The Sedalia Chamber of Commerce made an unexpected announcement Friday, confirming the end of a popular event that attracted visitors from all over the state.

"The Blossom Kite Festival is held at the Grounds of the Washington Monument where we work closely with the National Park Service to follow permitting and safety procedures," the statement said.

No weekend family outing to the park should include a child nearly stuffing a kite into an airliner's whirling turbofan engine. Police at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC confiscated a ...

In a statement to Nexstar’s WDCW, United Airlines said it is aware of reports that a kite struck United Flight 654, which departed from Houston for Washington, D.C. However, the airline added ...

In a statement to NewsNation affiliate WDCW, United Airlines said it is aware of reports that a kite struck United Flight 654, which departed from Houston for Washington ... National Cherry Blossom ...

A kite made contact with a passenger airplane as it flew close to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, according to United Airlines. United Flight 654 later landed in ...

part of George Washington Memorial Parkway, is under the purview of the National Park Service. It’s across the Potomac River from the National Mall, where the Blossom Kite Festival, part of the ...

United Airlines said a plane landed safely at Reagan National Airport after a witness said he saw a kite reach the plane ... from the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington. He stopped to sit ...

Now called the Blossom Kite Festival, the event is part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Massive crowds gathered in the Washington Monument area of the National Mall, where temperatures ...