KMCI-TV (Kansas City, MO)

1 day ago | kshb.com | Caroline Hogan

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — The Lee's Summit School District has a program to raise its own teachers as the district's high school seniors sign on for the district's Grow Your Own program to become future teachers. Over 20 graduating seniors in the school district signed on Tuesday to be a part of the program. It's the fourth year of the program and its goal is to prepare students to become teachers and work in the school district.

1 day ago | kshb.com | Fernanda Silva

GARDNER, Ks. — Last week, Aspen Place Apartments were condemned by the City of Gardner, forcing more than a hundred families from their homes. Former residents say they saw it coming. Over the last year, they report multiple days without water. "I just felt hopeless," said Delbert Bailey, a former resident. He’s 70 years old and disabled. "We kept getting water leaks after water leaks," Bailey said. "It was a domino effect," said Bailey’s former neighbor, Cristy Mueller.

1 day ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Congressman Sam Graves is calling on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to review a “concerning number” of cancer cases at an elementary school in Liberty. Graves’ letter, dated May 12, references six staff members at Warren Hills Elementary School who have been diagnosed with breast cancer since 2013. Another staff member died from liver cancer in the fall of 2024.

1 day ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An internet outage on Mother’s Day that impacted Google Fiber residents in the Northland was caused by vandalism. KSHB 41 News first received reports of the outage from viewers Sunday morning. A Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department spokesperson said officers responded around 7:15 a.m. Sunday to the 3900 block of N. Cleveland on reported property damage. The victim listed in the report was Google Fiber.

1 day ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond died Tuesday in St. Louis, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office announced. Bond was 86. The former senator was a mainstay in Missouri politics for decades. Many in Kansas City know of his work through the naming of the Christopher S. Bond Bridge that carries Interstate 35/29 to and from downtown Kansas City, Missouri. “Kit Bond was a skilled statesman, public servant, and a man who truly loved Missouri,” Kehoe said in a statement Tuesday.