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Most Wanted In Kansas City: More Police Recruits

The Kansas City Police Department is struggling to fill more than 200 open positions.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Looking for Sunshine in a Miserable Week

This week, learn about the power of fandom, the news you need to know and what Valentine’s Day trends are in COVID times.

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Crosses on the lawn of Wornall Road Baptist Church at Meyer Boulevard and Wornall Road.

KC Faith Leaders Target Violent Crime in ‘Getting to the Heart of the Matter’

Several clergy members began working with the Kansas City Police Department last summer to find ways to reduce violent crime.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | First COVID-19 Vaccines Expected in Kansas City This Week

The Kansas City area could begin seeing the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as this week.

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Ryan Sorrell

Turning Data to Dialogue: Police Stop Data and the Search for Solutions

Missouri has some of the nation’s most comprehensive and longstanding data on police traffic stops. Yet for all of the tallying and annual reports and statements of concern, little has changed.

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Nick Haines

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

This week features a surge in COVID-19 cases, the last presidential debate, protests over police violence and medical marijuana sales in Missouri.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Pandemic Scrambles Chiefs Game, Election Season

The COVID-19 pandemic is scrambling the Kansas City Chiefs schedule and the final month of election season.

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Kansas City police in riot gear

Defunding the KCPD: A Glimpse of How it Could Look

The Kansas City Police Department is already experimenting with some programs that reflect the goals of the defund the police movement.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks: Protests Aren’t Going Away

Get ready for more demonstrations this week against racism and police brutality spreading across the Kansas City area.

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Protests on the Country Club Plaza

Broken Hearts and Broken Glass: Kansas City Voices Its Pain

Kansas City’s protests are about more than just the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

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