Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK

A new Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department master plan also suggests that the department needs more staff, some companies fail to meet response time standards and the department needs to accelerate replacing older vehicles. The meeting got testy because the fire chief said he did not know what any of this would cost.

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas put a moratorium on food trucks at a popular intersection after several health and safety violations. The two-month ban lifted on Friday.

Wyandotte County is experiencing one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in recent U.S. history. But emails obtained by the Kanas News Service show tension between the state and county health department officials that may have made the response more difficult.

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area. Some staff think the tension set back the tuberculosis response — or at least made it more difficult.

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of Tuesday.

A federal judge said the women showed no valid legal reason for delaying their claims against disgraced Detective Roger Golubski, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The women have said they were too fearful of retaliation until a 2017 exoneration case triggered a flood of reports about police corruption.

John Anderton left a house on his bike after aiding two friends who overdosed. After a brief encounter with former Officer Collin Ward, Anderton fled and was shot five times in the back. It was the second time Ward shot someone on duty.

Terra Morehead, who was disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court in April 2024, was involved in several legal scandals including a high-profile case investigated by former Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski.

Former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective Roger Golubski had been set to stand trial for accusations that he'd used the power of his badge to abuse and exploit Black women for decades. In the wake of his death, KCUR gathered survivors and other community members for a conversation about the damage he caused — and what they want to see happen next.

In the span of three months in 2023, Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed two men – John Anderton and Amaree’ya Henderson. The Unified Government and KCK police sued to keep the investigations secret.

In its second lawsuit against the KCKPD since 2021, Roc Nation claims the police and the Unified Government have “stonewalled” a public records request it made last November.

The popular gas station and travel center will be located near the Kansas Speedway. Construction is slated to start in May 2025.