Rachel Henderson

1 week ago | kshb.com | Rachel Henderson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Experts say paying higher prices with the increase in tariffs is expected for families, but not all at once. Yale University’s Budget Lab says the price level from all 2025 tariffs will cause prices to rise about 3% in the short run. The University's Budget Lab stated in their study the price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024 dollars.

2 weeks ago | kshb.com | Rachel Henderson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Businesses say they’ve been keeping a close eye on the impact of tariffs, particularly with the back and forth between the U.S. and China. “We’re certainly thinking about the future,” said Brett Goodwin, owner of The Learning Tree, which sells toys, books and gifts in Prairie Village, Kan. Goodwin says it’s impossible not to hear the tariff talk, so his business decided to act.

2 weeks ago | kshb.com | Rachel Henderson

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. Share your story idea with Rachel. Housing advocates say each year they watch Wyandotte County residents nearly lose their homes in the Unified Government’s tax sale.

2 weeks ago | kshb.com | Rachel Henderson

SENECA, Kan. — The town of Seneca, Kansas, is grappling with the loss of Father Arul Carasala, the priest at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church who was shot and later died Thursday. “It’s like losing a family member,” Greg Kohake, a parishioner at Saints Peter and Paul and a longtime friend of Carasala’s, said. “He was here for 14 years. You have a bond.”Kohake is also a member of the Seneca Knights of Columbus. “He was our pastor, our priest, but he was also a friend,” Kohake said.

2 weeks ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle |Rachel Henderson

SENECA, Kan. — Prosecutors in Nemaha County, Kansas, have charged a 66-year-old Oklahoma man with first-degree murder in the Thursday shooting death of a priest. Gary L. Hermesch of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged just before 1 p.m. Friday with first-degree murder in the death of Father Arul Carasala. Police in Seneca, Kansas, about two hours northwest of the Kansas City area, received a call just before 3 p.m. on a report of shots fired at the rectory of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church.