Kansas City

Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven of America’s most violent cities through a surge in federal resources. Attorney General Barr pledged to intensify federal law enforcement resources...

A criminal affidavit that led to charges against two Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office employees alleges a sergeant at the county jail beat up a handcuffed inmate whose arm was being held by a deputy. Sgt. David Toland and Deputy Marcus Johnson were charged last month, but details of the September...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says flooding on the Missouri River in the Kansas City district has officially ended. Col. Bill Hannan, commander of the Kansas City District, announced Monday emergency operations were ending and the district was returning to normal operations. The announcement...

A man arrested in Mexico last week on four first-degree murder charges following an October shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar is now jailed in Wyandotte County. Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 30, was booked Saturday night into the Wyandotte County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.Villanueva-...

A security guard who claimed he was defending himself when he fatally shot a man outside a Kansas City bar has been convicted of second-degree murder. Christopher Jones, 37, was convicted Thursday in the June 2018 shooting at the Yum Yum Bar & Grill. Prosecutors say Jones and another security...

A federal grand jury has convicted a Virginia man of helping to swindle women across the country out of nearly $3 million in a fraud scheme. Prosecutors say Henry Asomani, 34, of Dumfries, Virginia, used proceeds collected from unknown co-conspirators, who contacted people who had posted ads on...

A second man is in custody in connection with a shooting at a Kansas bar that killed four people and injured five others. Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman Jonathon Westbrook said Thursday that law enforcement arrested Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 29, on Wednesday in Mexico. He is a suspect in the...

Kansas City, Kansas, police say a badly burned body was found inside a barrel near a cemetery. Police spokesman Jonathon Westbrook says the body of a man was found Wednesday after a passerby told police a human limb was sticking out of the barrel. Westbrook said it appeared someone tried to burn...

Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and the unrivaled leader in sports radio, and the Kansas City Chiefs have announced a multiyear agreement. 106.5 The Wolf (WDAF-FM) has been named as the new flagship station of the 70 station Chiefs Radio Network and home of the Chiefs beginning...

Kansas City Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy and his former girlfriend have reached a settlement in a lawsuit she filed against him, court records show. Delicia Cordon filed the lawsuit last year accusing McCoy of failing to protect her from a violent July 2018 home invasion at a home he owns in...