Torrential rain overnight left behind a mess in the Kansas City area, especially in KCK, where residents spent Thursday, July 17, 2025, cleaning up downed tree limbs and flooded basements.

The Kansas City Fire Department says its 18 water rescues involved cars stuck in high water. Flooding was reported in Merriam, Kansas, along Brush Creek near The Plaza and in Kansas City's West Bottoms.

First responders are working to remove a semi-truck in northern Kansas on Thursday that has rolled onto its side and is blocking traffic. Marshall County Emergency Management

The new bar is in downtown Kansas City’s Garment District at 802 Broadway Blvd. It’s not a speakeasy, but it has a clandestine feel. To enter, customers descend a flight of stairs into the bowels of the old building.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday joined 17 governors in sending a letter to United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon demanding the department release approximately $6.8 billion in federal education funding.

As Kansas lawmakers give the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals more time to decide on their future stadium plans, some concerns are being raised about what that would look like and how

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Historic flooding dumped nearly a foot of rain on neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kan., and caused power outages that may not be restored for days. The rain started around 7 p.m. Wednesday and it was still raining 12 hours later.

Few, though, do it quite as literally as diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan Jenny McLaughlin just did. After 19 years and two sons together, Jenny and Willy McLaughlin eloped on a Florida beach last week. It was a small affair for the Kearney, Missouri couple. Barely lasted 30 minutes.