Kelli Peltier

22 hours ago | ksnt.com | Delaney Rose Eyermann |Kelli Peltier

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Two tornadoes ripped through the Kansas City metro Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed Wednesday. The NWS Kansas City confirmed Wednesday on X that two tornadoes touched down Tuesday in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, and Independence, Missouri. FOX4 spoke with a meteorologist at NWS’ Pleasant Hill office, who confirmed that the first tornado touched down at the Truman Sports Complex from 2:25 p.m. to 2:27 p.m. Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | fox4kc.com | Brian Dulle |Kelli Peltier

MERRIAM, Kan. — A local program for artists with disabilities is giving them a way to be creative and add some beauty to a Kansas City-area park. Art has a way of bringing people together and that’s exactly what these artists are doing with their garden spheres. On Wednesday, artists in the Johnson County Papercrete Works Program unveiled their latest project. “Pink and white because pink is my favorite color,” said Papercrete Works artist Jessica Brundig.

3 weeks ago | fox4kc.com | Kaitlyn Schwers |Kelli Peltier

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An alarming number of cancer cases at a Kansas City-area school has a local congress member asking for government help. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves wrote a letter this week to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asking for his agency’s help in looking into a “concerning number of cancer diagnoses” reported among staff from Warren Hills Elementary School in Liberty. The school is located within the Republican congressman’s district.

3 weeks ago | fox4kc.com | Brian Dulle |Kelli Peltier

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There’s a new campaign to help keep you safe as you walk or bike. It’s called Look Out for KC. Its goal is to significantly reduce the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in crashes in Kansas City. Independence Boulevard Christian Church sits right on Independence Avenue, which safety advocates say is one of the most dangerous streets in the city.

1 month ago | fox4kc.com | Brian Dulle |Kelli Peltier

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The future of a local farming program could be at risk because of more federal cuts. Catholic Charities and Cultivate KC have run the New Roots program at the Juniper Gardens Training Farm in Kansas City, Kansas for the last 17 years, but its future is unclear after losing its funding.