1+ year, 2+ day ago   (542+ words) Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez resigned Tuesday, according to a city statement. A reason for his departure was not publicly shared. Donchez became Overland Park’s Police Chief in October 2014 after serving in the same role in Davenport, Iowa, for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (415+ words) Machinist Mason Grimmett criticized the Wichita Police Department’s reliance on high-speed equipment that reads, logs and converts into searchable files the license plate of everyone driving in range of nearly 200 specialized cameras in the city. “The Wichita Police Department, and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1513+ words) The Kansas City Council is taking a big swing with this August’s ballot. Voters will be presented with five ballot questions, including four bond measures totaling $1.7 billion and a sales tax renewal that would fund economic development. Those five questions…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1780+ words) In January 2025, Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy got bad news from its charter school sponsor, the Missouri Charter Public School Commission. The Kansas City school — founded in 1999, named after a local minister and focused on "entrepreneurial leadership” — wasn’t being invited to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1761+ words) Kansas City leaders are bidding to retain the Royals at a new downtown stadium two years after Jackson County voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales-tax-funded ballpark in the Crossroads. Not surprisingly, a familiar fight about taxpayer-subsidized stadiums has roared back to…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (641+ words) Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved renewing the city’s 1% earnings tax. The tax is Kansas City’s single largest revenue source: It brings in about $373 million annually, which makes up about 45% of the city’s general fund. A failed vote would…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (825+ words) City officials are recommending the transformation of a portion of U.S. Highway 71 through southeast Kansas City into something that more resembles a parkway, and they’re asking for feedback on the idea from residents. They pitched the plan during a community meeting…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1032+ words) The Kansas City Council has passed the city’s largest budget after months of planning and debate. Budget increases are relatively normal; the city’s budget has increased by hundreds of millions of dollars each year. But this fiscal year’s planning document…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (287+ words) When Kansas City voters head to the polls next month, they’ll weigh in on a variety of municipal issues: school board trustees and directors, bond issues and more. But they’ll also vote whether to extend the city’s 1% earnings tax for…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1567+ words) Asia Dunmore had just begun to reestablish a relationship with her mom, Michelle, after more than a decade of estrangement. Michelle was connecting with her granddaughter and was excited to help Asia welcome her next child. Then, on Oct. 14, 2023, Michelle…...