The Latest Breaking News from Kansas City

Former Chiefs LB coach Matt House explains decision to return to college football

Former #Chiefs LB coach Matt House is now the defensive coordinator at LSU. During his introductory press conference, he explained his decision to return to college football.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 24, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: On plight of Kansas City's Monarch Plaza and how the Negro Leagues Museum is spearheading its revival

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Standing at the corner of 22nd and Brooklyn today, you overlook a site where the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, played (exhibitions in 1927 and 1931) and the Sultan of Sod, George Toma, made his name.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

Kansas City settles with Black man wrongly jailed at 15

The Kansas City Police Department has agreed to pay a $900,000 settlement to a Black man who was wrongly arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks before being released without charges

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Will pending free agent OL Andrew Wylie be back with the Chiefs in 2022?

Andrew Wylie proved to be a serviceable option at right tackle for the #Chiefs in 2021 and that could pave the way for his return in 2022.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 22, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: Why aren't more past Chiefs stars enshrined in the Hall of Fame?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The majestic Otis Taylor retired from the Chiefs in 1975, and, alas, has been bedridden and on a feeding tube for well over a decade now. But even out of public view, a half-century after his heyday, he remains ever-visible in Kansas City when it comes…

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

Former Chiefs CB Patrick Surtain joining Sam Madison on Dolphins coaching staff

The #Chiefs lost CBs coach Sam Madison to the #Dolphins and now a former teammate who played for both Miami and Kansas City will join him.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 18, 2022

Editorial: In defending Missouri's unconstitutional gun law, AG Schmitt aids the criminals

The Biden administration sued Missouri in federal court in Kansas City on Wednesday over the state’s bonkers attempt to nullify enforcement of federal gun laws here. The plainly unconstitutional state statute has already had the predictable result of hampering crime-fighting efforts. Yet state Attorney General Eric Schmitt is, in his…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 18, 2022

Kansas residents sue over GOP-drawn map, alleging ‘extreme and intentional’ gerrymander

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sixteen Kansas residents are suing to block the state’s new congressional map, alleging that its redrawn district boundaries are a racial and partisan gerrymander.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022

Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts

Democrats have sued Kansas officials over a Republican redistricting law

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022

American Airlines flight makes emergency landing after man becomes 'erratic' mid-air

The flight was supposed to fly to Washington DC from Los Angeles International Airport but had to be diverted three hours into the flight to Kansas City

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2022