The Latest Breaking News from Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals rookie MJ Melendez stepped into the box against Jake Diekman, a notoriously tough reliever against left-handed hitters, with the score tied in the seventh inning. On a 1-2 pitch, Melendez blasted a go-ahead home run and shouted to his teammates in the home…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals offense managed just two runs, one coming in the ninth inning, of a 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox in front of an announced 12,700 in the second game of a doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Along the way to tripling his allotted 8-minute window to accept his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio, Dick Vermeil must have affectionately thanked 100 or more people by name.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals rookie first baseman Nick Pratto hit a 3-2 pitch to center field for a walk-off home run to beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, in front of an announced 19,136 in the third game of the four-game series at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not long after Carl Peterson became a graduate-assistant football coach at UCLA in 1973, he encountered then-Los Angeles Rams assistant Dick Vermeil as the Rams conducted practices at UCLA. Even in Vermeil’s subordinate role, Peterson was struck by his charisma and energy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Planned Parenthood quietly opened a new abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, this summer, a location that didn’t draw much attention until after Kansans affirmed the right to an abortion with Tuesday’s historic vote.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whatever you want to call the two-minute speech former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens made on election night, it wasn’t a concession.

SEATTLE — That's one Kansas City-sized cow pie the Kraken just barely avoided stepping in last week upon announcing their latest minor league affiliate.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two women who say they were sexually abused by longtime Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski have expressed interest in suing — if only state law would let them.