The Kansas City Star – Breaking News Reporter ‘They broke our dreams’: Kansas Citians rally following judge’s decision to end DACA One person fatally shot and two others injured in Belton Saturday morning, police say As St. Louis returns to mandatory masks, Kansas City leaders encourage vaccination Annette Bloch, one of Kansas City’s ‘grande dames of philanthropy,’ dies at 94 Dove release marks 40 years since Kansas City Hyatt skywalk collapse stole 114 lives Kansas City’s homeless community asks for extension to temporary hotel initiative Kansas City family of slain ‘X-Factor’ contestant thinks fatal shooting was hate crime One person shot near East 11th Street, Belmont Avenue in Kansas City on Saturday Overnight storms had thousands without power. More storms on way to KC on Saturday ‘Power to the people’: Revolutionary Black Panther Party marches from Troost to Prospect The minimum wage is $7.25 in Kansas. Here’s what it costs to live in Johnson County Kansas City tenant activists detail ‘proposal for a better world’ at rousing rally ‘Just want my voice to be heard’: Former Kansas City VA worker files discrimination lawsuit Kansas City Juneteenth festival radiates joy at 18th & Vine: ‘Reminder of new beginnings’ Kansas City activists call for ceasefire in violent crime: ‘We must start somewhere.’ Kansas City Parks Director Terry Rynard, first woman to lead department, will retire Kansas City police say 15-year-old boy shot, killed amid surge of violence Tuesday Kansas City marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — a moment years in the making Faith leaders and officials gather in Overland Park to call for end of antisemitism Yes, Kansas City’s Troost Avenue was named for a slaveholder. And that’s not all we found For second weekend in a row, Kansas City protesters rally for Palestine at Plaza Officials say $8.3M for Kansas City to address homelessness includes tiny home funds ‘Hardly enough training’: Teen killed by police in Kansas City suburb had BB gun Stop Asian Hate leans into legacy of civil rights to spark movement, dismantle racism Kansas City rally backs Palestine with hundreds marching from Country Club Plaza ‘KC has your back’: City celebrates May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month For 31-year-old dad fatally shot in Leavenworth, everything ended with ‘I love you.’ ‘We’ve had enough’: Kansas City saw multiple shootings and homicides in 10-hour span KC police killed their sons and brother: These Black women want them remembered KCPD, Kansas City leaders, community react to guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin trial This Kansas City hair salon returns to bringing joy, beauty to area seniors Levi Harrington’s 1882 lynching memorialized with soil collection, funeral procession ‘We will not be moved’: Rally supporting homeless camp by KC’s City Hall draws over 100 Sister Corita, who championed KC kids, remembered: her ‘gifts will ripple’ for years At Stop Asian Hate rally in Overland Park, nearly 150 people came and stood together The Starr of this east side KC gym motivates, empowers women to ‘do something’ Evictions, shutoffs could resume soon in KC. Here are resources and ways you can help KC activist Alvin Sykes remembered: Lifelong fight for justice ‘changed the nation’ Church council calls for KCPD to dismiss chief, ‘no longer ignore’ Black community Judge orders Overland Park to release records to KC Star in police killing of teen KC activists say charges filed in pepper-spraying of teenager a sign of needed change As calls for justice continue in KC, prosecutors answer public on Donnie Sanders case Flooding forced tenants out. They want more help from their landlord, and Kansas City ‘Defend Black Life’: KC marchers head down Ward, demanding justice for Donnie Sanders Family of first Black Kansas City, Kansas, police chief longs to revive namesake park As ‘a love letter to Black women,’ tea shop on KC dividing line empowers community First and foremost, disengage: How Jackson County court deputies train for evictions Raytown couple killed in their home leaves kids, community with memories of love Young Kansas Citians carry on spirit of activism following year of protests, upheaval Public housing project in KCK on verge of closing, leaving residents in limbo Court deputies shoot, injure person during an eviction in Blue Springs, police say J.C. Nichols’ whites-only neighborhoods, boosted by Star’s founder, leave indelible mark Revolutionary Black Panther Party chapter ‘asking for equity’ in march to KCPD patrol Civil rights organizations demand change, action at Kansas City VA hospital Protesters demand justice for pregnant woman seen in KC police arrest videos Lawyer of pregnant woman in KC arrest video wants officers’ licenses revoked Judge grants $52M to Kansas City tenants in case of ‘uninhabitable’ living conditions ‘It’s 2020. Let’s fix it.’ Black men share stories on racism, policing in Johnson County Outside KCPD’s East Patrol station, protesters call for end to police system At Waldo rally, protesters say the names of the 129 people killed in KC this year KC Council committee weighs ‘unfathomable’ impact of tax incentives on schools ‘Revolutionary’: Traffic lawyer turned activist leads protest movement in Kansas City ‘We want justice’: Ex-Kansas City VA worker sues for race, disability discrimination ‘One too many fallen angels’: Protesters demand justice for slain KCK 3-year-old ‘Heartbreaking’: Community releases balloons at vigil in honor of Olivia Ann Jansen In wake of protests, family of man killed by KCPD hopes for their turn at justice VA secretary visits KC following wave of racial discrimination complaints at hospital ‘Enough is enough’: Former KC VA employee and Navy vet alleges racial discrimination Police deploy pepper spray again, multiple led away as protests start Saturday on KC Plaza ‘It’s our duty’: Kansas City bus drivers face danger to help others get to work A COVID-19 survivor’s warning: Don’t rush back to normal. It doesn’t exist Hate crime or stray bullet? Kansas City man’s death stirs fears in LGBTQ communities Fifty percent of people testing positive for coronavirus in Kansas City are black In Kansas City, coronavirus is hitting black residents in the Third District hardest Laid off, homeless and coronavirus positive: KC couple’s problems pile up in pandemic Biden tells Missourians to ‘take back this country’ days before Tuesday primary K-State student leaders decry bigotry after report links group to white nationalism He offered to buy her beer in exchange for her vote. Her testimony sent him to prison Black workers at Kansas City hospital were called ‘boy’ and ‘Aunt Jemima’: lawsuit They’ve put up with leaks, mold, insects, mice. Now these tenants face eviction Two people hit by a car in KC were blamed. After a complaint, KCPD changed the story
