Kansas City man pleads guilty to leading an arson-for-profit ring
Wandale J. Fulton was charged with running a ring that also included ID theft and car title fraud. He will spend at least ten years in federal prison.
View ArticleBack on campus, masks optional
UMKC is one of the few public universities in Missouri without a mask mandate. But increasing COVID-19 infections have both staff and students concerned about their well-beings on campus. Plus, a...
View ArticleJudge deals blow to government’s case against KU professor accused of...
Feng Tao, a chemistry professor, has denied the charges and pleaded not guilty.
View ArticlePete Buttigieg says ‘historic levels of funding’ coming to Kansas City to fix...
Buttigieg visited Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday to discuss how the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will modernize infrastructure across the U.S.
View ArticleAfter 43 years behind bars, freedom in Kansas City hasn't been easy for Kevin...
For now, he’s trying to adjust to things that didn’t exist when he was locked away more than four decades ago. Cellphones, for instance.
View ArticleA Kansas woman has been arrested for allegedly leading an all-female ISIS...
Federal prosecutors say that Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the U.S. and discussed a terrorist attack on a shopping mall.
View ArticleWyandotte County ushers in historic change with slate of new African American...
For the first time, several key positions in Wyandotte County’s Unified Government are filled by African Americans. But can new leaders in Kansas' most diverse county turn around a long history of...
View ArticleRural towns say they need a hand to fight off hackers and ransomware
The federal government is offering grant money to help address the problem, but small towns fear they lack the tech knowhow and resources to defend their systems and are daunted by grant applications.
View ArticleThe air in rural areas may be just as toxic as the pollution in cities
Air pollution has traditionally been measured by the size of particles, which tend to be larger in urban areas than in rural ones. But a new study from the University of Illinois suggests that the...
View Article‘A great example of gerrymandering’
Kansas Republicans have pushed forward a congressional map that would divide Wyandotte County from Johnson County, threatening the state's sole Democrat in the U.S. House. A Kansas state senator from...
View ArticleKansas City drivers will have to change routes as construction closes parts...
Starting in March, construction work for the Buck O'Neil replacement bridge will close the northbound lanes of I-35 between 12th Street and I-70, pushing more traffic onto the rest of the downtown loop.
View ArticleStarbucks employees announce plans to unionize two Kansas City-area locations
Employees at two Kansas City-area Starbucks stores announced on Monday plans to unionize. In a joint press release, organizers at Starbucks’ Country Club Plaza and 75th Street (Overland Park) locations...
View ArticleFreedom hasn't been easy for Kevin Strickland
For Kevin Strickland, who was released from prison late last year after serving 43 years for a crime he didn't commit, life on the outside hasn’t been easy. Now, in addition to adjusting to the mundane...
View ArticleKansas Gov. Kelly wants to spend $1 billion to land a big, mystery manufacturer
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is lobbying lawmakers to clear the way for record-size tax breaks and incentives to lure a $4 billion manufacturing plant, but the identity of the company...
View ArticleSecurity guards may have been involved in 1988 explosion that killed six...
Bryan Sheppard, who won a lawsuit to obtain Department of Justice records, said the government knew more than a decade ago that other individuals may have been involved.
View ArticleKansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is now a stop on the U.S. Civil...
The trail, which follows key moments and locations in the Civil Rights movement across the United States, also stops in Independence and St. Louis on its way to Kansas City.
View ArticleA sign of change for Kansas City, Kansas?
For the first time, African American leaders will fill several key positions in Wyandotte County’s Unified Government. Can they turn around a long history of coverup and corruption? Plus, Kansas...
View ArticleAnother winter storm now threatens a large swath of the Midwest
A major winter storm, expected to reach the Northeast later this week, has already brought more than 2 feet of snow to parts of the Midwest, and prompted airlines to cancel thousands of flights.
View ArticlePhotos: Kansas City draped in snow after winter storm, closing schools and...
Kansas Citians woke up to see several inches of snow, but the storm brought far less than the 9-12 inches predicted by the National Weather Service. Schools and many businesses closed Wednesday, while...
View ArticleKansas man who posed as pathologist and duped hundreds will plead guilty in...
At least 375 clients paid Shawn Parcells more than $1.1 million in fees between May 2016 and May 2019, according to the federal indictment.
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