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Wyandotte authorities warn of scam callers

Updated: 12 minutes ago
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By Gabe Swartz
Authorities in Wyandotte County are warning residents of an attempted scam.

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A bizarre incident at a grocery store on Prospect Avenue upset residents and business owners....

Council looks at detention center options as some business owners demand action

Updated: 20 minutes ago
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By Grace Smith (KCTV5)
A bizarre incident at a grocery store on Prospect Avenue upset residents and business owners. But it’s not the first time as they said the problem won’t end and is ruining the area.

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Missouri Lawmakers were in Kansas City as part of a statewide panel discussion for hearing...

Missouri Lawmakers hear from Kansas Citians on what they can do to fix immigration system

Updated: 31 minutes ago
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By Alex Love
Missouri Lawmakers were in Kansas City as part of a statewide panel discussion for hearing testimony related to alleged crimes committed by or against undocumented immigrants.

Tax Assessment Trouble

A Jackson County, Missouri, home.

Jackson County: State tax order does not impact refunds for taxpayers who paid under protest

Updated: 56 minutes ago
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By Samantha Boring
Last week, the Missouri State Tax Commission (STC) ordered the county must limit assessment increases in 2023 to 15% in most cases.

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Four children among 7 injured, 2 killed in crash on Kansas City’s eastside

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By Heidi Schmidt
A crash between two cars at E. 35th and Norton killed two men and sent seven others, including four children, to hospitals with serious injuries.

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Mural in North Kansas City.

How North Kansas City is exploring streetcar expansion

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By Ryan Hennessy and Jonah Kahn
North Kansas City is abuzz with the recent news that the streetcar could expand the current rail down the Heart of America (HOA) Bridge to the Northland.

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A 3-year-old boy fell from an apartment window on the eighth floor, suffering serious injuries.

Frustrations grow as tenants demands go unmet two months after negotiations with landlord

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Jiani Navarro
Tenants of Independence Towers apartments are fed-up with their poor living conditions. Tenants have complained about mice, water damage and, even have gone weeks without a/c during the Summer.

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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas talks to KCTV on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

Behavioral health hospital ordinance advances to full council in Kansas City

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A unanimous vote from the Kansas City Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee advanced a proposed ordinance to bring a behavioral health hospital to Kansas City.

Crime

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Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for man convicted of killing Rowan Ford

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
The Missouri Department of Corrections set an execution date for the man convicted of abducting, raping, and murdering nine-year-old Rowan Ford.

Crime

KCPD asking residents near shooting scene to check security cameras

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
Homicide detectives in Kansas City, Missouri, are hoping residents can help them with an investigation into an early-August shooting.
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FILE — The advisory goes “until further notice,” officials stated.

Residents in parts of Daviess, DeKalb counties under precautionary boil advisory

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Greg Dailey
The advisory goes “until further notice,” officials stated.

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Missouri statewide tornado drill scheduled for early next March

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Melonne McBride
The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency announced a statewide tornado drill is scheduled for early March 2025. The announcement was posted on their Facebook page on Monday.

Crime

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Tonganoxie police asking residents for help locating ‘pint-sized sharpshooters’

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
The Tonganoxie Police Department said Tuesday it’s looking for tips to help solve a quality-of-life issue in the area.

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Teens face criminal charges in death of Kansas man, teen girl sentenced to over 15 years

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By Melonne McBride
A 17-year-old was sentenced to over 15 years in the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) in the death case of Kansas man Jarod Rogers.

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August 13 is celebrated as International Left-Handers Day.

Left-handers, this is a day just for you!

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Melissa Brunner
August 13 was established as International Left-Handers Day by a man in Topeka, Kan.

Regional Politics

FILE - The Missouri Capitol is seen, Sept. 16, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo. In the Missouri...

Sports betting, minimum wage and abortion access questions approved for Missouri November ballot

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Hannah Falcon (KCTV5)
One petition did not make the cut: the Osage River Boat gambling petition that aimed to open up the state for an additional casino license.

Community

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Kansas City-area food pantry ‘critically low’ on food donations

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Heidi Schmidt
The Salvation Army food pantry in Leavenworth is critically low on canned food and protein donations.

Education

Santa Fe Trail Middle School USD 223

New Santa Fe Trail Middle School opens for Olathe students

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Nathan Brennan
The 2024-2025 school year welcomes the first students to the new Santa Fe Middle School. The new building sits right behind the old building.

Regional Politics

Republican Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance spoke at Arizona Christian University in...

VP hopeful JD Vance to headline GOP fundraiser event in Mission Hills

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Greg Dailey
Maria Holiday with the Johnson County GOP said the time and place of the event has not been publicized.

Education

Rushton Elementary, Mission, Kan.

New building, new school year at SMSD’s Rushton Elementary

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Joe Hennessy
Rushton Elementary students walked into the new building in awe of large corridors, covered outdoor classrooms, playground space, and more.

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FILE-- 2022 Plaza Art Fair

93rd-annual Plaza Art Fair returns for first year under new Plaza ownership

Updated: 8 hours ago
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By Zoë Shriner
For the 93rd year, the Plaza Art Fair is set to bring thousands of people together to celebrate art, entertainment and more in the historic Plaza shopping center.

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Cass County woman wins top prize in Missouri scratchers

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By Jonah Kahn
Shocked! That’s how a Harrisonville woman said she felt after winning Big Money Scratchers.

Tax Assessment Trouble

Jackson County property tax assessment debate

Jackson County lawyer: One way or another, court order on assessments will be challenged

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Betsy Webster
A state order to roll back assessments is unconstitutional and harmful. That’s the assertion the county’s chief lawyer made Monday.

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A Marion city councilmember confirmed the resignation of the town's police chief, Gideon Cody.

Former Marion police chief charged in connection with newspaper raid

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Matt Heilman
Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody faces charges in connection with last year’s raids on the Marion County Record newspaper office and the homes of the newspaper’s publisher and a former city council member.

Regional Politics

A lawsuit challenging the ballot language of a constitutional amendment that would ban ranked...

Missouri lawsuit on ranked choice voting ban ballot language awaits judgment

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Hannah Falcon (KFVS)
A lawsuit challenging the ballot language of a constitutional amendment that would ban ranked choice voting in Missouri is waiting on a ruling from a Cole County judge.

Back to School

In its August meeting, the Blue Springs School Board selected Rebeca Swank as its new...

‘It’s going to be a wonderful year’: Blue Springs School Board selects new president

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Chandler Watkins
In its August meeting, the Blue Springs School Board selected Rebeca Swank as its new president followed Bobby Hawk’s resignation earlier this year.

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A man who survived a hit and run in Downtown Kansas City is looking for justice after nine...

‘Something I will never forget’: KC man who survived hit-and-run wants justice

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 7:25 PM CDT
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By Jiani Navarro
A man who survived a hit and run in Downtown, Kansas City is looking for justice after nine months without answers.

Tax Assessment Trouble

Thousands of Jackson County residents are frustrated as county leaders say there will be no...

Homeowners worry they’ll lose their home because of 2023 property tax assessment

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM CDT
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By Grace Smith (KCTV5)
Thousands of Jackson County residents are frustrated as county leaders say there will be no refunds in the 2023 property tax assessment. County leaders said the money has already been spent. This comes after the State Tax Commission ordered the county to fix the assessment.

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Drivers urged to be cautious on Quivira Road as construction continues

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 6:35 PM CDT
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By Nydja Hood
One of the busiest roads in Shawnee is expected to get even busier as the Quivira Road rehabilitation project continues and school starts Tuesday. Shawnee city officials describe it as a $4.4 million comprehensive infrastructure project.

Crime

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Witnesses share details of Friday night police chase through their neighborhoods

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 6:29 PM CDT
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By Alex Love
Kansas City, Missouri Police continue to investigate an armed robbery that led to a high-speed chase. Police say it started late Friday night as officers patrolled the 27th Street. and Gillham Road area., right by Crown Center Mall.

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Cloverset Valley Apartment tenants plagued with constant car break-ins. Tenants say they're...

Cloverset Apartments receive security after tenants become fed up with constant car vandalism

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM CDT
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By Ryan Hennessy
Imagine getting up and getting ready for church on a Sunday morning, and finding your car window was broken. That reality happened to a number of senior residents over the age of 55 at Cloverset Valley Apartments in South Kansas City.

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(From left to right) Erika Lahr, 32, Tammie L. Bindel Cole, 52, Cory D. Young, 46.

Deputies: 13 more grenades found in storage unit associated with Clay County suspect

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM CDT
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By Jonah Kahn
Detectives have continued working on a case involving Cory Young, Erika Lahr, and Tammie Bindel Cole and found a storage unit with weapons.

Crime

FILE - Kansas City Police Department (KCPD)

Police search for shooter who left one man dead in Kansas City

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 3:58 PM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
Investigators are searching for the shooter who left one man dead in a Kansas City neighborhood.

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Injured Ferguson police officer wanted to improve department ‘from the inside,’ ex-supervisor says

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A Black police officer who was critically injured during a protest marking the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson 10 years ago wanted to make “a difference from inside” the department and follow in the footsteps of his father.

Tax Assessment Trouble

FILE- Leaders from Jackson County issued a rebuttal to the Missouri State Tax Commission’s...

Looking for a refund on Jackson County property tax payments? ‘It’s not going to happen’

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 3:45 PM CDT
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By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
The county administrator said the action by the State Tax Commission does not fix the problem, and ultimately, taxpayers will have to pay more.

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The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will have a uniquely Kansas City design to them.

How a Kansas City-based business will have an impact on the 2028 Olympics

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 3:36 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
With the 2024 Paris Olympics wrapped up, the next time the summer Olympics return to America’s focus they’ll have a uniquely Kansas City design to them.

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Kansas Run Club on June 26, 2024

‘If you build it, they will come’: KC’s young adults are stepping up as community leaders

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 2:51 PM CDT
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By Zoë Shriner
Making friends as a young adult may be hard, but these local leaders are making sure they provide the communities they once felt they were missing.

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23-year-old Christopher Fry was booked in the Platte County Jail after his arrest on Aug. 10,...

Driver crashes, catches car on fire after speeding from police at over 130 mph

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
A Kansas City man was booked into the Platte County jail after he initiated a high-speed chase with police and then crashed.

Education

Blue Valley Northwest High School: Safety & Inclusion top of mind for start of new year

Blue Valley District students kickoff back to school with safety and inclusion top of mind

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 12:57 PM CDT
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By Nathan Brennan
Safety and inclusion are top priorities across the district which is why two years ago the district incorporated strategic badges as an extra safety measure that summon administration in an emergency or lock down schools, as needed.

KCTV5 Special Reports

Safety tips box at Crossroads Charter Schools in downtown Kansas City.

As new school year starts, students urged to submit tips to anonymous hotline

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 12:49 PM CDT
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By Zac Summers
The tips range from reporting weapons to possible assaults to mental health and bullying.

Education

The Department of Homeland Security’s Know2Protect campaign is underway to ensure safety for...

Safety first: Expert reminders for parents posting first-day-of-school photos

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM CDT
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By Joe Hennessy
Homeland Security offers reminders on how to more safely post your kid's first day of school photos.

Tax Assessment Trouble

FILE — Jackson County Executive Frank White.

WATCH: Jackson County leaders address State Tax Commission order regarding assessments

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 12:32 PM CDT
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By Greg Dailey
The STC ordered the county to correct the 2023 assessment and ordered increases in valuation be capped at 15% for 2023 and 2024.

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The winning Kansas personalized license plate.

Kansas Department of Revenue announces winning personalized license plate design

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 10:31 AM CDT
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By Jonah Kahn
The winning personalized license plate was announced on August 12 by the Kansas Department of Revenue and will be available in 2025.

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KCPD arrests escaped inmate who walked off Gardner work release facility

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
On Saturday, the Kansas Department of Corrections issued a notice of an escaped inmate.

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The crash scene was cleared by about 7:20 a.m.

Crash on westbound I-435 at Antioch Road causes morning commute delays

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 8:05 AM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
Commuters who take westbound I-435 to get to work may want to find an alternative route this morning.

Regional Politics

FILE - Kansas Statehouse

Kansas Democratic Party wants to end in-state Republican supermajority, approves of Walz as VP pick

Updated: Aug. 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM CDT
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By Mark Poulose
Kansas Democratic Party leadership wants to break the GOP supermajority in the state house and senate.

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Driver seriously injured when pickup flips along highway north of Liberty

Updated: Aug. 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
One driver was seriously injured after his pickup flipped along a Missouri highway north of Liberty over the weekend.

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12-year-olds injured when ATV flips near Missouri highway

Updated: Aug. 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
A 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life after an ATV flipped and landed on top of him sending him and another to a Kansas City children’s hospital.

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Eric Meyer, the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, stands in front of his...

A year after Marion County Record raid, publisher still seeks accountability

Updated: Aug. 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging and Kara Nixon
A year later, and it’s still on their minds. But the work must go on at the Marion County Record.

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FILE

Passenger seriously injured during collision on Highway 291

Updated: Aug. 11, 2024 at 8:47 PM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
A passenger was seriously injured after the car she was in hit a culvert along Highway 291 north of Harrisonville.
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