Top Kansas City news: Double shooting kills 1, injures child; capital murder charges in bar shooting

Top Kansas City news: Double shooting kills 1, injures child; capital murder charges in bar shootingPhoto: Stuart Seeger/Flickr
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Published on January 09, 2020

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Kansas City.

Internet issues caused major delays at airport Wednesday morning

The Kansas City International Airport warned passengers to check-in from home and arrive early to avoid missing their flights Wednesday morning after internet issues made it difficult for passengers to check in.

Read the full story on KMBC.

Floods, bankruptcies, trade wars, politics: What agriculture means for Kansas City in 2020

The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. 

Read the full story on KCUR.

Northeast neighborhoods use courts to gain control over vacant problem properties

A growing number of abandoned and vacant houses in the northeast neighborhoods has citizen groups taking matters into their own hands.

Read the full story on Fox 4 Kansas City.

Capital murder charges filed in Kansas City bar shooting

Charges against two men accused in a shooting at a crowded Kansas bar that left four people dead and five injured have been upgraded to capital murder, giving prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty. The amended charges were filed Wednesday against Hugo Villanueva-Morales and Javier Alatorre in the Oct. 6 shooting at Tequila KC Bar in Kansas City.

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.

1 person killed, child injured in double shooting 

Kansas City police said one person was shot and killed and a child was also shot and injured  at the Blue Valley Court Townhomes near 23rd Street and Wheeling Avenue just before 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Read the full story on Fox 4 Kansas City.


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