Kansas City’s indie bookstore scene is thriving, and we’ve rounded up 22 different spots in the area for book lovers to check out. The Star Growing up in Kansas City’s Northland in the 2000s, if you ...

Andrea Cothran was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the 2023 fatal shooting of Fairway police officer Jonah Oswald ...

Chiefs will not start or play Patrick Mahomes in the 2026 preseason opener. Andy Reid said Justin Fields, Garrett Nussmeier and Chris Oladokun will take reps. Several starters remain out of practice, ...

A crime scene investigator with the Kansas City Police Department works at the scene of a fatal shooting near the intersection of East 28th Street and Wabash Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 13. Nathan ...

Bill Self disagrees with experts who label the 2026–27 team a fringe Top 25 squad. Self says freshman Tyran Stokes will likely be the most talented player most nights. He says he had knee replacement, ...

Tracy L. Kellerstrass, 52, of Cameron, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison without parole for bank fraud. Getty Images A northwest Missouri woman was sentenced in federal court for ...

Howard Hoff, a resident of North Bly Road, becomes emotional during a Guard Alliance press conference at Grace Bible Church on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Independence. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com ...

A rendering shows a new courtyard centered around a tower on the 1000 block of Eighth Street in the West Bottoms neighborhood. Developers plan to revitalize eight buildings into a mixed-use district.

A kitchen fire stemmed from an electrical issue halted lunch service at Vietnam Cafe Thursday afternoon. Noelle Alviz-Gransee The Star Customers and employees were evacuated from a Columbus Park ...

The typical local move costs a median of about $145 - a fraction of the four-figure sum a whole-home or long-distance relocation runs. New York City is the costliest metro for a local move at about ...

The MEAC is adding an HBCU from the SWAC and a PWI from the Big South for women's flag football. Mississippi Valley State and Gardner-Webb will join as associate members in the sport during the ...

I started realizing how much I hadn’t dealt with,” artist Kassim Hardaway said, “and also how little space we, as people in ...