Sam Zeff
Metro ReporterYou can contact Sam on Twitter @samzeff. Email him at sam@kcur.org. Prefer the phone? You can reach him at 816-235-5004
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Kansas' candidates for a U.S. Senate seat squared off, a film festival that normally happens in March ends up outdoors in October, and a Kansas City theatre brings Halloween to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. -
Kansas' 3rd District congresswoman makes the case for her reelection, why Missouri's second-in-command hopes to hold on to his office, and how an emerging community celebration is going virtual.
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Voters can usually count on local candidates to appear with their opponents at public forums and to talk to newspaper editorial boards. Not this year.
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It is not just homicides that are vexing Kansas City police. Non-fatal shootings are up 26% year-to-year, according to KCPD data. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says casework is filed in only 19% of those attacks. She calls that "a pathetically small number."
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From Assassin's Creed to Animal Crossing, video games have provided a much needed outlet for those stuck at home.
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Yinka Faleti says he knows "what it will take to lift up the entire state, not just the special interest, not just the powerful and rich."
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Meet the Democrat running for Missouri secretary of state, learn what video games mean to players stuck at home, and one Kansas City theater kicks off the Halloween season in a socially distanced way.
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The Hollywood Casino next to the Kansas Speedway was closed for a month by the coronavirus pandemic and has seen revenue significantly shrink. Falling revenue at the casino means falling revenue for the Unified Government.
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The winner of this Democratic primary between incumbent Sheriff Darryl Forté and former sheriff Mike Sharp will take office, as there is no Republican candidate.
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Nineteen-year-old Braeden Bradforth died of exertional heat stroke on his second day on the Garden City Community College campus. Just hours before the second anniversary of his death the school settled with his family for $500,000.
