Tony Madden

Maloney is a nonprofit public assistance coordinator and Grandview Alderman. Townsend is a retired postal worker and Hickman Mills School Board member.

All Jackson County voters will vote in the At-Large 2nd District Legislator race. The district is west KC from the Missouri River to about 80th Street and Raytown.

Either Stacy Lake, Ryan Meyer, Holmes Osborne, Bill Baird, Dan Tarwater or Manuel Abarca, will run for Executive against Republican Alan Rohlfing on Nov. 3.

The Grandview Board of Aldermen OK’d Kittle Property Group’s development plan and rezoning for a 4-building apartment complex in the Belvidere neighborhood.

July 8, 2026, is the last day for Missouri residents to register to vote in time for the primary election on August 4. Here’s a rundown of the issues you’re likely to encounter.

Mayor Quinton Lucas and developer Brian Illig confirmed a plan for road fixes, a Loch Lloyd expansion, and new housing along Kansas City’s southern boundary.

The alligator found in Longview Lake in June will live out its days at Monkey

A conceptual development plan for Heritage at Grandview, the four-building apartment complex planned for the Belvidere neighborhood, was unveiled by Kittle Property Group at Tuesday’s meeting of the Grandview Board of Aldermen. The board also discussed rezoning the nuisance property, which has been vacant since 2005.

Grandview residents can now legally shoot off certain fireworks. Qualified entities can begin temporary operations to sell fireworks in the 2027 season.

Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that killed 23-year-old man after a dispute escalated in the parking lot.

Grandview Station, the city’s new $2 million home for the farmers market, will also serve as a multipurpose space for community events.

Globally, beekeepers and feral bee populations are facing problems. The foremost issue is bee colony loss caused primarily by varroa mites. Missouri and Kansas beekeepers who participated in the annual Apiary Inspectors of America survey reported nearly 50% colony loss between 2024 and 2025. The total percentage of colony loss across the United States was even higher: 55%.

Candice Richie died months before she was to her undergraduate degree in political science from MU and go on to graduate school, her stepfather said.