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The Clay County Prosecutor's office has charged Joshua Rocha with first degree murder and armed criminal action. Rocha allegedly shot and killed North Kansas City Officer Daniel Vasquez during a traffic stop Tuesday morning.

Redlining made climate change worse in Kansas City, Kansas, but new generations are fighting back. Plus, why Missouri police departments have only used a fraction of the state's $2 million witness protection fund.

Police departments have tapped only $14,647 from the fund. Police in Kansas City have used some of the money to rent hotel rooms for crime victims who would be in danger if they remained in their residence.

Current state law requires Kansas City to allocate 20% of its general fund to the KCPD every year. A bill pushed through the legislature by Missouri Republicans increases that threshold to 25%, but it's unclear if the move is constitutional.

Catalytic converters are built with platinum, palladium and rhodium — metals that have skyrocketed in value in recent years — making the car parts targets for theft.

El 25 de abril, un año después de que fuera asesinada a tiros, KCUR recuerda a la reportera Aviva Okeson-Haberman. Como en muchos casos de homicidio en Kansas City, nadie ha sido acusado de su muerte.

KCUR remembers reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman on April 25, a year after she was shot and killed. Like many homicide cases in Kansas City, no one has been charged in her death.

Residents gathered on Kansas City's east side called for a police chief who would spend time in majority-Black communities and take bold steps to dismantle racism within the department.

El viernes, los Comisionados de la Junta Directiva de Policía de Kansas City anunciaron que el subjefe, Joe Mabin un veterano con 22 años de servicio en la fuerza de policía será el nuevo jefe interino.

The budget for the upcoming year will determine the amount of money each city department receives, from the police department to housing services.

At a virtual forum Saturday, social justice leaders and community members discussed the hiring process and brainstormed the qualities they want to see in the next chief.

After a near-record year for homicides, Mayor Quinton Lucas urges Kansas Citians to start the new year right: without deaths due to celebratory gunfire.