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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement [X] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 240.14a-11(c) or Rule 240.14a-12 KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [ ] $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), 14a-6(i)(2) or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A. [ ] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3). [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11: (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: (5) Total fee paid: [X] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount Previously Paid: (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: (3) Filing Party: (4) Date Filed: #### [Western Resources logo] [KCPL logo] MEDIA CONTACTS: MEDIA CONTACTS: Michel' J. Philipp (785) 575-1927 Phyllis Desbien (816) 556-2903 INVESTOR CONTACT: INVESTOR CONTACT: Bruce Burns (785) 575-8227 David Myers (816) 556-2312 JOINT NEWS RELEASE WESTERN RESOURCES, KCPL FILE APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF MERGER TOPEKA, Kansas, and KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 17, 1998 -- Western Resources (NYSE:WR) and Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT) today jointly filed amended applications with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) and the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) asking for approval of their restructured merger agreement. The merger will create a company with more than one million electric customers in Kansas and Missouri, $8.2 billion in assets and more than 8,000 megawatts of electric generation resources. The boards of directors of Western Resources and KCPL approved the restructured merger of the two companies in March. In addition to the approval of the KCC and the MPSC, the merger is conditioned upon the approvals of each company's shareowners, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other governmental approvals. Both companies will ask shareowners to approve the transaction July 30, 1998. -30- p. 2 - MERGER FILING Western Resources (NYSE:WR) is a consumer services company with interests in monitored security and energy. The company has total assets of more than $7 billion, including security company holdings through ownership of Protection One (NASDAQ:ALRM), which has more than 1 million security customers in 48 states. Its utilities, KPL and KGE, provide electric service to approximately 614,000 customers in Kansas. Through its ownership in ONEOK Inc. (NYSE:OKE), a Tulsa-based natural gas company, Western Resources has a 45 percent interest in the eighth largest natural gas distribution company in the nation, serving more than 1 million customers. Through its other subsidiaries, Westar Capital and The Wing Group, the company participates in energy-related investments in the continental United States and offshore. For more information about Western Resources and its operating companies, visit us on the Internet at http://www.wstnres.com. Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT) provides electric power to a growing and diversified service territory encompassing metropolitan Kansas City, parts of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. KCPL is a low-cost producer and leader in fuel procurement and plant technology. KLT Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of KCPL, pursues opportunities in nonregulated, primarily energy-related ventures. For more information about KCPL, visit http://www.kcpl.com.