Third-year Japanese summer festival in Merriam adds 20-plus vendors and tighter safety controls instead of chasing bigger crowds.

Merak Development wants to turn the historic Grand on Beacon Hill into housing for seniors and veterans earning up to 30% of the area median income.

Range 23 is folding its taproom into one Oak Street building as a splash pad and 92 new apartments rise nearby.

The festival honoring Delaware chief Henry Tiblow returns downtown with a new under-18 curfew and American Idol runner-up Will Moseley headlining Saturday.

Police found a man with gunshot wounds outside the busy Hy-Vee and clinic complex Friday afternoon. No arrests have been announced.

Coach Krishna Lee turned down Baker University to lead Parkville's new Pirates squad, aiming for roughly 15 players by spring.

Michael D. Shimon, already a registered sex offender, faces federal charges after Dropbox flagged a video tied to his account.

Mayor Quinton Lucas says the airport's 500-megawatt solar plan, once pitched to power a third of KC homes, has no restart date.

Davion Gunion, 25, won't be eligible for parole until he serves at least 12.75 years, per Missouri's dangerous-felony law.

A mild Friday is the last easy day before Kansas City heads into a week of upper-90s heat. Sunday could reach 98 degrees.

A 911 caller reported a shooting near Plymouth; two dead adults were found on Route D, and a suspect was detained.

The alleged kidnapping prompted an AMBER Alert before troopers stopped the car on I-70.

Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 say a uniformed guard's badge and patrol car turned public sidewalks into hunting grounds near Benton Boulevard.