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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Black Lives Matter activists who rejected Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith's invitation to meet say they refuse to be a part of law enforcement's "performative politics." -
Rose Calvin’s family has wondered about her murder for 24 years – and they have questions about the role of a former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective in her death. So do social justice advocates.
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Ethan Ridings, 20, was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for killing two Kansas, City, Kansas, 19-year-olds during a small-time drug deal. His friend who involved him in the deal was placed on probation.
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A large regional council of the Presbyterian Church called Thursday for the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to fire embattled Chief Rick Smith.
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“She abused her power and took her oath to a whole other level – her and the police department.”
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Social justice advocates in Wyandotte County called the FBI's announcement "eye-opening" and hoped it would help build trust with the community.
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The Black Lives Matter social movement has created a sea change in who holds prosecutors accountable and how they publicly handle police excessive force cases.
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A federal grand jury indictment unsealed on Wednesday says Kenneth R. Hubert, 63, of Marionville, Missouri, threatened to “murder” U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and another congressman from Tennessee.
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Derrick D. Wren Jr., 28, was charged Wednesday with shooting three-year-old Marcus Haislip III in May 2017. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker urged people to find other ways to resolve conflicts than “to pick up a gun.”
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A Johnson County man received probation after pleading guilty to two felonies resulting from a drug deal. The victim’s mother wonders why her son is dead and one of the guilty men is free.
