The latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Heartland

Friday, February 01, 2013  Former Kirksville resident, Frank Fleschner  will travel to Los Angeles to attend the GRAMMY Awards February 10, 2013.

Sunday, December 30, 2012  A train struck and killed a pedestrian in eastern Kansas City.

Friday, December 07, 2012  The legislative session begins in January and State Representative-elect Nate Walker has been busy since his election.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Kirksville residents have front row seats to a rare appeals court hearing with the Missouri Court of Appeals at Truman State University.

Sunday, October 09, 2011  The family of a missing Missouri baby is reaching out to tens of thousands of NASCAR fans.

Sunday, September 25, 2011  Five months after a Kansas City man was permanently barred from filing tax returns, a grand jury has charged him and more than a dozen others with taking part in the biggest tax fraud scheme ever tried in Missouri.

Sunday, August 21, 2011  A motorcycle rider escorting a Kansas City funeral procession has died after colliding with an SUV that pulled out in front of him at an intersection.

Saturday, August 06, 2011  A thief stole a donation jar intended to help a Kansas City family have a funeral for a child who recently died.

Sunday, May 15, 2011  The Kansas City Police Department plans to send 21 newly graduated officers into some of the city's most crime-infested neighborhoods in a three-month experiment with foot patrols.

Saturday, May 07, 2011  A new housing project in Kansas City is devoted to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  The arriving officer found 25 year-old Breana Danielle Greathouse of Kansas City, Missouri with a gun in her hand and threatening to shoot Forrest Jamison of 1308 Center Street Place.

Thursday, August 05, 2010  Four Missouri deaths - all in the Kansas City area - are now blamed on the heat wave that has gripped the state for the past several days.

Saturday, April 10, 2010  Woman killed in motel fire near Kansas City's Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums.

Sunday, April 04, 2010  Police said the crash happened around 3:20 a.m. Sunday when a speeding vehicle went airborne

Sunday, August 23, 2009  Claudine Jackson and Jo Ann Walz have lived next door to each other for 30 years.