Authorities are investigating whether a deadly police shooting in Wichita stemmed from someone making up a false report to get a SWAT team to descend upon a home in a practice known as “swatting.”

An annual financial report for St. Louis says the city missed out on nearly $17 million in revenue during the last fiscal year because of property tax breaks meant to stimulate development.

The Latest on a deep freeze across the country. (all times local):

Just three years after Kansas City, Missouri, was being hailed for reducing homicides, the city is seeing a staggering increase in 2017.

A death metal drummer has accepted a $30,000 settlement to end his federal lawsuit over his arrest in Oklahoma City during which he suffered a broken arm.

With bitter cold temperatures settled over the St. Louis area, a wintertime tradition is on hold until the weather warms up.

The interim police chief in Topeka says the names of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Dominique White will be disclosed when an internal police investigation is complete.

The Latest on proposed changes in the Kansas Legislature’s policy on sexual harassment (all times local):

The fourth house to be built in Carthage by the Joplin Habitat for Humanity program will be built in part by volunteers from Carthage churches under the theme, “Building on Faith.”