Fifth grader Jakobe Weakland says he already loves the new playground at the former O'Hara High School site.

Health officials in tiny Axtell, Kansas, want festival-goers to fill out a survey after Salmonella cases surfaced following the festival.

Terrance Sims spent years fighting felony and misdemeanor charges tied to a $20 sex-offender registration fee he says he could not afford.

The Chillicothe man fell after leaning back on a rooftop-bar railing, witnesses say.

Luke Howard fled to a Missouri Walgreens covered in blood before confessing to killing Valerie Howard and Joyce Austin.

Temporary murals and planters at a Midtown crosswalk worked so well the city built them to last.

A patrol officer returned fire after being shot at near Heritage Park in St. Joseph. The suspect vanished into a wooded area and remains at large.

Security cameras at a Bucyrus farm store first mistook the hopping visitor for an injured deer. It was a kangaroo.

UMKC just posted a third straight record enrollment, but researchers warn every incoming class after this one is expected to be smaller.

The warehouse will bring an optical center, pharmacy and tire shop to the U.S. 50/291 interchange, plus 175 to 200 new jobs.

Officers found the victim unresponsive at dawn on NW 62nd Terrace after a caller reported a medical emergency inside.

A Sunday night shooting on Hasbrook Avenue left a woman dead as police investigate.

Clouds give way to a warmer Monday in Kansas City, but the real heat arrives this weekend with highs near 93.