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Delay in final report on KC Plaza explosion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:55:49 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Missouri Public Service Commission says it needs more time before it issues a final report on a fatal explosion at a Kansas City restaurant.

Missouri couple admit $2.8M embezzlement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:34 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A northwest Missouri couple who authorities say were heavy gamblers have pleaded guilty to a $2.8 million embezzlement and check-kiting scheme.

KCK utility investigating man's electrocution

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:33 -0400

SHAWNEE, Kansas - A Kansas City, Kansas, utility is investigating reports that a downed power line at a public park was left unattended for more than 11 hours before a man was electrocuted, despite several calls made to report the problem.

Man dies in KC police custody

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:59:04 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A man has died after a struggle with Kansas City police officers.

Kansas City's downtown area losing office tenants

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:31:24 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The massive makeover of the greater downtown Kansas City over the past decade was intended in part to draw businesses, but census figures show the area has lost nearly 20 percent of its private employees over the last decade.

Man abandoned in 1972 in Kansas seeks answers

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:28:44 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Everyone calls him Bill Atkinson. Before that, he was Stephen Michael Doe. And before that, well, that's the mystery.

KC investigators say house fire is suspicious

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:05:37 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Investigators say a fire at a south Kansas City home is being investigated as suspicious.

2 men drown in Mo. lakes

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:29:44 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Two Missouri State Highway Patrol says two men have drowned in Missouri lakes.

2 KC area banks robbed

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:08:12 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Robbers hit two Kansas City area banks Saturday, and one incident led to a police chase and standoff with a suspect.

Kansas City man exonerated of 1983 rape

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:38:22 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A 49-year-old Kansas City man convicted in a 1983 rape is out of prison after DNA testing exonerated him and implicated another man.

Site of Superman's Kansas hometown up for debate

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:14:37 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas community is staking its claim as the hometown of one of the world's most recognizable superheroes with a temporary name change, but it hasn't ended the debate over where the Man of Steel grew up.

KC cracking down on parking violations

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:49:31 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City officials have announced plans to revamp the city's approach to downtown parking violations in a bid aimed in part at freeing up space for visitors and retail customers.

Judge urges consensus in Belcher custody fight

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:11:16 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Jackson County probate judge on Thursday urged both sides vying for custody of the daughter of a Kansas City Chiefs football player who fatally shot the girl's mother before killing himself to reach a consensus, or he'll be forced to issue his own ruling next week.

Southbound I-35 in KC area partly reopened

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:27:03 -0400

LIBERTY, Missouri - Southbound Interstate 35 has partly reopened in the Kansas City area after a tractor-trailer overturned.

Police arrest suspected thief of Benton artwork

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:14:17 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A man accused of trying to steal an original sketch from the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio in Kansas City didn't provide much of a challenge for police.

KC hospital gets $200K EPA grant

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:07:56 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City hospital has been awarded a $200,000 federal grant to teach health care students about environmental hazards that can affect children in their homes.

Kansas City teen to throw 1st pitch via telerobot

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:46:26 -0400

OAKLAND, California - From some 1,800 miles away in Kansas City, Missouri, 13-year-old Nick LeGrande threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Yankees-Athletics game Wednesday night.

Cain HR, Hosmer single lead Royals over Tigers 3-2

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:51:34 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - After striking out his first three times, Lorenzo Cain came through in the ninth inning for the Kansas City Royals.

H&R Block 4Q profit rises, but misses Street view

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:34:07 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - H&R Block Inc. said last-minute changes to tax laws, a delayed start to the filing season and new fraud controls created hurdles for the company in this year's tax season.

Court reject KC man's appeal in rape cases

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:37:40 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Missouri appeals court has upheld the convictions and 18 life sentences for a Kansas City man blamed for a series of sexual attacks that terrorized the city's Waldo neighborhood in the 1980s.

Man sentenced in stabbing at Mo. community college

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:38:28 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A man who stabbed an administrator at a Kansas City community college on a day when Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Royals sign first-round pick Hunter Dozier

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:46:06 -0400

KANSAS CITY, MO. - The Kansas City Royals have signed first-round draft pick Hunter Dozier for $2.2 million.

Slain girl's mom upset with death penalty delay

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:34:26 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City, Kansas, woman whose daughter was killed more than a decade ago said she blames the federal government for holding up death penalty appeals for the man convicted of the brutal slaying.

Psych exam dropped for mom of child in closet

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:22:44 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City woman was ordered to undergo a psychological exam years before authorities rescued her malnourished daughter from a locked closet in the woman's home, but a family court commissioner canceled the exam without explanation, according to court documents.

Gordon, Hosmer help Royals win 5th straight

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:18:11 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Luis Mendoza finally figured out what he needs to do to succeed at home.