with a request to set up a working committee of city staff, residents, the Leawood Foundation, city council and commission members that would seek pledges to raise $1 million in the next year and a half toward repairs and remediation needed to keep the building.

Leawood, KS · 12h

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Overland Park invites residents to name city snowplows

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Winter is around the corner, and dedicated snowplow drivers are gearing up to keep city streets safe, clear and passable. Meanwhile, the city is clearing the way for residents to once again pick the names for this season’s snowplows. Last year, Overland Park residents...

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