gun violence

The number of homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, is on track to break records. Jackson County's top prosecutor says police and prosecutors can't stem the tide alone.

The Jackson County prosecutor discusses a climbing homicide count in Kansas City, how COVID-19 is changing summer travel plans, and the rise in demand for home delivery services.

As Kansas City, Missouri, waits to learn what its share will be of $122.7 million in federal aid money given to Jackson County, gun crime continues to increase.

Kansas City struggles for a share of coronavirus relief money and a solution to violent crime, Prairie Village rejects a requirement to wear masks in public, local music enthusiasts provide performers a safe live audience, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Ewing Marion Kauffman School.

A second man has been charged in connection to a shooting in Westport in late February that killed one person and wounded four.On Thursday, Jackson County…

Rosilyn Temple has been starting conversations about Kansas City's crime problem since 2014. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice is kicking in $75,000 to…

Segment 1: The Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods funds new initiative against violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri.Backed by a $75,000…

Updated Sunday, 11:09 a.m. with the charging of a suspect in this case. We will continue to update this story as details emerge.A Kansas City, Kansas, man…

Hundreds of gun-restriction advocates visited the Missouri Statehouse on Tuesday to encourage lawmakers to pass stricter gun control measures. The...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says that without focusing on basic city services in 2020, any goodwill that’s been built up means nothing.“I can say…

In its annual scorecard ranking the strength of state gun laws, the gun control advocacy group Giffords boosted ratings for a handful of states in the…

Lawmakers representing district in the Kansas City metropolitan area have introduced hundreds of bills to this year's session of the Missouri General…