Kansas City News

Kansas City, Mo., School District officials are locking down Central High School Tuesday after a violent day in and and near the school.

Police in Kansas City, Mo., say one worker has died following a crane accident at a construction site near downtown.Police spokesman Capt.

Kansas City Water Department officials announced they have set up a fund to help some water customers pay water and sewer bills.

KANSAS CITY, MO a ' One person is transported to a local hospital overnight following a house fire in Kansas City.

An inspection at Kansas City's police department crime lab highlights more than a dozen problems that must be fixed before the lab's accreditation can be renewed.

Crown Center Ice Terrace is open until March 2010. It's uncommon for something to remain popular for more than a decade.

Scott Roeder has confessed to the shooting of a Kansas abortion provider. The 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man told The Associated Press in a telephone call from jail Monday that he plans to use the so-called necessity defense at his trial.

Jackson County prosecutors say a Kansas City man was arrested after allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl in what he considered an arranged marriage.

Need proof we live in a pinball world? Lisa Long was driving through Cass County farm country last week when somebody _ maybe a mile or more away _ pulled the trigger on a high-powered rifle.

" Police busted two home meth labs Monday. Officers have four people in custody.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' Kansas City Police opened fire on a suspect early Sunday morning.

The manhole is approximately 200 feet from an unnamed tributary that flows into the Houston Lake.

ST. LOUIS a ' The rough economic times have claimed another bank in the region. Gateway Bank of St.

" A rap protest highlighted an unusually lively meeting for the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority, which unanimously approved a development agreement for a new weapons facility on Friday.

A man believed to be in his twenties was shot to death near 116th and Holiday yesterday afternoon.

Gates, along with Arthur Bryant's, are the two descendants of Kansas City's founding father of BBQ, Henry Perry.

" One woman is dead and another in critical condition after a tragic accident Thursday in Grandview.

As the financial crisis rolls on, SNL presents a weekly news summary of the latest bank failures.

When the Mayor's Christmas Tree was unloaded at Crown Center Square, Michael Kimmel was almost buried in boughs in 2002.

After becoming empty nesters a couple of years ago, Doug and Pat Jennings flew their suburban coop in Johnson County to give downtown Kansas City condominium living a try.