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FILE — Several games have had their start times pushed to 8 p.m., and some even to 8:30 p.m.

Football Friday Night: Scores from first weekend in Missouri for 2023 season

Updated: 8 minutes ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
Several games have had their start times pushed to 8 p.m., and some even to 8:30 p.m.

News

The pedestrian was nearly struck by another car before eventually being hit by a Volkswagon,...

Pedestrian crossing 23rd Street in Independence struck by car, dies from injuries

Updated: 19 minutes ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
The pedestrian was nearly struck by another car before eventually being hit by a Volkswagon, police reported.

News

KCKPD investigating shooting outside business

Updated: 27 minutes ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A shooting outside a business in Kansas City, Kansas, left one person dead Friday night.

News

FILE — KSHSAA reported that it had 42 more people sign up between Friday and Monday to referee...

KSHSAA adds referees in final push for fall sports officials

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By Betsy Webster
KSHSAA reported that it had 42 more people sign up between Friday and Monday to referee high school football.

News

Motorcyclist in critical condition following I-70 crash

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash on I-70 Highway Friday night.

News

Man pleads guilty in fatal Leavenworth County crash involving UTV

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A 59-year-old man pled guilty Friday for his role in a crash that killed his wife.

News

According to the National Weather Service Kansas City Twitter page, Kansas City endured a...

NWS Kansas City tweets out record high heat since the year 2000

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
According to the National Weather Service Kansas City twitter page, Kansas City endured a second, consecutive triple number degree at 102.

News

A woman was scammed out of $94,000 as her scammers posed as country star Neal McCoy

Leavenworth woman caught in country music scam

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Grace Smith
A woman was scammed out of $94,000 as her scammers posed as country star Neal McCoy

News

Chadbourn man killed in SC motorcycle accident

Scooter driver in critical condition after crash on 9 Highway

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A scooter driver is in critical condition after a crash on southbound 9 Highway.

News

Fairway police Ofc. Jonah Oswald died from injuries he sustained in the line of duty,...

City of Fairway announces new effort to raise money for family of Ofc. Jonah Oswald

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
T-shirts are being sold to help financially support the family of fallen Fairway Ofc. Jonah Oswald.
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Starting Monday, Mo drivers must put phones down or risk being pulled over

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Alex Love
Starting Monday, a new law bans driving with a phone in your hand. If seen driving & texting, surfing the web or even holding a device, you could be pulled over.

News

Second Grandview man sentenced in $4.1m meth conspiracy

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A Grandview man was sentenced to more than four decades in prison Friday for his role in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy linked to two murders.

News

Garth Brooks to make ‘major announcement’ at Kauffman Stadium

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
Tuesday’s press conference is in coordination with TuneIn Radio.

News

1 dead in officer-involved shooting outside Gladstone apartment complex

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By Julia Scammahorn and Nathan Brennan
A Gladstone police officer was involved in a shooting early Friday morning leaving one suspect dead, one in custody and another on the run.

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Judge recuses himself from Liberty hit-and-run case, suspect refused to appear in court

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
Zackary Young, 28, refused to appear in court Friday morning and was arraigned at the Clay County Detention Center, wearing only a blanket.

Education

Kansas City-area School District asks parents to help amid bus overcrowding issues

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Heidi Schmidt
The Raymore-Peculiar School District says it is working with First Student to address overcrowding issues on school buses.

News

‘Held hostage’: MO community takes stand against hundreds of harassing 911 calls

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Heidi Schmidt
Pettis County Commissioners pass an ordinance protecting 911 dispatchers from harassing, non-emergency, calls.

News

KC man federally charged after carjacking, high-speed police chase

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
A Kansas City, Kansas, man is charged with three felonies in connection to a violent incident that took place on August 22.

News

A hand up: Yellow Trucking workers gain helpful tips from city, private companies

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By Joseph Hennessy
More than 30,000 former Yellow Trucking workers are getting a chance to receive professional assistance to get a new job.

Education

School board fires Polo, Missouri, principal amid investigation

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By Heidi Schmidt
Polo, Missouri, board of education fires the high school principal as the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office investigates claims against him.

Weather Forecast

FORECAST: Excessive heat reigns Friday, severe storm activity possible late night

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Greg Bennett
We will still see the heat index today between 103° and 107°. However, chances for showers in isolated thunderstorms look to develop as early as late this afternoon.

News

‘I’m trying to forgive’: Man loses leg in Westport hit-and-run

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 11:20 PM CDT
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By Betsy Webster
A man recovering from a Westport crash is trying to forgive the man who did it.

News

Community rallies around cattle feed lot impacted by high temperatures

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 11:10 PM CDT
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By Mark Poulose
August’s extreme heat has some cattle fighting to stay alive near Muscotah, Kansas.

News

Missouri Highway Patrol locates suspect in officer-involved shooting

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 9:36 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
MSHP asks that anyone who sees Varvera or has information about the incident calls 911 or notifies their local law enforcement.

Sports

‘You can’t make this stuff up’: Chiefs stars featured in 2023 NFL ad campaign

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 9:26 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are no stranger to the big screen. And once again, the two Chiefs stars are making an appearance in a major ad campaign.

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Miami County Sheriff’s Office: Kansas man found dead in boat at Hillsdale Lake

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 8:39 PM CDT
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By Zoë Shriner
Police say a man was found unresponsive in a remote part of Hillsdale Lake in Marysville, Kansas on Tuesday.

News

HopSkipDrive becomes the newest transportation option for NKC students

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 7:09 PM CDT
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By Grace Smith
North Kansas City Schools are teaming up with HopSkipDrive, a transportation program for students.

News

1 man shot after disturbance with girlfriend in Grandview

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:52 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
A 39-year-old man was shot after being involved in a domestic disturbance with his girlfriend on Thursday evening in Grandview, Mo.

News

St. Pius sports get creative with game-plan while battling brutal heat

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:56 PM CDT
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By Morgan Mobley
This heat wave continues to have major impacts on our viewing area. In most districts, high school sports have had to adjust practices and games.

KCTV5 Investigates

Midwest Innocence Project argues Missouri death row inmate is innocent

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:28 PM CDT
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By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
The Midwest Innocence Project says the state of Missouri needs to allow Board of Inquiry to conclude investigation of case against Marcellus Williams, sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle.

News

UMKC launches major that could improve healthcare KC patients receive

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:27 PM CDT
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By Alex Love
UMKC is taking new steps to better the healthcare system around Kansas City by launching a Bio Medical Engineering program.

News

University of Kansas PD warns of scam targeting families of KU students

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:14 PM CDT
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By Heidi Schmidt
University of Kansas police warns that scammers are calling students families, claiming students are arrested, demanding money for bail.

Jobs

T-Mobile will lay off 5,000 employees, or about 7% of its workforce, in the coming weeks

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:10 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
CEO Michael Sievert said the layoffs would come over the next five weeks and impact T-Mobile workers across the country — particularly those working in corporate and back-office roles, as well as some technology positions.

News

Man shot in Olathe; police looking for tips on suspect

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:27 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
The Olathe Police Department is investigating a Wednesday night shooting in the 16800 block of west 127th Street.

News

Kansas City Fountain Cards coming January 2024

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:16 PM CDT
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By Heidi Schmidt
Kansas City, Missouri will begin printing Fountain Cards for municipal IDs in January 2024.

News

KU announces Flo Rida will perform at 39th edition of Late Night in the Phog

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 3:12 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
On Thursday, the University of Kansas released details surrounding this fall’s edition of Late Night in the Phog, the annual preseason event debuting the men’s and women’s basketball programs for KU.

News

Judge seals court documents for woman charged with murder in Fairway officer’s death

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 2:56 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff and The Associated Press
Andrea Cothran faces a first-degree murder charge along with other felonies in connection with the series of events that led to the death of a Fairway police officer.

News

St. Pius X High School students reflect on shooting Oakley promo with Patrick Mahomes

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 2:19 PM CDT
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By Joseph Hennessy
The St. Pius High School football team knew they were going to be in a commercial at the end of last school year, but didn't know for whom.

Crime

Woman escapes handcuffs, steals police car in Prairie Village

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 1:38 PM CDT
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By Julia Scammahorn
A woman pulled over for driving a stolen car managed to escape, twice, handcuffed and in the back seat of a patrol car.

News

Clay County offers reward for info in deadly hit-and-run crash

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 1:09 PM CDT
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By Heidi Schmidt
Clay County deputies say a $5,000 reward for information is available in a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened in Liberty on July 30.

Kansas City Chiefs

Chiefs Kingdom includes team’s official vacation destination

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 11:36 AM CDT
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By Heidi Schmidt
Kansas City Chiefs announce Branson, Missouri, as the team's official vacation destination.

News

POLL: Missouri voters oppose medical treatments, more accepting of gender-affirming counseling for minors

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 11:30 AM CDT
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By Joe McLean
In June, Governor Mike Parson privately signed a ban on gender-affirming medical treatments into law, which is set to take effect at the end of August.

Hy-Vee Team of the Week

Kansas City soccer organization cancels games, implements heat guidelines after complaints

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 9:57 AM CDT
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By Heidi Schmidt
Overland Park-based Heartland Soccer Association implements extreme heat guidelines after complaints about matches in hot temperatures.

News

School bus drivers call out sick due to heat

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 9:19 AM CDT
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By Joseph Hennessy
Four bus drivers in the Shawnee Mission School District are taking the rest of the week off because of the heat.

Community

Professional pickleball tournament serves up the fun in Overland Park

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT
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By Nathan Brennan
If you’re a fan of pickleball, you’re in luck, because the sports top athletes have made it to the metro. Over the next four days, Overland Park will host the first-ever Vulcan Kansas City Open.

News

Nursing home evacuated for HVAC failure had numerous violations in April report

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 8:03 AM CDT
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By Jiani Navarro
More than 100 nursing home residents are still displaced after they were forced to evacuate from Parkview Healthcare nursing home, Tuesday afternoon. The culprit was a failed HVAC unit.

Weather Forecast

FORECAST: Life-threatening heat continues Thursday but relief is in sight

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:11 AM CDT
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By Greg Bennett
We still have to go through aggressive heat this afternoon. 95 to 100° is expected for air temperatures with feel-like temperatures floating between 105° and 110°.

News

Super Bowl-winning coach helps provide new scoreboards at KC youth sports complex

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 11:08 PM CDT
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By Neal Jones and Gabe Swartz
It’s not often that a Super Bowl-winning coach turns up at a Kansas City-area youth field, but that’s what happened Wednesday.

News

KCKPD investigating shooting that killed 1 in 1900 block of N. 8th Street

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 10:53 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
Detectives with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department are investigating a shooting that killed a man Wednesday night.

News

Claycomo man claims he was sprayed by weed killer in alleged hate crime

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
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By Greg Payne
A man in Clay County believes he was the target of a hate crime by a local road service group.
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