KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man is facing charges in connection with a 2021 deadly shooting of a 16-year-old girl in Independence. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced Wednesday ...

An 18-year-old was killed and several other teenagers were injured in a crash that ended with the vehicle on fire in rural ...

Elayjah Murray, 18, was reported missing by family members to Independence police on Nov 28. Authorities found her remains on Nov. 29 in south Kansas City. Submitted Nearly three months after police ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly three months after police found a missing Independence woman dead in south Kansas City, charges have been filed against a ...

A Cherokee County man was sentenced Monday to two consecutive life sentences in the deaths of two Southwest Missouri men.

Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced Friday that Sai Praveen Kommana is charged with financial exploitation of ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The family of the man killed in an Independence dog attack hopes positive changes can be made in their son’s honor. But they said now isn’t the time for a renewed debate on pit ...

"It's absurd, and really unfair. . . To the people who lost Lisa, they would want a little more justice than that," said ...

Summer of the Arts has announced the 2026 schedule for its Music on the Move concert series, which will bring free live ...

Violent and serious crime filings in Linn County declined in 2025 when compared with a three-year average, according to ...

At the behest of the art-loving Obamas, Virginia Shore, the center’s curator of commissions, has contracted 30 artists to ...

A few months after Elayjah Murray's murder, friends and family gathered to celebrate what would have been her 19th birthday with a balloon release on March 7.