Kansas City News

KANSAS CITY, Kan. a ' Five firefighters were injured Saturday morning while fighting a vacant house fire.

One line of cars that will be lost when Merle Snider Motors is no longer an authorized General Motors dealer is Cadillac.

A Kansas City, Kan., house fire sent 10 people, including eight children, to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday morning.

" It's been a busy month for authorities across the nation. More than 35,000 fugitives, including one Kansas City, Kan., man, were taken off the streets in Operation FALCON, a massive yearly warrant sweep spearheaded by the United States Marshall's Service.

Kansas City police say a 54-year-old man died when a part for scaffolding he was setting up outside a building fell and hit him on the head.

Lenexa police and the Johnson County Sheriff's office say they have solved rape case dating back to 1994 using DNA testing.

Prosecutors have upgraded the charges against a Kansas City, Kan., man in connection with the death of a 10-month-old. The Wyandotte County, Kan., District Attorney charged Anderson Cheffen, 31, with first-degree murder on Tuesday.

The man who died in a scaffolding accident in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri on Wednesday morning has been identified as 54-year-old Kimberly McKinley of Kansas City, Kansas.

Allstate's 2009 'America's Best Drivers Report" ranks Kansas City, KS drivers 15th out of the nation's 200 biggest cities.

According to the information, LaDuron worked for Elephantine Corporation beginning in 1999 through at least November 2003.

Wyandotte County prosecutors upgraded the charges against a Kansas City, Kan., man.

A Kansas City, Kan., man accused of child abuse is now facing a murder charge.Anderson Cheffen was charged with first-degree murder today in Wyandotte County District Court in connection with the June 17 abuse of a 10-month-old baby, a release from District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman said.

Fire investigators are looking into what caused a fire at a Kansas City, Kan., temple over the weekend.The fire was reported at 2:20 a.m. Sunday at the Moorish Science Temple of America No.

A fire destroyed the law firm of Rosie Quinn and Associates this morning in Kansas City, Kan.Kansas City, Kan., Assistant Fire Chief Craig Duke said the department has investigators at the scene to determine a cause.

A game involving Roman candles led to a garage fire at a Kansas City, Kan., duplex.

Margaret Tascar would probably be in a nursing home, the 84-year-old says, if not for a state program that helps the elderly stay in their own homes.The service pays for a cleaning woman to stop by Tascars Overland Park apartment to do the type of housework Tascars bad knees no longer permit.

Authorities are investigating after explosive devices and a man's body were found inside the same Kansas City, Kan., home.

Local fire departments doused two vacant house fires early this morning.An arson fire gutted an empty home at 2823 Oakley Ave.

Terry "Harmonica" Bean performed at the blues festival Saturday afternoon. The two-day Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival concluded Saturday at 13th Street and State Avenue.

A man was found dead with military ordnance inside a house in the 4400 block of Eaton on July 3, 2009 in Kansas City, Kan.