The Kansas City Police Department said officers arrested 17 people, issued 29 citations and towed 15 vehicles in an attempt to crack down on street racing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, launched a homicide investigation following a shooting early Sunday night. Police were called around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on a reported shooting at 18th and Prospect.

Kansas City police are investigating a homicide after a man was found shot to death Sunday evening near 18th Street and Benton Boulevard. Police responded to a shooting call around 7:15 p.m. in the area of 18th and Prospect Avenue.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police report one person was injured in a shooting Sunday night near 75th and Wornall. Officers were sent to the scene around 10:30 p.m. on the sound of gunshots. While en route, the call was upgraded to a shooting.

Between 1950 and 1980, the population of Kansas City's West Side community dropped from more than 14,000 to just 5,500. In 1972, the Department of Housing and Urban Development declared the neighborhood no longer viable as a residential community. For many, the cause was clear: the highways.

A judge set the date for a trial to begin for a man charged with killing a Kansas City construction worker earlier this year.The trial for Zechariah Hoskins-Ellis is scheduled to start on June 22, 2026.

The MSHP's Division of Drug and Crime Control was called by the Gentry County Sheriff's office around 6:15 a.m. Monday after an adult man was found dead at a home on South Grand Street in King City, Missouri.