PJ Green

Brandi Fields was allegedly shot by her stepfather last June. Doctors gave her a slim chance to ever walk again.

Mark Sorrentino, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2013, received a compassionate release.

Joel Olivas and Brian Favela were both found guilty by a Jackson County judge at the conclusion of a bench trial on the Crown Center mass shooting.

A masked person drove a Chevy SUV to Café Cà Phê in Kansas City, and threw a rock at the glass doors three times without attempting to enter the shop.

An arrest has been made after a person vandalized the Asian-owned coffee shop Café Cà Phê in Kansas City’s Columbus Park neighborhood in the early morning hours after the election.

Police announced the deaths of a woman and child at a news conference Friday after an officer-involved shooting at an Independence apartment complex on Thursday afternoon.

“She’s just trying to protect her home, trying to protect that baby,” Ashley Greenfield said. “She didn’t deserve to die.”

The alleged crimes took place in a home near West 97th Circle and Reeder Drive at approximately 2:40 a.m. Police said the victim did not know her attacker.

Parents believed their children and their school were thriving, but knew improvements were needed. They didn’t expect a proposed closure.

“If they would have went over there, done their job, the outcome would have been different. I know it would have. It wouldn’t have escalated to this.”