MISSOURI’S CONGRESSIONAL MAP IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT. JUSTICES HEARD ARGUMENTS TODAY AS PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE OVER A REDRAW THAT COULD SHIFT A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. KMBC9 ...

A Jackson County judge ruled that Missouri's congressional district maps, which were redrawn in 2025, are constitutional.

The Jackson County prosecutor has scheduled a news conference Tuesday, one day after her office dropped a second-degree murder charge against a man investigators say was involved in the 2024 Kansas ...

A crowded field of candidates emerges early for Jackson County executive and legislative races as filing opens for the 2026 election.

Butler County Fire Protection District Shift Commander Jackson Warren died Friday when a fire apparatus rolled over enroute to an emergency.

"For Kansas City, Missouri, last year, we contributed about $1.2M to their tax coffers, and that's important. If these all go out of business, then that goes away," said Susan Brown, president of the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Jackson County’s Jail Director has resigned, and Sheriff Deryl Forté has already named two temporary replacements. Forté announced on Monday, March 2, that Deputy Directors ...

The civil rights leader died "peacefully" on Feb. 17, his family announced Stephanie Sengwe is a pop culture enthusiast with over 10 years of experience working as a digital writer, editor and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's decades of activism included a record of profound eloquence. The civil rights icon, who died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84, delivered a number of powerful speeches and ...

COLUMBIA — Mary Ratliff knew longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson personally from his visits to Columbia during Jackson's 1988 United States presidential campaign. "He was just a leader," ...

The civil rights leader was one of the country’s most influential Black figures. The civil rights leader was one of the country’s most influential Black figures. Credit...Mark Makela for The New York ...

“Keep hope alive!” It was the signature line of Jesse Jackson’s second run for president. Euphoric crowds, numbering in the thousands, would chant it along with him. I was a reporter for the Los ...