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The man accused of a hate crime killing at an Olathe bar last year may be headed for a possible plea deal.Adam Purinton, 52, is charged with killing…

Two big box stores' announcements this week changing policies on gun sales will affect seven Dick's Sporting Goods stores and eight WalMarts in the Kansas…

Segment 1: Kansas City playwright uses murders of Leon Jordan and James Townsend as inspiration to connect 1960s civil rights movements to today's.In the…

Almost lost in the discussion about the 150 homicides in Kansas City last year is this: Why did the number of women murdered jump 52 percent between 2016…

After losing her son to murder in 2011, Rosilyn Temple turned her grief into action. She formed Mothers in Charge, whose members respond to every homicide…

A Wyandotte County, Kansas, man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he says he didn’t commit has been set free.Wyandotte County District…

Alice Snodgrass was worried about her friend Nicki Alexopoulos. Worried about a threat from within her family.“When she went silent, when she wasn't on…

For some, a belief in God and adherence to fact-based scientific research are mutually exclusive. That's not the case for Katherine Hayhoe, who's had…

Despite a drop in murder rates at the national level, homicides in Kansas City are on the rise. Today, we delve into the story behind the brutal murder of…

Pretty Pennington was killed by a girl fight, a handgun and an AK-47.She’d been to a friend's wedding that Saturday night, Nov. 12, 2016 — a fun party…

It was a clear night in late July 2016 on the 3600 block of Askew Avenue on Kansas City’s East Side.But inside one home, a fight was brewing. It was just…

Major Rick Smith of the Kansas City Police Department and Chief Keith Humphrey of the Norman, Oklahoma, Police Department are the two finalists for the…