gun violence

Republican lawmakers who championed the law claimed they were concerned the Biden administration would tighten gun restrictions.

When it comes to gun crimes and issues like bail and sentencing, the race of both the victim and the accused matters.

A joint lawsuit from the City and County of St. Louis seeks to overturn the state's new Second Amendment sanctuary law. Jackson County lawmakers want to lend their support to the legal action.

Missouri's new gun law, which imposes a $50,000 fine on any state or local official who enforces a federal gun law that is not also state law, has a "chilling effect" on some police.

African American students in Missouri are reportedly more than four times as likely to be suspended as their white peers. A new KCPS policy addresses the disturbing trend.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks on the police budget, the board of police commissioners, and the Second Amendment Preservation Act, and crossword puzzle masters demystify their design process.

Kansas City's Mayor says now is time to invest in prevention, mental health services and rank and file neighborhood police officers.

St. Louis and St. Louis County jointly filed suit Monday asking a judge to find a new law that seeks to ban federal gun laws in Missouri unconstitutional.

Gov. Mike Parson and Attorney General Eric Schmitt responded Thursday to a Department of Justice letter requesting clarification of a bill that would ban local police officers from enforcing federal gun laws.

One juvenile has been arrested and charged in the shooting, but Terrell Bell's mother says other people involved in his killing have not been caught.

A group of African American pastors is distancing themselves from departmental leadership over video they say conflicts with police accounts of the killing of Malcolm Johnson.

Johnson's family is demanding the officer involved by fired and charged in the shooting. Meanwhile, the state highway patrol is defending their investigation.