criminal justice

More than 5,000 inmates and 975 prison staff have tested positive for the coronavirus.

A new unit will focus on unsolved murders and other serious crimes. The team will work with prosecutors and police departments across the state to get a fresh set of eyes on old cases.

The National Juvenile Defender Center says Kansas needs a statewide system for training and assigning defense attorneys to work with children.

With police departments under scrutiny for their relationship with Black Americans, Kansas City, Missouri's police force has a dismal diversity record, especially in its investigative units.

Earlier this year, Wesley Ira Purkey and Keith Dwayne Nelson were put to death by the federal government.

Kansas City officials are deliberating who will become the next city manager, overseeing everything from snow removal to the annual budget.

The COVID-19 case numbers started to rise at the prison just this month, and family members of people who are incarcerated there say they've been told not all staff members or inmates wear masks.

When the Bureau of Prisons finally turned over the records — after Purkey's second execution date was set — they went to the government's lawyers, who Purkey’s lawyers say failed to turn the records over to them.

Incumbent Mark Dupree faces prosecutor Kristiane Bryant in the Kansas primary Aug. 4. The winner will run the District Attorney’s office for the next four years, since no Republican has filed in this race.

A former state chairwoman for Kansas Republican Party is running for U.S. Congress, Mark Dupree defends his record in office, and two renters share their experience facing eviction during a pandemic.

Courtney argues he should be released early because he has numerous health problems that put him at risk of contracting COVID-19 and because he has made post-sentencing efforts to rehabilitate himself.

The Trump Administration has sent about 200 additional federal law enforcement agents to Kansas City. It's a controversial operation, but those involved want to make something clear: "This is not Portland".