Steve Vockrodt
Former Investigative Editor, Midwest NewsroomSteve Vockrodt is an investigative journalist who has reported in Kansas City since 2005. Areas of reporting interest include business, politics, justice issues and breaking news investigations.
As investigative editor for the Midwest Newsroom, he provides direction and guidance for reports around the region and continues to produce his own stories.
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Kansas City, Kansas, Police officer Deotis Brown, 33, faces domestic violence charges in both Wyandotte and Jackson counties. He's accused of assaulting the same victim in two different incidents.
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Kansas City Democrat Aaron Coleman and Wellsville Republican Mark Samsel, both members of the Kansas House Representatives, lost in their primary elections on Tuesday. Both had campaigns overshadowed by allegations of personal misconduct.
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Johnson County sheriff claimed he got 200 tips of election fraud. A records request yielded only oneFew outside Sheriff Calvin Hayden's office appear to know what he and his department are investigating.
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Robbie Makinen, who's led the agency since 2016, reportedly resisted a "money grab" by top Kansas City officials who sought millions in federal pandemic recovery funds awarded to the KCATA in order to pay for new streetlights.
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The special investigation examined thousands of hours of overtime incurred by police officers to fix up the city jail.
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Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden, who said his office is investigating fraud in the 2020 election without offering specifics or evidence, made requests to have law enforcement involved in upcoming elections, according to a memo written by the county's chief legal counsel.
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The historic but crumbling Kansas City housing cooperative, designed in the 1960s for Black families, faces a July 7 deadline to propose repairs. Without a plan, the Department of Housing and Urban Development could pull back on a $10 million loan it guaranteed.
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John Wood, former federal prosecutor and senior investigative counsel to the January 6 Committee, said the divisive politics shaping up in Missouri's U.S. Senate primaries prompted him to run as a mainstream independent candidate.
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Defense attorneys for three men accused of criminal negligence in the 2018 duck boat tragedy on Table Rock Lake said Missouri law doesn’t allow the Missouri Attorney General to bring criminal charges without an invitation from a local prosecutor.
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U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil rejected arguments by former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski to decide a civil rights case against him in his favor. Vratil said claims brought by Lamonte McIntyre should be decided by a jury.