Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Kansas City metro (Missouri and Kansas) report from HERE Kansas City.
SportsKANSAS CITY, Mo. — In Kansas City, Chiefs fans heading to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday can bring more than tickets. The club is staging its 60th Toys for Tots collection at the home game against the New York Jets, continuing a long partnership with the…
SportsKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Current open their playoff run at home Saturday, hosting Angel City FC in an NWSL quarterfinal at CPKC Stadium. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. Central. Kansas City is the No. 4 seed at 16-9-5 with 53 points…
SportsKANSAS CITY, Mo. — UMKC basketball returned to downtown Kansas City, Mo., on Friday night, as the Roos men’s and women’s teams tipped off their home schedules at Municipal Auditorium, the first time the programs have called the building home since 2018. The move comes…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
From Merger Monday
Fox Corp. borrowed $10.4 billion on Friday as it completed its roughly $22 billion purchase of Roku Inc., drawing $2 billion under an amended term loan and $8.4 billion under a new bridge facility to cover part of the cash it owed Roku holders. An 8-K filed with the Securities and…
Crime
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into a Friday night shooting in which a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department officer shot and killed a 36-year-old man who had a gun inside his SUV. The man was identified as Jesse James West. According to the KBI,…
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