Michael Wayne Schmidt was killed in the city's third fatal police shooting of 2026, officials say.

Suspects stole and vandalized a pride flag in the Sherwood Estates area. Police are offering two tip lines for leads.

Curtis Thaxton, 45, was struck on US 169; investigators believe a black Hyundai Tucson may have been involved.

Angelo Jones, 40, was shot twice from behind after being denied restroom access near 39th and Main, prosecutors say.

Seat belt use may have saved a 70-year-old driver after his SUV flipped multiple times east of Stewartsville.

Samuel Martin Franks died at the scene after his truck left the highway near Mission Road and struck a crash cushion.

Bystanders pulled the pilot from the wreckage and began CPR before crews arrived near Windsor. His spouse was at the scene.

Mark and Karen Hatcher were killed when their Jeep left I-435, crossed a lot, and hit a parked semi-trailer near Executive Drive.

Gabriel Hill has a pretrial conference scheduled after a May 3 shooting near N. 65th and Sandusky killed James Thomas, 34, inside his own home.

A roughly 3-year-old girl in beaded braids can't say her name or her parents'. Police are stumped after an area canvass turned up nothing.

A Beloit man and an 18-year-old Kansas City driver died at the scene; three more were hospitalized after a Franklin County head-on crash.

A gray Toyota Camry hit two utility poles and two trees near 73rd Street, leaving the driver hospitalized overnight.

A boy known only as Will, about 3 feet 6 inches tall, was found alone at a Kansas City gas station Friday afternoon.