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Abilene, Kansas, was voted the "Best Small Town to Visit in the U.S." for the third year in a row.

Offers for those who have served on Monday

Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will protest against the execution of Michael Tisius at the Missouri State Capitol tomorrow.

Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies are expected this afternoon with temperatures rising into the lower and middle 80s.

The brain injury awareness race incorporates dozens of teams honoring friends and family who have been affected by traumatic injuries including Ralph Yarl, the 16-year-old shot twice in the head when ringing the wrong doorbell.

KCMO Police investigate an apparent homicide at East 52nd and Walrond Street in the early morning hours of Memorial Day.

A man was found shot to death, lying in the street at 56th and Park in KCMO Sunday.

A man walking on Kansas Ave. in KCK was struck and killed by an oncoming car late Sunday night.

Chad Martin, father of 10-year-old Rielynn Martin, is asking for prayers as his daughter continues to recover in the hospital.

KCPD is searching for Aubrey Ellifrits, 24, last seen Sunday evening, around 6:15 p.m.

Warm, but not overly hot for most of our holiday weekend. This trend carries into Memorial Day as well.

Sunday, May 28, is National Hamburger Day and here at KCTV5, we have our own debate on which place, locally, serves up a good burger, what is the best topping, and which national chain is better than all the rest.

A 52-year-old man from San Diego died Saturday following a motorcycle crash in Wyandotte County.

Police are investigating a homicide at an old Applebee's Sunday morning.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Saturday night in a collision on Blue Ridge Boulevard.

The small town of Gower, Missouri had thousands of unexpected visitors this weekend. Catholics from all over the country made a pilgrimage to a convent in Gower – where a nun’s body appears to have not decayed, despite being in buried for four years.

Clear and comfortable for the rest of this Saturday evening as east to southeast winds stay light through the overnight hours.

151st Street in Olathe, Kansas was closed Saturday evening due to a fatal vehicle-motorcycle crash.

19 college students received Leader in Independent Higher Education scholarship awards.

For 30 years, Exceptionals Softball has given kids and young adults a chance to compete.

The National Park released information May, 26th identifying the victim of a May, 22nd Avalanche Creek drowning at the Glacier National Park.

A crash between a FedEx truck and a train is being investigated by the Platte County Sheriff’s Office.

A 30-year-old Sugar Creek man was sentenced for a 2021 knife attack of a woman in an Independence public park.

A shooting in the 1200 block of E. 83rd Street killed one person Friday night.

A Rushville man is in custody after crashing and killing a man who was weed-eating in a yard in Platte County.

A Kansas paramedic has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman while she was taking a cocktail of painkillers and sedatives.

A rollover crash in Cass County Friday night seriously injured a KCMO man.

A Kansas City woman is speaking out about a problem that she says is driving her “bat crazy.”

More than 80,000 people have taken off or landed at KCI over the last two days, which is the busiest KCI has been since before the pandemic.

“Everyone was in shock. I couldn’t believe this was actually happening.”