Five severely malnourished greyhounds rescued from Oklahoma are now beginning a painstaking recovery in Leawood, with Kansas City volunteers handling medical care, feeding and comfort.

A scholarship honoring slain Kansas City teen Santino Gonzalez will help aspiring barbers pursue training and careers.

A personal memorial cross has vanished from an Independence tree, leaving behind broken hardware and unanswered questions.

A special-use permit could decide whether Starfish Project can open its larger Olathe location. Neighbors support the mission but remain divided over traffic and the site’s fit.

Kansas City approved up to $500,000 for emergency repairs at the North Lawn Apartments after tenants reported weeks without power, stolen wiring and unsafe units.

Loud booms across the Kansas City metro this week were likely caused by Fort Leavenworth training and a nearby transmission‑line project. Officials urged residents to monitor official channels.

A longtime Kansas City nonprofit opens a new east-side center on Aug. 1, 2026, to centralize counseling, legal help and wound care for survivors of violence. The day will include a community back-to-school celebration.

Olathe Municipal Court will accept new school supplies in lieu of qualifying traffic and parking fines through Aug. 4, offering up to a $50 credit per donor.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy rolled past Eureka as sweltering crowds lined Route 66; dozens were treated for heat‑related illness and Meramec Ambulance District called for mutual aid. No fatalities were reported.

Kanbe’s Markets is placing produce coolers in neighborhood stores across KC and says it aims to reach about 130 partners as part of a plan to expand fresh‑food access.

An anonymous Jackson County player turned a $20 Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket into a $100,000 win after buying a ticket at a BP on Hickman Mills Drive.

ReStart's Family Lodge converts a Midtown hotel into 45 furnished transitional apartments for families. Volunteers and partners are outfitting units ahead of a ribbon-cutting this week.

A Ring doorbell recorded a FedEx driver using a racial slur while delivering to a Black‑owned Kansas City brokerage; FedEx says the worker is no longer providing service.