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Crime and Justice

News & Issues

Security Guards May Have Been Involved in 1988 Explosion that Killed 6 Kansas City Firefighters

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.

by Dan Margolies, KCUR 89.3

News & Issues

FBI has Investigated Kansas City, Kansas, Police for Decades, but Prosecution of Bad Cops is Rare

One FBI effort was dubbed 'Tarnished Star'

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas Sought Records from Missouri Medical Marijuana Regulators

News Comes Amid Push to Get Recreational Marijuana on the 2022 Ballot

by Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

Mind, Body and Crime in the Country

How Drug Addiction and Untreated Mental Health Issues Lead to High Crime Rates in Rural Missouri

Commentary

Missouri’s Execution of Ernest Johnson Merely Adds to Body Count

State-Sanctioned Killing of an Intellectually Disabled Man Solves Nothing

by Bill Tammeus

News & Issues

Nick’s Picks | Pandemic, Politics, Police and Pot

Sizing Up the Week Before it Happens

News & Issues

Councilwoman Asks City Manager to Explore Local Control of KC Police

Resolution Seeks Report in Six Months

by Kevin Collison

News & Issues

Grand Theft ‘Not-O’

Mission, Kansas, Woman Steals Back Her SUV From Unsuspecting Thieves

by Multiple Reporters

Commentary

Making Sense of A Tragedy

KC Interfaith Leader Reflects On The Shooting in Olathe

News & Issues

Lethal Injection Drugs at Center of Death Penalty Fight

The Latest Chapter in Missouri's Execution History Involves Drug Sourcing

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