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According to the CDC, between 2019 and 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths rose 350 percent.
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Patty Prewitt is serving a life sentence for the death of her husband, Bill, in 1984.
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Franco’s death is outlined in charging documents as one of a string of suspicious deaths which occurred during a three-month period.
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Traditional home buyers in the KC Metro are facing fierce competition from investors with deep pockets.
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Prospective buyers and realtors tell us they’ve never experienced anything like what’s happening in Kansas City right now.
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Last year, the FBI received over 18,000 sextortion-related complaints, with losses over $13.6 million.
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Michael Politte was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother when he was 14 years old. He has always maintained his innocence and is now being released. Not because a judge ordered it, but because sentencing guidelines for juveniles have changed.
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Katherine Konon had been accused of hitting a six-month-old boy that was in her care in 2019, causing a brain bleed.
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Michael Politte was 14 years old when his mother died.
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KCPD will shift investigators from the Cold Case Unit to other departments within the force.
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A Kansas City, Kansas, family took to social media to get results after days of trying to free a man from jail. And it worked.
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A Senate bill would empower Missouri judges to overturn and set aside questionable convictions, meaning innocent prisoners would be freed.
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State Senator Cindy Holscher, a Republican from Overland Park, is sponsoring Senate Bill 420. It would change the time limitation and end the requirement that accusers most prove an illness or injury.
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Diana Ault was shot and killed in her Independence home 28 years ago.
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KCK police shared their baby pictures on social media Wednesday morning.
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Rich Martinez is a happy man. It looks like his five-year battle to get his classic 1959 Corvette back is coming to an end.
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KCK police are investigating two cases of animal cruelty so outrageous, they’ve taken to social media to find their abusers.
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How long is too long to wait for help? That’s what a Kansas family is wondering after being told they’ll be waiting 9.75 years for services for their daughter with disabilities.
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It’s been 100 days since Kevin Strickland was released from the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri.
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A Kansas City contractor who has been the focus of numerous KCTV5 investigations now has a warrant out for his arrest.
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Mayor Tyrone Garner has been in office for about a month and already some residents are questioning his decisions.
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The family of a man killed in the crash that involved a fire truck at Westport and Broadway last month has filed a lawsuit against the city, the KCFD, and the driver of the fire truck.
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A Kansas City family says a builder blew the budget and left them with an unlivable home.
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That classic 1959 Corvette being impounded by the Kansas Highway Patrol has received a lot of attention.
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The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a petition to review the case of Christopher Dunn.
There are very few people who would be better off if they had been sentenced to death but that’s the case with Chris Dunn.
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The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office hasn’t heard the end of the chaos created within the Community Integrity Unit, and some community leaders are wondering if integrity can ever be restored.
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Two mothers whose sons were shot and killed by police are speaking out. Their stories are alike, yet so different.