The Kansas City Star

480,129. That’s the new official population of Kansas City, City Manager Wayne Cauthen announced today. Full Story »

A mother cradling a newborn and holding a toddler’s hand suffered minor burns this morning as she rushed her children out of an apartment engulfed in flames. The mother suffered burns to her neck and back as she tried to protect her children from the heat of the blaze as she bolted through the flames. Full Story »

At least 20 cars, if not more, were vandalized overnight in Overland Park by someone or some people who spray painted the vehicles. Police started receiving reports of the vandalism about 1 a.m. and were still taking reports about 7:30 as people discovered the damage, according to Jim Weaver, an Overland Park police spokesman. Full Story »

The Kansas City School District will take extra security measures today at Central High School, a day after a large fight broke out at the school and four people were shot in an off-campus disturbance. Extra school district administrators and security will be at Central High School, said Andrew Riley, district spokesman. Police plan additional patrols around the school. Full Story »

A man was shot in a neighborhood east of Rockhurst University early this evening. The shooting was reported about 5:40 p.m. near 54th Street and Michigan Avenue. Police found a man in his 20s inside a vehicle with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Witnesses told police that he was shot after a fight with the shooter. Full Story »

Three teenage girls and one man were shot after a group argument in Kansas City this evening. A group of 10 to 20 teens were arguing in the street in the 4500 block of Prospect around 4:45 p.m., when one of the men in the group began shooting, according to officer Darin Snapp of the Kansas City Police Department. Full Story »

Firefighters had to rescue residents of a third-story apartment after a fire broke out in a basement storage unit of a Gladstone apartment building. The fire was reported shortly after 9:15 a.m. Monday in an apartment building at 2705 Kendallwood Parkway. Full Story »

Kansas City police today identified a 38-year-old woman found shot to death in her van last night as Yolanda M. Walker of Kansas City. Officers found Walker slumped over the steering wheel about 10:05 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Benton. The van was parked in the middle of the street with its headlights on and the engine off. Full Story »

Clay County prosecutors have charged a Shawnee man in connection with an attempted rape in a parking garage at the Ameristar Casino last week. Manoxay J. Salivanh, 37, allegedly followed a 23-year-old woman from the casino at 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road into a parking garage elevator and later a stairwell, where he allegedly attacked her. Full Story »

Kansas City police arrested a Central High School student after he allegedly hit a security guard during a melee this afternoon. A large fight erupted about 1:05 p.m. at the school at 3221 Indiana Avenue. Security guards used pepper spray to break it up. That’s when a juvenile hit a guard, police said. Full Story »

Shawnee Mission park officials reported today that 313 deer were killed by volunteer sharpshooters last week. Full Story »

The Kansas City area is the most dangerous place for pedestrians in either Kansas or Missouri, according to a new report out this morning. The report – by the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and Transportation for America – showed Kansas City with the highest pedestrian danger index of any major metropolis in either state. Full Story »

A man who followed a prostitute to her apartment Sunday night thought he was going to pay $40 in exchange for sex. Instead, the prostitute and her gun-toting pimp robbed him of $360 and his car, Kansas City police said. The victim said he met the prostitute about 8 p.m. on Independence Avenue near Brooklyn Avenue. He drove her to a parking lot near Independence and Tracy Avenue, and they walked ... Full Story »

The Chiefs released running back Larry Johnson on Monday, his first day back from a two-week suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. Full Story »

Kansas City police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman late Sunday. Police responded to calls of shots fired about 10 p.m. in the 600 block of South Benton. When they arrived, they found a woman who had been shot to death in a vehicle stopped in the middle of the roadway. Police arrested a person at the scene. Full Story »

A 20-year-old Excelsior Springs man was killed when he was ejected from a car that deputies were trying to stop Sunday night. The man was identified as Stephen R. Harris. Full Story »

Two crashes along northbound Interstate 435 on the Kansas City area’s East Side forced the closure of some lanes of the highway, delaying commuters this morning. There were reports of injuries, but they were believed to be minor. Full Story »

Police bomb technicians found nothing suspicious in a cooler that someone left near a gas line in Kansas City tonight. Officers were called to the area near Bannister Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard about 5 p.m. after a witness reported that an unknown person put a small cooler by a sidewalk near a natural gas line and drove away, Officer Darin Snapp said. Full Story »

A man is in critical condition tonight after being shot several times at a Midtown apartment building, Kansas City police said. The man was shot about 6 p.m. in the 3400 block of Locust Street. Police said his wounds were severe but did not appear to be life-threatening. Full Story »

The Kansas Highway Patrol today identified a 56-year-old man who died in a motorcycle wreck Saturday Full Story »

Two Kansas City, Kan. firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting a fire at a vacant house early this morning. The firefighters were treated at a hospital and released. One had injured a knee while the other an injured a shoulder, according to the fire department. Full Story »

A 26-year-old man suffered second- and third-degree burns to more than a third of his body this morning when a fuel tank he was working on caught fire. The fire started about 10 a.m. Saturday at an automobile repair business in the 1400 Block of Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. Full Story »

Volunteers are collecting coats, blankets and donations today as part of the annual Project Warmth drive. People are being asked to clean out their closets and drop off extra coats and blankets that they are no longer using or make a donation. Full Story »

The Missouri Highway patrol has identified the man killed in a rollover crash along Interstate 70 as Andrew G. Warren of Odessa. He was 31. Warren was eastbound on I-70 about 4:20 p.m. Friday near the Jackson and Lafayette counties line when he ran off the left side of the roadway. Full Story »

A multiple-car pileup snarled traffic in Lenexa this evening. Just after 5:15 p.m., a series of two or three accidents happened on Kansas 10 at Renner Road, according to Lenexa police dispatchers. Authorities shut one eastbound lane. No serious injuries were reported. Full Story »