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A proposal scheduled to be unveiled Thursday night could increase the property tax rate for both Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County. According to Commissioner Tom Burroughs, the plan County Administrator David Johnston has would increase the mil or property tax rate five points each in the city and county and would potentially raise an additional $20 million in revenues for the Unified Government.

One person is dead and another is critically injured after a crash involving two vehicles on Blue Ridge Boulevard and Eastern Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday afternoon.

Joy Meadows Foster Care Community opened its Linwood campus in 2020. Since then, it’s expanded its housing program, therapy services, and other support for children in the foster care system and their families. It has served as a source of stability with wraparound services with 6,800 people coming through their doors in 2024.

Ants and winged bugs floated in two bottles of liquor at the Overland Park bar and grill located near Metcalf and 135th Street. Mold grew on lemons in the cooler. A follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for The Brew Top by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old girl.

A Kansas City summer music camp is providing children with opportunities to explore music, acting, and dancing while fostering creativity and personal growth.

Starting August 1, the U.S. will slap 50% tariffs on a range of Brazilian imports, including beef, soybeans, and coffee, in a move President Trump says is meant to send a political message to the Brazilian government.

K-12 funding already approved by Congress is being withheld from Kansas public schools. State and local education officials say vulnerable populations will feel the most impact.

Montgomery County authorities are investigating after five dogs were found shot and left to die near Liberty, Kansas.

Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins, a Republican, told Axios on Wednesday he's standing by his claim that the state administration stalled for months on stadium talks and that the Kansas City Chiefs told him so directly.