gun violence

Mayor Quinton Lucas discusses the city's crime problem, the coronavirus and a new federal law enforcement effort focused on Kansas City, Missouri, dubbed "Operation LeGend."

In one of the Thursday incidents, an officer underwent emergency surgery after being shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect near 31st and Van Brunt.

Halfway through 2020, the Kansas City metro is approaching 140 homicides, and at least five of the victims have been under the age of 17.

Among the many names spoken at recent Black Lives Matter protests in Kansas City was Ryan Stokes, an unarmed black man killed by a Kansas City police after he was falsely accused of stealing a phone.

Calls for reforming the Kansas City Police Department persist and the homicide count in Kansas City, Missouri, continues to rise. Mayor Quinton Lucas fields questions on police, violent crime, tax incentives and the coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor Quinton Lucas wants voter input on local control of the Kansas City Police Department, advertisers are finding new ways to keep brands in front of consumers, and how the pandemic is affecting the wine industry.

On May 3, Overland Park Police Officer Michael Mosher was shot and killed following a hit-and-run crash in Johnson County, Kansas. He was the first officer killed in the line of duty in more than three decades.

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…