Missouri attorney general says he’ll sue Jackson County to stop new gun...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is taking aim at a recently passed Jackson County ordinance that banned people under the age of 21 from possessing certain firearms. The measure was proposed...
View ArticleImagine saving the Kansas River from literal tons of trash. This group is...
Friends of the Kaw volunteers dig 2 to 6 tons of battery cases out of sandbars each year. They tackle items as big as septic tanks. Now they’re eyeing an ambitious cleanup target for 2030.
View ArticleMissouri judge upholds state ban on transgender health care for minors
A 74-page ruling backs state’s argument defending law that has blocked transgender Missourians from accessing gender-affirming health care,
View ArticleMissouri deer hunters can help feed hungry families by donating meat to food...
The Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging deer hunters to donate meat through its Share the Harvest program.
View Article‘Chimp Crazy’ Missouri zoo owner should face criminal contempt charges,...
“Tonia Haddix has violated numerous orders of this Court and seeks to make a mockery of the rule of law by admitting and boasting on television, on the internet, and on other means of public...
View ArticleSandra Hemme, Missouri woman wrongfully convicted for 44 years, is a step...
For the first time in more than four decades, Sandra Hemme may get to spend Thanksgiving with her family — not in prison. Hemme was wrongly convicted of murdering a St. Joseph librarian in 1980, but a...
View ArticleHallmark and the Chiefs: A love story
No, it’s not Taylor and Travis… but another Kansas City Chiefs love story will premiere on the Hallmark Channel this weekend. Plus: A new Kansas celebrity was made this month when Wichita's Chock...
View ArticleIndependence Police release edited video from officer's killing of baby and...
Independence has not named the officer who fatally shot Maria Pike and her daughter Destinii Hope, after police responded to a domestic disturbance call on Nov. 7, 2024. The body camera footage shows...
View ArticleInside the Kansas City kitchen cooking up meals for unhoused people — and...
For 35 years, NourishKC has fed Kansas City’s unhoused population, people down on their luck or anyone who has needed a hot meal — and they're especially busy during the holiday season. Through that...
View ArticleReeling from property crimes, Kansas City businesses say this holiday season...
The shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas can be a big boost to local businesses. In a year marred by a rash of property crimes against small shops, cafes, and restaurants, Kansas City...
View ArticleRoger Golubski is finally going on trial
More than two years after his arrest, and after decades of allegedly terrorizing the Black men and women of Kansas City, Kansas, disgraced former detective Roger Golubski is headed to face trial on...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri researchers are working to plant purple corn on home soil
Purple corn, commonly known as maiz morado, has more antioxidants than blueberries. Researchers at the University of Missouri are trying to grow a similar corn here in the United States.
View ArticleFamily of mother and baby killed by Independence police call for full release...
The family of Maria Pike and her baby Destinii Hope rallied outside of Independence Police headquarters Sunday and demanded transparency from investigators. Independence Police released highly-edited...
View ArticleDisgraced Kansas City, Kansas, cop Roger Golubski faces decades of abuse...
Police accountability advocates say it’s important to remember that Golubski is not just “one bad apple,” and that his case reveals a law enforcement system that often fails to protect the most...
View ArticleMidwest builders are using wood in a new way to construct high rises. And...
A wood building material can be used in high-rise structures, giving it the potential to replace materials that are bad for the climate, while also locking carbon into buildings for decades.
View ArticleKansas City is putting its biggest roads on diets
Many of Kansas City's four-lane roads are too fast and too empty. The city plans to slim down many of its most dangerous stretches, like Troost Avenue, 39th Street and Independence Avenue, to curb...
View ArticleA Kansas artist's love for his wife lives on as a Christmas tradition in...
Lindsborg, Kansas, artist Lester Raymer is best known for paintings of round-faced circus clowns, acrobats and jaunty roosters. But in the Red Barn Studio where he once worked, handcrafted toys for his...
View ArticleJudge issues arrest warrant for Roger Golubski after he fails to show up for...
The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective failed to appear at the first day of his federal trial in Topeka. He faces federal charges of violating the civil rights of two women.
View ArticleRoger Golubski, ex-KCKPD detective accused of abuse, dead of apparent suicide...
The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective was found dead of a gunshot wound at his house in Edwardsville, after failing to show up for trial. Called a “dirty cop,” Roger Golubski was accused of...
View ArticleRoger Golubski is dead
Disgraced former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski was found dead by apparent suicide in his home Monday morning, on the day his long-awaited trial was meant to begin. Soon after,...
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