KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A new entertainment venue is coming to Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Children’s Mercy Park is working with sports architecture firm Populous on a project that will bring live entertainment to the soccer stadium. It’s the same firm that designed the stadium.

A zoo staff in Kansas is mourning the loss of one of their beloved rhinos after he was killed by another rhino in an enclosure. The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City announced the death of one of their most enduring rhinos,

Vinnie Pasquantino hit two of Kansas City’s four two-run homers and doubled on a 3-for-4 afternoon, leading the Royals past the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Wednesday. Salvador Perez and rookie Tyler Tolbert also went deep as the Royals took two of three games from the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Football season is near at last: The Kansas Jayhawks open their annual summer training camp on Thursday. The start of camp is a week earlier than usual this year, as Kansas will play in a Week 0 game against Fresno State on Aug. 23. The game will be the first at the newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

Jackson County, Missouri, prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against a man who shot and killed two brothers inside a convenience store Sunday.

Rounds of severe thunderstorms will extend from for more than a thousand miles from the Plains to the Northeast in the coming days. The greatest threats will be from damaging winds and flash flooding.

Law enforcement has identified the victims of a recent double-homicide in Topeka connected to a child abduction case.

The theater plans to show newer releases and older favorites to offer something for everyone. The theater is hosting its first movie, "La La Land," on Wednesday, July 23.

Kansas universities are dropping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and support for LGBTQ+ students this week following action by the state’s lawmakers.

Authorities issued Tuesday’s AMBER Alert after finding two people dead in a Topeka home and a young child missing. He was later found roughly 400 miles away, safe.

The “Prince of Darkness” brought his famous Ozzfest — “the metal music festival of the summer” — to Bonner Springs, Kansas seven times over the years.