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The Missouri Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in the innocence case of Sandra Hemme, who served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.S.
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Michael Rubinkam/APSince his daughter Jaime was killed, along with 16 others, in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Fred Guttenberg has been an outspoken advocate for gun control. He's coming to Kansas City on Monday for a community forum hosted by Grandparents for Gun Safety. -
Don Ipock/KC Repertory TheatreAngela Wildflower grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and has since gone on to perform in Broadway productions and popular television series. She plays the iconic jazz singer in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," which runs through Oct. 27 at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
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- Alrededor de Kansas City, los autos robados están apareciendo en carreras callejeras y espectáculos ilegales
- Agricultores inmigrantes reciben ayuda de organizaciones sin fines de lucro para empezar granjas
- Madres latinas y policía en Nebraska ayudan a niños con discapacidades
- Irene Ruiz, bibliotecaria de Kansas City, se negó a permitir que la ciudad olvidará el vecindario de Westside
It's not exactly "Jurassic Park," but cloning extinct species is more realistic than you may think. In fact, that work is already underway — with the slightly friendlier woolly mammoth.
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October is LGBT History Month, the creation of history teacher Rodney Wilson. He began working on the idea while completing graduate studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1994. -
Missouri Amendment 5 on the November ballot would clear the way for a new casino to be placed in the popular vacation spot. -
Almost a third of Wyandotte County's population is Hispanic or Latino. Activists have campaigned for the last 18 months for the election commissioner to voluntarily offer Spanish-language election materials. -
Planned Parenthood leaders say that neither the Missouri legislature's efforts to cut Planned Parenthood off from Medicaid funding, nor next month’s vote on an abortion-rights amendment, were factors in the consolidation. -
Special prosecutors charged former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody with one count of interference with the judicial process, a low-level felony, for asking a restauranteur to delete text messages after his controversial raid of the Marion County Record. -
Missouri voters: Oct. 9 is your deadline to register to vote for the November election. The deadline for Kansas is Oct. 15. -
Lucas Kunce is squaring off against GOP U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in a race that’s gotten increasingly combative in recent weeks. -
As he runs for re-election this November, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s about-face on right to work is seen by some as a welcome shift toward pro-labor policy and by others as election year pandering. -
Climate change-driven weather events are causing more damage and wear and tear to school buildings in Missouri, driving up districts’ property insurance costs.
