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Peggy Lowe/KCUR 89.3Idella “Lupi” Gardner, 38, is believed to have fired the shot that killed Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a KCUR reporter, nearly five years ago, a federal judge said Monday. Aviva Okeson-Haberman’s murder was “emblematic of the senseless, everyday gun violence that plagues this community,” a federal prosecutor said. -
Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public RadioSt. Louis, FEMA and Missouri went back and forth on requests for tornado recovery help, clarity and time — at times taking months to respond. Here's how the last 10-plus months passed with little progress.
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Organizers say the ongoing war in Iran and increased federal immigration enforcement are driving people across the Kansas City area to rally against the Trump administration as part of the third No Kings protest. -
Librarians and staff in the Mid-Continent Public Library system have announced their intent to unionize. They want better wages and workplace protections. With more than 700 workers, it could be the largest library union in Missouri. -
Jackson County will task a group of “business leaders, developers and community stakeholders” to envision the future of the Truman Sports Complex after the Kansas City Chiefs’ and Royals’ stadium leases expire in 2031. -
By the time Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted Prewitt's sentence in 2024 — paving the way for her release on probation — she was 75 years old and the longest-serving female inmate in the state’s prison system. She wrote letters from the very start. -
O'Fallon, Missouri, resident Armande Namegni was detained and jailed on Jan. 22 during a routine immigration check-in. A Cameroonian asylum seeker, Namegni had a prior nonviolent charge on her record but said it was wrongly attributed to her and never caused a problem until this year. -
The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S. -
Kansas City previously honored farmworker advocate and union leader César Chávez with murals and a street in his name on the Westside. But some community leaders are reconsidering after a bombshell investigation accused him of sexually abusing multiple girls and women. -
The new 1,000-bed facility has bright spaces, outside courtyards, open-air gyms and two courtrooms. This will replace the current downtown county jail, which is vastly overcrowded and in disrepair. -
Melissa Robinson, a Kansas City Council member, will join the Urban League of Greater Kansas City as president and chief operating officer while the organization seeks Grant’s replacement. Grant will officially step down in one year. -
A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers. -
The new extension is less than a mile long, and will connect CPKC Stadium with the rest of the downtown streetcar line, near River Market. Several other Riverfront projects are expected to be completed at the same time. -
Ex-Florissant officer Julian Alcala admitted that he pulled over victims for minor traffic violations, then searched through their phones and sent intimate photos and videos to his own phone.
