The J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain is undergoing major renovation this winter. On Wednesday, crews from Artworks of Kansas City and Belger Cartage Service Inc. removed the large sculptures.

It is a years-long tradition to dye fountains around Kansas City red to celebrate important Kansas City Chiefs games, such as a 2000 Monday night football game at Arrowhead, being photographed ...

But a certain omen has fans perturbed. On Saturday, Joshua Bessex, photographer for The Buffalo News, spotted a row of fountains in Kansas City spewing out what appeared to be red water.

Kansas Citians know there’s a big Chiefs game coming up when fountains around town start flowing red. They know it’s not some plumbing disaster. It’s customary for the town known as the City of ...