GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — A Grain Valley cemetery where hundreds of veterans are buried appears to have plenty of work to do before their annual Memorial Day ceremony this year. Plots and grave markers at Swan Lake Memorial Gardens are free to veterans. The retired Army colonel who runs the place works for free, but some people aren’t happy with
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A downtown business is cleaning up the mess after a large window was smashed Tuesday. Police say around 5:30 a.m. someone driving by noticed a window at Polished Nail, near 12th and Main, had been smashed in. Shattered glass covered the sidewalk, and the window appeared to have been intentionally broke. Police have not yet said
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — FOX 4 has learned more about an innocent victim who died after getting shot at a city park. Kansas City police say Evette Clint got caught in the crossfire when bullets flew at Swope Park, which is just down the street from her home. Evette's mom says she still can't believe her daughter lost her life.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Supporters of Kansas City’s year-old streetcar system want to expand the line from Union Station to UMKC. People living near the proposed line would help pay for it via what’s called a Transportation Development District, or TDD. That needs approval from voters, but the process is complicated and the burden is on the voters to figure
LENEXA, Kan. — Staff at a Johnson County restaurant say it was an evening of terror. Police in Lenexa say a series of men started trouble with wait staff and managers at Fronteras Mexican Restaurant on Saturday night, leading one of the customers, who, according to police, had been drinking, to pull a gun on the restaurant's host. "At that
After Crystal Escher (left) was terminated by Charlotte Fire Department for a pro-law enforcement, anti-Black Lives Matter post, they never expected that she’d get the last laugh. (Photo source: WFAE, National Review) When a young woman made a pro-law enforcement post on Facebook, Black Lives Matter and other anti-police bigots immediately reported her, celebrating once they got her fired from
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A mother whose son was killed while working as a tow truck driver in 2012 is speaking to FOX 4 following a fatal accident over the weekend that killed a woman and injured a tow truck driver. Amy Gresham, the mother of Blake Gresham, said she is saddened to see yet another tow truck driver nearly
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a continuing effort to bring attention to Missouri’s "Move Over" law — the Missouri State Highway Patrol is conducting two "move over" enforcement operations during the month of May. FOX 4's Melissa Stern rode along for one of those operations on Monday, and learned what you need to know about the law so you don't
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time ever, Kansas City police are working side by side with a social worker. Gina English’s job is to offer victims of crime any help they might need, freeing up police officers to better do their jobs. She was hired back in December thanks to a city grant, and her first job was
CHICAGO – A Chicago security guard was punched in the face early Sunday morning by a man she was trying to help, according to WGN. The security guard was on duty at a residential building on Franklin Street in the city's River North district when the incident happened. As a precaution, the people who live in the building installed two
