Dyeing Kansas City’s water features red to celebrate the Chiefs is a time-honored tradition in the City of Fountains.

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.

To celebrate the Chiefs' outstanding accomplishments this season, fountains around the Kansas City area were dyed red, which led to some... unsettling results in pictures and videos posted to ...

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 ...