The volunteer fire department faces a critical shortage, and recent winter storms have pushed it to its limits.

With wildfire season around the corner, there’s plenty of ways non-firefighters can make a difference ahead of the heat.

Here’s your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area. This article is being continuously updated.

The Kansas City Fire Department is investigating after a fire broke out at a home Tuesday morning, leaving five adults and four children without a place to live.

Much of the Eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday, with thunderstorms and melting snow ...

Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as ...

Starke and Benton counties, among others, over the past six weeks. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said it has confirmed 98 cases of HPAI since 2022 in waterfowl across the state ...

A freight train car packed with scrap cardboard burned near the Amtrak Station in Albany on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The fire was reported around 1:20 p.m. at the Pacific Rail Yard and drew a heavy ...

Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024, and there ...

according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024, Jill Bronaugh, the health department's communications director ...

The Kansas City Fire Department responded to an emergency call about a vehicle in the water near Balley’s Casino at 9th and North Olive. Emergency responders arrived and sent two rescuers into ...

This is real dangerous people." A total of 15 fire departments responded to the brush fire in Bobolink Meadow near 183rd Street and Central Avenue, part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County's ...