OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, was charged Thursday with murder and attempted murder. A...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to "get out of my country," witnesses said, then opened fire in an attack that killed one of the men and wounded the other, as well as a third man who tried t...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divided Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a man's death sentence it once had thrown out in the 2004 shooting deaths of a woman and her boyfriend. The 4-3 ruling Friday let stand the Barton County sentence of 3...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri-based utility said Tuesday it will appeal a state judge's award of more than $10 million to a man who said he developed permanent respiratory issues while working as a mechanic at one of the company's sites. Circuit...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self said Thursday that a police investigation of an alleged rape at his team's dorm has given him no reason yet to discipline any players as the second-ranked Jayhawks prepare to play at No. 4 Kentucky. S...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a lawsuit challenging Missouri regulations that broadcasters and others say illegally limit how they can market alcohol. In reinstating the case, which was tossed out last year by U...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to capital murder in the shooting death last year of a Kansas police detective, avoiding a possible death sentence while agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison. A prosecutor said a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A circus has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine to settle alleged federal animal-welfare violations involving Missouri and Pennsylvania shows where elephants were allowed to get loose or too close to circus-goers. Sarasota, F...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Attorneys for a Kansas death row inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother pressed the state's highest court Friday to toss out his conviction, arguing the trial judge m...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The central Kansas town of Frederick has dwindled over the decades to just 10 people, and its only real expense is a $55-a-month electric bill for a half-dozen or so street lights that illuminate the unpaved streets. Some r...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police assisted by the FBI pressed an urgent appeal for public help Friday in finding a Kansas newborn a day after her mother was shot to death in her home, insisting the week-old girl was imperiled during a disappearance t...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southern Kansas man who admitted to endangering a child after his girlfriend's 2-year-old son ended up with a small octopus lodged in his throat was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation. Matthew Gallagher, 37, also r...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas' highest court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a college student 20 years ago. The Kansas Supreme Court let stand Gary Kleypas' death sentence in the 1996 rape and stabbing death of 20-...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP, Oct. 6, 2016) — Three-quarters of a century after he was killed during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of a young Navy sailor finally are heading home to Kansas. Lewis Lowell Wagoner was a 2...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP, posted Sept. 8, 2016) — Casting it as "a question of exceptional importance,"Missouri has asked a federal appellate court to temporarily block and ultimately scuttle a ruling that requires the state to reveal one of its m...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP, posted Sept. 7, 2016) — Authorities say a Missouri woman confessed to killing her blind and autistic son, telling investigators she tried to abandon the severely disabled 19-year-old to the care of God before leading him into a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is defending its research practices after a national pet-adoption group publicly decried an experiment that led to six female beagles being euthanized. The California-based Beagle Freedom Project, wh... Full story