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‘A pope from Chicago, my gosh!' Archbishop McKnight reacts to Pope Leo XIV

Caitlin Knute

National

Who is Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American pope?

AP via Scripps News Group

National

Robert Francis Prevost elected first American pope, takes name Pope Leo XIV

Scripps News Group

Weather

KSHB 41 Weather | Great weather into the weekend

Jeff Penner

Local News

KCMO seeks $915K to settle claims of firefighter part of deadly Westport crash

Sam Hartle

Local News

Merck Animal Health doubles down on De Soto, plans $895M plant expansion

Sam Hartle

Powering Change Panasonic and De Soto

De Soto USD 232 exploration center is shaping the area's growth

Elyse Schoenig

Local News

Kansas nonprofit turns softball into a life-saving mission

Olivia Acree

Local News

Community rallies around displaced residents of Aspen Place Apartments

Marlon Martinez

- Ottawa women’s flag football eyes 5th straight NAIA crown this week in KC
  
  Ottawa University is gunning for its fifth straight NAIA women’s flag football championship this week at the Kansas City Current training facility in Riverside.
  
  KC PrideFest faces financial challenges as it celebrates 50 years
  
  Kansas City's Pride Fest will take place in a month in Theis Park. It's always a big celebration, but this year there's a financial challenge as organizers deal with $200,000 less in sponsorships.
  
  In depth: Roeland Park residents work to pay down school lunch debts
  
  A national research group says school meal debt in Missouri and Kansas is in the millions of dollars.
  
  Latest effort to rename Troost Avenue to Truth Avenue stalls in Kansas City, Mo.
  
  The effort to rename Troost Avenue got a hearing Tuesday at a Kansas City, Missouri, City Council committee meeting, but not enough support to push the renaming effort forward.
  
  Wyandotte High School Principal Mary Stewart to retire after 43-year career
  
  Wyandotte High School Principal Mary Stewart has seen a few things during her four decades as an educator.
  
  UG commissioner explains ‘offensive’ racial comments made at meeting
  
  A Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, commissioner under fire for "offensive" racial comments said he was speaking from a place of passion.
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Rural Kansas counties begin preparations for 2026 World Cup's economic boost

Kansas City economist explains tariff impact on toy manufacturing

On Track with KC | Old Hyde Park neighborhood voices concerns with parking

Ottawa women’s flag football eyes 5th straight NAIA crown this week in KC

KC PrideFest faces financial challenges as it celebrates 50 years

In depth: Roeland Park residents work to pay down school lunch debts

Latest effort to rename Troost Avenue to Truth Avenue stalls in Kansas City, Mo.

Wyandotte High School Principal Mary Stewart to retire after 43-year career

UG commissioner explains ‘offensive’ racial comments made at meeting

National News

President Trump's surgeon general nominee is a fierce critic of processed food

Reaction to American pope: 'Never thought it would happen'

What can we learn from the new pope's social media posts?

Kansas City Public Safety

KS Gov. Laura Kelly says 56 health employees cut after loss of federal grants

How federal cuts impact Kansas City Health Department’s lab

5 former U.S. Postal Service employees charged with stealing mail

Weather, night vision goggles factors in Marine helicopter crash report finds

Downed line blocking Shawnee Mission Parkway just west of Long Avenue

T-shirt sales to benefit Graham Hoffman's family top $375,000

No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney

CSD Credit Union opens branch inside Winnetonka High School

Endangered Silver Alert issued for missing Lexington, Mo., man

Neighbors come together after Gardner condemns Aspen Place Apartments

Bobby strikes again as Royals take third-straight from Sox

Salvation Army to provide temporary housing for Aspen Place Apartments residents

Kansas Citians share hopes ahead of selection of new pope

Kansas City LIHEAP assistance could be affected due to federal cuts

DoorDash delivery ends in arrest of suspected Missouri child sex criminal

Organ transplant recipient, surgeon talk importance of organ donors

Grieving mother hopeful as Independence renews focus on son's unsolved homicide

KCMO woman pleads guilty to $2M COVID-19 fraud, US Treasury check thefts

Liberty man charged after FBI operation to arrest suspected child sex predators

KSHB 41, Kansas City community raise more than $85,000 in Gift of Sole drive

Oak Grove man charged with several counts of sex crimes involving children

Independence man charged in Monday lounge shooting that injured security guard

ISD transportation employee under investigation, placed on administrative leave

Kansas City, Missouri, mayor applauds remarkable growth in city's film industry

Concerns loom as Trump administration stops school mental health grants

Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves for the start of the conclave

REAL ID now required to fly domestically in US

Ottawa women’s flag football eyes 5th straight NAIA crown this week in KC

White Sox use their head in 4-3, walk-off loss to Royals

KC PrideFest faces financial challenges as it celebrates 50 years

In depth: Roeland Park residents work to pay down school lunch debts

Missouri could enact new standards for underground gas lines

Latest effort to rename Troost Avenue to Truth Avenue stalls in Kansas City, Mo.

Wyandotte High School Principal Mary Stewart to retire after 43-year career

KCU medical student pursues emergency medicine, works to prevent violence

Attorneys for accused Kansas City serial killer want jury to assess competency

IRIS ride-sharing service will continue in Kansas City through September

City of Gardner issues order of condemnation at Aspen Place Apartments

Hundreds line up to get REAL ID ahead of May 7 deadline; What you need to know

Trump administration asks judge to toss suit limiting access to abortion meds

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark receives 3-year contract extension to 2030

New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says

Moped driver killed in crash on E. Gregory Boulevard Monday night in Raytown

Shawnee Mission School District librarian teaching good digital citizenship

After Blue Springs movie theater closed suddenly, new business stepping up

UG commissioner explains ‘offensive’ racial comments made at meeting

1 person shot at Independence restaurant

Man shot near 75th Street, Bruce R. Watkins identified by KCPD

Good Samaritans relive lifesaving efforts in car crash that killed 8 victims

'Mike is still with us': Fallen Overland Park officer remembered 5 years later

Literacy KC moves into Park 39, former middle school now hub for nonprofits

Kansas City University medical student chooses gastroenterology, focus on youth

'A piece of us is missing': Friends remember BTW freshman killed in wreck

Footage shows bystanders rushing to help AAU bball team involved in fatal crash

Woman charged with 2 more felonies for alleged crimes at towing business

Franklin Co, Kansas, residents react to fatal crash

Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Kansas City sports journalist

Domestic violence intervention program achieving promising results

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