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FOX4 Announces New Evening Anchor
KANSAS CITY, MO (May 20, 2024) – Starting May 27, 2024, Brea Love will anchor FOX4 News at 5PM and 9PM. She joins the most-watched Kansas City evening news team with John Holt, Loren Halifax, Kevin Barry, and Meteorologist Joe Lauria. FOX4 Evening News is the top-rated local news in Kansas City.
Independence store to bring fresh produce to location in ‘food desert’
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - A produce section is one thing that will be added to a Dollar General location in Independence. The company announced plans to remodel its store at 1110 S. Yuma, east of MO-291 on East Truman Road. The company said customers will be able to expect to...
Woman missing since 2022 identified months after bones were found, Oklahoma cops say
Months after human bones were found on the side of an Oklahoma highway, officials say they belonged to a 27-year-old woman who’s been missing since 2022. Christianna Laniel was homeless when she was last seen in Checotah in September 2022, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
Prosecutor: Man charged after helping someone try to take their own life
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 41-year-old man was charged on Friday after he was accused of helping someone try to take their own life. The Clay County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office stated that Christopher Ryan Crownover of Kansas City, Missouri, was charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.
After Harrison Butker post, Kansas City mayor says female city staff are being threatened online
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says that “inflammatory rhetoric” from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has ignited a wave of violent and racist online harassment against female employees at City Hall. It’s the latest fallout from a controversial commencement address Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered last...
Evergy working to restore power to thousands after Sunday night storms
Evergy released a statement saying severe storms caused heavy winds to down power lines and trees with the worst damage felt in Hutchinson and Newton, Kansas, as well as the Kansas City metro.
Kansas City-area homeowners can drop off storm debris at these locations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - People across the metro awoke Monday to trees and limbs scattered across their yards and neighborhoods. City leaders are working to help property owners clean up the mess left behind by Mother nature. This is how people can dispose of storm debris. KANSAS. Kansas City,...
Mo. senators, not taxpayers, will pay potential damages in Chiefs rally shooting case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will have to pay out of their own pockets if they lose defamation cases filed against them for falsely accusing a Kansas man of being one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. Missouri's Republican Gov....
Isolated showers and thunderstorms this morning and afternoon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Today is a First Alert Weather Impact Day for isolated showers and thunderstorms that may produce gusty wind and hail this morning and afternoon, though the odds of a storm impacting your community are low today. Warm and very humid. High 82. Tomorrow is a First Alert Weather Alert Day for the risk of scattered severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. While numerous thunderstorms are not expected, any storms that do develop during this time ahead of an eastward-racing cold front could produce damaging wind, large hail and a few tornadoes. Very warm and windy. High 88. Mostly sunny and cooler on Wednesday. High 74. Mostly sunny on Thursday. High 78. Chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Highs around 80. Mostly sunny on Memorial Day. High 79.
KCPD: Speeding driver involved in rollover crash on 71 Highway
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department is investigating whether impairment was a factor in a rollover crash on 71 Highway. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday on 71 Highway near 35th Street. According to KCPD, the driver of a black Cadillac XTS was speeding...
To stop illegal dumping, Kansas City Council considers increasing surveillance and penalties
The Kansas City Council this week will debate legislation aimed at stopping a persistent annoyance: illegal trash dumping. People frequentlyleave garbage and large items like mattresses in the city’s vacant lots, which are more common in lower-income areas. “You know, these are neighborhoods with kids and families and folks...
Trial scheduled for former Olathe East High School shooting suspect
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - The trial for a former student accused of bringing a gun that led to a shooting at Olathe East High School is scheduled to begin early next year. A Johnson County Judge scheduled Jaylon Elmore’s trial to begin on Jan. 27, 2025, and set aside five days for the case.
KC engineering firm puts down $5K for tornado recovery efforts
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - A Kansas City engineering consulting firm has handed out $5,000 to two international relief agencies for local tornado recovery efforts. The Terracon Foundation recently announced that it has handed out two $2,500 grants to support efforts to recover from tornadoes that touched down in late April. Community relief is set to be provided through Direct Relief and the Tornado Reilief Fund at The Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
More Kansas City schoolkids are asking for help with their mental health. A few are finding it
Takeaways: Melvin White sits with his generation at a demographic Ground Zero for mental stress. The Schlagle High School junior survived COVID isolation during middle school. He’s never known a world without smartphones. And he’s finishing high school amid the FOMO energy of a social media world in its own adolescence. All of those factors, […] The post More Kansas City schoolkids are asking for help with their mental health. A few are finding it appeared first on The Beacon.
Three charged for shots fired near Shawnee Soccer Complex
INSTITUTE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Three individuals have been charged in relation to an incident of shots fired near Shawnee Soccer Complex in the Institute area on Sunday. According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched just before 3:00 in the afternoon with regard to shots […]
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