Peggy Lowe
ReporterPeggy Lowe is a veteran investigative reporter based at KCUR, NPR’s member station in Kansas City. She also serves as a correspondent for Marketplace, public media’s national business show.
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Although expected since April, the move marks a new era in one of downtown’s largest attractions. -
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has been looking into allegations of sexual violence involving Roger Golubski, who is now retired.
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Randy Lopez, a Kansas City, Kansas, school board member, says the task force is solely for listening to the community. He wants to push for immediate reform.
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Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree tells KCUR’s “Up To Date” that the prosecutor’s office used to pass around a noose when a case ended in a hung jury.
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While not surprising, given the merger was approved two months ago, the end of the Sprint era in Kansas City is near.
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Protests were notably calmer than the previous weekend after the police began de-escalation efforts and the mayor announced reforms, but protestors still called for Chief Rick Smith to be fired.
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Another protest rally is planned for this afternoon, as Kansas City assesses damage from last night. This story is updated regularly.
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Socially distant social justice events are planned for this weekend in Kansas City by people who want to express anger, fear, grief, sadness and solidarity about the killing of an African-American man by a Minneapolis policeman.
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Ryan Stokes, an African-American man, was gunned down by a Kansas City Police Department officer in the Power & Light District in 2013. Now one of the officers at the scene who refuted the department's version of events has been pushed out.
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Brighton Gardens, a Prairie Village nursing home, was sued on Monday, the first lawsuit alleging wrongful death for a resident’s COVID-19.
