Top Kansas City Area Local News Stories
Source: KMBC.com - Local News
Smithton School in Pettis County was placed on lockdown Friday morning after a suspicious device was found.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:39:58 CST
Two people died in an apartment fire early Friday morning in Shawnee.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:58:32 CST
The Lawrence police chief confirms two police officers agreed to fix traffic tickets in exchange for free tickets to University of Kansas basketball games.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:31:46 CST
Kansas City police are asking for the public's help in finding a 35-year-old missing man.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:24:26 CST
A 7-year-old boy who lost his legs in a riding lawnmower accident four years ago has learned to do just about everything any other first-grader would do.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:45:30 CST
Emotions and protests underscore a week of debate over new immigration laws for the state of Kansas.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:26:03 CST
Kansas lawmakers are thinking about allowing grocery stores to sell liquor, wine and stronger beer.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:19:33 CST
The death of a mid-Missouri toddler in what had been reported as a highway hit-and-run is now being investigated as a fatal beating.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:50:45 CST
Kansas City's Liberty Memorial is undergoing a house-cleaning project.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:24:59 CST
Researchers looking into organic baby formulas say they have found dangerous levels of arsenic in some of them.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:06:50 CST
A mother and the baby she delivered shortly after a wreck on Interstate 35 near Gardner continue to improve, the woman's husband reports.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:03:31 CST
The investigation into a threat that prompted a school lockdown in Cameron Wednesday has led to a second arrest.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:28:40 CST
A man who drove a car that was involved in a fatal drive-by shooting of a teenager 16 months ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:40:05 CST
The Missouri Senate passes a measure that would let people put cellphone numbers on the state's no-call list for telemarketers.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:12:27 CST
Officials investigate how war scenes were placed on Missouri's state government website.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:59:04 CST
Kansas City police are investigating after the tires on some cars in the Union Hill area were slashed.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:16:01 CST
Kansas City police ask the public to help identify two men they want to speak to in connection with a homicide investigation.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:39:42 CST
The Leavenworth Police Department asked the public to help find a man with outstanding arrest warrants on two murder charges.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:48:14 CST
Lee's Summit police say the 13-year-old girl who was accidentally shot at a home on Northeast Castle Drive is improving and ready for physical therapy.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:24:22 CST
A spokesman for the Kansas Capitol Police says a man whose pickup was found to contain homemade bombs near the Statehouse has been released from custody.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:28:26 CST