Kansas City News

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the operators of a party bus from which a young mother fell to her death in May. Kansas Highway Patrol officers investigate an accident that claimed the life of 26-year-old Jamie Frecks of Kansas City, Kan.

The 1981 Mel Brooks film The History of the World, Part 1 includes a famous line from King Louis XVI who exclaims, "It's good to be the king," as his character takes advantage of one of the perks of his lofty title.

A Kansas City, Kan., utility company is investigating reports that a downed power line at a public park was left unattended for more than 11 hours before a man was electrocuted.

A Kansas City man supported a "nascent" plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing.

A Kansas City man supported a "nascent" plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing.

The food pantries in the Kansas City metro have been doing record business since the economic downturn of 2008.

It is an old city, especially compared to others west of the Mississippi, fueled in its early years by farming money and trade from settlers heading west.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require voters to show proof of citizenship.

A Wyandotte County judge dealt a serious blow Monday to price-fixing claims that Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. brought against the egg industry.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Monday he has asked state officials to investigate an immigration reform rally that was held outside his Wyandotte County home.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Everyone calls him Bill Atkinson. Before that, he was Stephen Michael Doe.

"Venice," the futuristic, Shakespeare-inspired hip-hop musical, premiered three years ago at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, began performances in New York on May 28 and officially opened June 13 at the Public Theater in New York as part of the company's developmental LAB series.

The farm-to-library movement gets a jump tonight with Plant the Seed: Urban Grown Farms & Gardens Tour Kickoff.

Speakers at a town hall meeting in Kansas City, Kan., said most Kansans support immigration report - despite the views of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, The Kansas City Star reports.

Nicholas Moeder was in a Kansas City, Kan., park early Sunday when he tripped over the live power line and became entangled in it.

Just three years after The University of Kansas opened its Bioscience and Technology Business Center, construction is beginning on an addition that will more than double the space available for tenants.

More than 5,000 abandoned houses present Kansas City with a pricey problem every summer.

A fast-moving torrent whacked the Kansas City area Saturday, abruptly halting outdoor events, leaving thousands without power and keeping emergency crews hopping with water rescues and downed trees.

Locals contradict Red State hype given that GOP anti-Latino attitudes are changing because they'd like to win a Presidential Election sometime in the next 20 years.

For the past 11 years Starlight Theatre 's educational outreach program recognized high school musical theater students and their productions across the metropolitan Kansas City area with nominations in about 20 categories of competition In some cases nominations for Starlight Theatre's Annual Blue Star Awards were broken into Tier I and II ... (more)