Kansas City

Authorities say a plane has slid off the taxiway at Kansas City International Airport due to icy conditions that also have closed schools, universities government offices. KMBC-TV reports that airport spokesman Joe McBride said Delta Airlines A319 was taxiing from the terminal Friday morning when...

Court records say an actress accused of killing her mom in suburban Kansas City told 911 operators and police that she was acting in self-defense. But medical examiners found no signs to support her claims. Mollie Fitzgerald, 38, had a small role in the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger.”...

Authorities are investigating after a 32-year-old school administrator died days after he was found unresponsive in his holding cell at a Kansas City area police station. Police say Terry “TJ” Farmer had been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and was taken to a hospital twice while in...

A former Kansas City area TV meteorologist has won a Kansas Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of one of the Legislature's most conservative members. Mike Thompson, who served as chief meteorologist for WDAF until he retired in 2018, was chosen Saturday to replace retiring Republican Mary...

A man charged with setting a fire that killed his estranged girlfriend and two of her children in Kansas has now been charged with capital murder. Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree announced the upgraded charges Wednesday against Ismael Caballero in their deaths in Kansas City, Kansas...

Hallmark Cards Inc. will cut about 400 jobs worldwide, including 325 at its headquarters of Kansas City, Missouri, the company said Monday. Hallmark will offer buyouts before turning to layoffs. The company said affected workers will receive severance pay and assistance as they seek new jobs. CEO...

A Missouri man whose conviction was overturned after he spent more than two years in prison is suing the federal public defender's office. Aaron Winters, 30, says in his lawsuit that his public defender told him to plead guilty even though he was innocent. Winters was sentenced to 30 months in...

A man has been charged in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and two of her children whose bodies were found after a house fire in Kansas City, Kansas. Prosecutors say Ismael Caballero. 31, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of arson. He is jailed on $1 million bond...

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the deaths of a mother and two children whose bodies were found after a house fire in Kansas City, Kansas. The cause of death and a motive weren’t immediately released. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 4:35 a.m. Monday. The victims have been...

Patrick Mahomes kept scrounging around the Kansas City sideline for a score update from New England, and all the Chiefs quarterback learned was that Tom Brady had thrown a touchdown pass and an interception against Miami. That news blackout was by design. Andy Reid didn't want anybody to know what...