Gun Violence
Season of Giving 2021: KC Mothers in Charge
KC Mothers in Charge aims to reduce gun violence within the community.
Control Issues
Kansas City is once again grappling with whether it should reclaim local control of the police department.
Gun Violence Persists as New KCMO Mayor Takes Office
Gun Violence Persists as New KCMO Mayor Takes Office
Kansas City No Violence Alliance Reboots
As mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Sly James has grown accustomed to phone calls from the police chief about yet another homicide. Sometimes James goes to the scene, and the details of one, from a Sunday morning, are seared into his memory. A wailing mother, still in her nightgown, was kneeling in the middle of…
The Innocent Victims of Hatred’s Blindness
A surviving spouse looks back at a neo-Nazi shooting in Johnson County that killed his wife in 2014.