Crime & Safety

Inside the sportsbook at Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway.

With a Casino on Their Phones, More Kansas City Gamblers Risk Addiction

By Suzanne King, The Beacon | February 9, 2024

Addiction experts warn that sports betting apps pose a particularly addictive temptation for problem gamblers, particularly around the Super Bowl.

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The Speak UP program features photos of those lost to suicide.

Grieving Parents Turning Tragedy of Suicide into Hope 

By Diana Reese | November 7, 2023

Parents of children who have died by suicide have banded together to help dramatically reduce such tragedies in the Blue Valley School District.

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A row of homes in the Santa Fe neighborhood, where violent crime is on the decline.

New Program Offers Hope for Reducing Violent Crime in KC

By Mary Sanchez | October 11, 2023

Results from the first year of the KC 360 program are showing progress in reducing violent crime in Kansas City’s historic Santa Fe neighborhood.

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police line do not cross tape

Hundreds of Kansas Citians Are Shot Each Year and Survive. Families Pick Up the Pieces

By Peggy Lowe, KCUR 89.3 | September 27, 2023

Since 2015, shootings in Kansas City that leave a survivor are rising slightly — leaving families to struggle with the physical and mental wounds they cause.

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Flatland reporters, producers and host Mary Sanchez, Vicky-Diaz Camacho, D. Rashaan Gilmore, Cody Boston, Catherine Hoffman and Cami Koons on the set at Kansas City PBS.

Flatland on Kansas City PBS: A Year in Review

By Cami Koons, Mary Sanchez, Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Catherine Hoffman, Cody Boston | December 15, 2022

Flatland’s Emmy-winning reporting team looks back on some of the biggest issues over the past year, and how they may unfold in 2023.

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