Con el frío extremo, mantenerse caliente es 'cuestión de vida o muerte'. Aquí...
Kansas City, Missouri activó su plan de emergencia contra el frío, debido al frío extremo. Diez albergues de la ciudad ampliarán su capacidad. Otros albergues y centros de calentamiento de la región se...
View ArticleThis unlikely pair of Kansas City gun lovers is coming together to look for...
LaTasha Jacobs and Carl Smart come from different backgrounds and have different ideas about why Kansas City's homicide rate is so high. But they plan to work together in Jefferson City to try to...
View ArticleMissouri state Rep. Emily Weber
Missouri’s first Asian American woman elected to the General Assembly says it hasn’t always been easy to serve. State Rep. Emily Weber, from Kansas City, reflects on race and equity in Missouri...
View ArticleKansas is 1 of 2 states without a Good Samaritan law for drug overdoses. That...
The Good Samaritan bill is one of the latest measures proposed to help curb rising overdose deaths in the state, mostly due to fentanyl.
View ArticleAll Missouri seniors over 62 could get property tax freeze if the legislature...
Under the law passed last session, Missouri counties can decide whether to enact a property tax freeze for seniors. Jackson County has already taken advantage of the law. Now, lawmakers are trying to...
View ArticleUnhoused in the bitter cold
Some unhoused Kansas Citians spent the last few nights sleeping outside in sub-zero temperatures. Finding a warm bed wasn't necessarily the problem — they know how to survive in the worst of the Kansas...
View ArticleKansas Republicans are pushing election concerns again, despite no evidence...
In the few days since the 2024 Kansas legislative session started, bills governing mail-in ballots and advance voting applications have already been filed. There is still zero evidence that widespread...
View ArticleWorking together on gun violence solutions in Missouri
LaTasha Jacobs and Carl Smart have different ideas about why Kansas City's homicide rate is so high, but they plan to work together in Jefferson City to persuade pro-gun lawmakers to consider solutions...
View ArticleJohnson County police scanners will soon go silent. What will that mean for...
More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the air.
View ArticleKansas City ‘kingpin’ behind catalytic converter thefts sentenced to federal...
James Spick, 58, made $11 million in four years selling stolen catalytic converters, according to law enforcement. There may have been 55,000 victims.
View ArticleMissouri lawmakers debate permanent ban on transgender care for minors
Doctors could object to providing gender-affirming care to both minors and adults under a proposed Missouri law. Other bills heard Wednesday evening in a House committee include restrictions on care...
View ArticleKansas City has a plan for 80 more shelter beds, but some Historic Northeast...
Kansas City, Missouri, has a plan to allocate federal funds to expand an existing shelter and turn it into the city’s only 24/7, low-barrier homeless shelter. Some residents of the Historic Northeast,...
View ArticleLamar Johnson, Missouri man who won his freedom after 28 years, sues over...
Johnson had long maintained he did not shoot and kill Marcus Boyd in 1994. A judge ruled last year that “clear and convincing” evidence showed Johnson was innocent and freed him after 28 years.
View ArticleKansas House sends flat income tax bill to the governor for a possible veto
Republicans in the Kansas Senate will need more votes to override a potential veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
View ArticleAfter Crown Center shooting left 6 injured, some business owners want more...
A shooting Wednesday night in the food court of the mall injured six people. Police say two people not involved in the initial altercation also fired shots. Crown Center resumed normal operations at...
View ArticleLincoln University alumni call for president's ouster after suicide of vice...
In interviews with the Midwest Newsroom, leaders of the Missouri university’s national alumni association echo Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who wrote a scathing critique of President John B....
View ArticleProfiting from blight in Kansas City
Kansas City neighborhood groups use a Missouri law to take control of empty homes with the hopes of breathing new life into them. But the law is also being used to buy up cheap houses and sell them for...
View ArticleMissouri courts ask for $3.7 million to help clear marijuana charges from...
At the same time when courts are required to dig through decades of non-digitized records for expungements, they are also involved in a large redacting project to make court records accessible online....
View ArticleThese Kansas quarterbacks transformed the way NFL passers play the run game
Before Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen made their names as ball-slingers who could also sprint, Bobby Douglass and Steve Grogan were using their legs to find ways to win football games.
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court upholds death sentence of convicted murderer Kyle Flack
Kyle Flack was sentenced to death in 2016 after he was convicted of killing three adults and a child. He had argued police violated his right to remain silent during interrogations.
View Article