"The Full Tilt Film Festival — slated for Aug. 28-29 across various venues in Kansas City, Missouri — is expected to feature ...

From near the road our blog community knows as the local "highway of death" here's the aftermath report and info that police ...

Springtime gatherings continue as the midterm season of protest hits a crescendo. Check dead-tree promotion of an upcoming ...

Residents in the Kansas City region witnessed a range of hail sizes falling from the sky as severe storms moved through Tuesday evening. Hail the size of grapefruit, baseballs, apples, tennis balls, ...

Today's courtroom setback and as this case about ID and toilets moves forward . . . "A Douglas County District Court judge ruled that the law may be enforced during an ongoing lawsuit by transgender ...

"The citizens who founded the group “Stop the AI Data Center in Independence” filed a lawsuit against the city of Independence on Monday. "This comes one week after the Independence City Council ...

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson explained in more detail Tuesday her decision to drop murder charges against a suspect charged in the deadly Chiefs rally killing.

"The pursuit moved into the Northeast corridor as the suspect vehicle headed westbound on Independence Avenue at high speeds. The chase came to an abrupt end at the intersection of Independence and ...

"The Leavenworth City Commission voted to approve a special use permit for CoreCivic. Mayor Pro Tem Hollister was the lone no vote. This opens the door to allow the company to reopen its facility in ...

A peek at the discourse amid widespread community outcry for a great many reasons . . . Clergy from Kansas and Missouri came together in Leavenworth on Monday afternoon to urge city commissioners not ...

New reporter Jenna Ebbers joins The Star to cover Kansas City's Northland.

"The Independence Police Department is considering two policy changes. The first option would keep the current pursuit policy as is, but would add more supervisor oversight on decisions to terminate ...