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Renee Pernice disappeared in January, and police now fear that the Northland mom may be dead. But on Saturday, friends, family and perfect strangers came together to raise money in an effort to find her.

Walter Cronkite's final resting place will be next to his late wife in Missouri, where the two first met, his chief of staff said Saturday.

Police are looking for two suspects after they allegedly tied up the manager of a Shawnee bowling alley during a robbery early Saturday morning.

A woman was killed in a hit and run accident on Overland Park on Saturday, police said.

A Kansas woman is dead after being struck by apparently random gunfire on U.S. 71 Friday night while she was returning home with her family after a show at Starlight Theater, police said.

An abducted infant has been found alive in a suburban Kansas City trash bin.

Family and friends of a Kansas City man who was struck by at least two vehicles on I-70 say that his outlook is bleak, but they continue to hold out hope that he'll survive and whoever was responsible will do the right thing and come forward.

A school district expansion project seems unlikely in the current economic climate, but one metro district has found itself in the rare position of have money to spend thanks to the federal stimulus package.

Leslie Horner has wanted to fly in a helicopter for as long as she could remember. But the 82-year-old metro woman said that she never thought she would get the chance, until some of her friends made her lifelong dream come true.

Seven weeks after the unsolved death of a 7-month-old girl at a Merriam daycare, the owner of the now-closed daycare has applied to get her license back. But a FOX 4 investigation into state records of Debbie's Daycare found years of violations at the facility.

It was 28 years ago Friday when the Hyatt Skywalk collapsed, killing 114 people. Now folks are getting a look at a permanent memorial to honor the victims and first responders.

A Chillicothe man has admitted that he recruited young girls and sold them for sex.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will review a complaint that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources withheld a report showing unsafe levels of E. coli in the Lake of the Ozarks.

Police have identified the two men found dead Friday in a car playing loud music in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City metro area is getting to be a more expensive place to rent an apartment, according to a new survey, and the results could mean that families already stretched by the tough economy may have to dig a little deeper each month.

Most kids don't want to hear this, but there's only about a month of Summer break remaining. You might have gotten the first clue on Sunday, as the newspapers were filled with " Back to School" deals on clothes and school supplies.

Odds are you know somebody who's out of work. The nation's unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent in June, a 26-year high. President Barack Obama and the Congress have responded with a nearly $1 Trillion Stimulus Package. But is it working?

A metro woman who was hit and nearly killed while trying to rescue a dog along 71 Highway in April was finally released from the hospital today. It's been more than three months since the accident, and Ann Richardson is thrilled to be going home.

A Missouri man faces life in prison after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to child sex trafficking charges involving at least five underage girls, prosecutors said.