KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The City of Kansas City, Missouri leaders continue taking steps towards revitalizing U.S. 71 Highway and reconnecting that corridor to downtown Kansas City. The ...

Neighborhoods around 71 Highway have higher rates of asthma and fewer hours of sleep, according to Kansas City Health ...

The community, along with city and civic leaders, have said in the past that the highway isolated neighborhoods and led to blight and other issues.

"Reconnecting the East Side" was the mission behind Saturday’s public summit, with the goal of addressing the issues and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - On Saturday, dozens gathered at Southeast High School for the first meeting on ‘Reconnecting the East Side’ after the construction of U.S. 71 Highway decades ago.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Red Cross is helping two adults after an overnight fire in Kansas City, Missouri. The fire happened on Highland Avenue—off East 40th Street, just west of 71 Highway.

Police said the motorcyclist was traveling north on U.S. 71 and weaving in and out of traffic from East 59th Street at high speeds.

Again . . . We hope the conversation is more productive than so much of the lead up we've seen that TOTALLY ignored similar community forums that boosted a great deal of HORRIFIC urban planning which ...

Traffic slowed down as police have shut down both on and off ramps of 71 highway at Bannister Road. This has since been cleared. The Independence Fire Department is investigating after a woman and ...