KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A $300 million housing project broke ground on Friday afternoon on Kansas City’s east side. Parade Park Homes was one of the first black cooperative housing developments in America; now, it’s getting a makeover.

It was fully involved on arrival,” said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins, a KC Fire Department spokesperson. “It is completely gone.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several Kansas City, Missouri, fire crews battled a 2-alarm fire at an apartment building Friday morning. Crews were called out just before 9:30 a.m. Friday to the apartment building near the intersection of E. 35th Street and Garfield Avenue.

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After nearly a decade of planning, four years of construction and more than $350 million, the Main Street extension of the Kansas City Streetcar is opening to riders. The grand opening ceremony is at 10 a.

The Kansas City Fire Department is working to contain a fully-involved fire at an apartment building. Firefighters responded to the area of 35th Street and Euclid Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Friday to battle a two-alarm fire. Photos shared by the Kansas City Fire Department show visible flames on each floor of the three-story building.

Parade Park Homes was once one of the oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives in the country. The redevelopment there includes plans for about 1,100 new housing units, with some reserved as affordable or for senior housing.

Off-and-on rain and cooler-than-usual temps are expected in Kansas City this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Scattered showers will mainly stay south of Interstate 70, but dry breaks are likely, and no severe weather is expected. National Weather Service in Kansas City

New Edition, Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton will take the stage at T-Mobile Center in Downtown Kansas City on February 5, 2026, the Black Promoter’s Collective announced.

The Honeywell facility in south Kansas City will shutdown on Monday, Oct. 27, unless Congress approves funding to reopen the government.

It seems certain that Washington fan confidence will either plummet to a new season low approaching single-digits if the Commanders get embarrassed again on Monday night in Kansas City, or rebound sharply — as the Cowboys fan confidence did this week — if the burgundy & gold come out of Arrowhead Stadium with a prime-time upset win.