KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two men are dead after a shooting early Sunday morning near E. 69th St. and College Ave. in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Police say patrol officers were dispatched to the area shortly after midnight on a reported sound of gunshots.

Governor Mike Kehoe has set a decisive tone for Missouri’s legislative agenda, navigating sensitive issues like retaining the Chiefs and Royals, public safety, and immigration. Lawmakers recently advanced a new plan allowing Clay County to create a sports complex authority that could keep the teams in Missouri,

Governor Mike Kehoe signed a legislative package on Saturday that includes millions in financial aid that could keep the Chiefs in Missouri.

A vehicle theft overnight in Ottawa, Kansas, led to a pursuit through Franklin and Johnson counties into Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas and Missouri voters have spoken on abortion. But nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to the procedure, sending the issue back to the states, abortion continues to dominate politics on both sides of the state line.

Kansas State football continues to build momentum on the recruiting trail, picking up a commitment from Garrick Dixon, a rising three-star defensive back out of Missouri.

Kansas City’s Independence Day Celebration is the Stars and Stripes Picnic at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Grounds open at 3 p.m., rain or shine. The fireworks display is expected to begin around 9:35 p.m.

Meanwhile, conservation success stories included the hatching and tracking of downtown falcon chicks and the launch of Missouri’s only live bald eagle nest camera for public viewing. Currently, the creature most at risk is the alligator itself.

Mayor Quinton Lucas called the action by Republican Mike Kehoe an "unnecessary escalation." He also criticized the state's lack of response when a white nationalist hate group marched through Kansas City last month.