Under a Missouri House bill, if a person is convicted of domestic violence and has been convicted at least once before, they would have to register as a persistent offender.

The city commission voted to grant a permit allowing private corrections company CoreCivic to hold over 1,000 federal ...

Iran is set to play three games in the U.S. this June. But amid the U.S.-Israel military campaign that has killed Iran's supreme leader, Iran's sports minister said the team would pull out.

A push from Missouri's Republican attorney general to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and ...

If the court strikes down the new map, Missouri's congressional lines would revert to the prior map — which keeps the bulk of Kansas City within one district.

The legislation would make it easier to try juveniles as adults and set strict requirements for how long inmates must be imprisoned before they're eligible for parole.

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent years.

The owners of Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que plan to launch Joe’s Next Door in May just across Mission Road from its original gas station restaurant.

GOCHEW food truck serves Korean American food, known for their burgers and signature sauces. Owner Joohae Yoon testified in favor of the licensing change bill. A bill sponsored by a Grain Valley ...

The Chiefs' star tight end delayed his rumored retirement with a one-year deal to return in the works, as the team also picks ...

A Douglas County District Court judge ruled that the law may be enforced during an ongoing lawsuit by transgender Kansans and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Kansas City's proposed budget for next year doesn't include any increase in funding for its transit agency. Without more money, the agency warned it may need to cut nearly a third of its routes.