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Republican Tracey Chappell and Democrat Melesa Johnson are on the Nov. 5 ballot for Jackson County Prosecutor. The candidates have attacked each other's qualifications, amid mounting concerns about property crimes and guns in Kansas City.
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Medical marijuana remains illegal in Kansas, and groups representing Kansas police chiefs, sheriffs and peace officers want it to stay that way — claiming it will create black market activity and crime. However, a majority of Kansans support legal weed.
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Kansas and Missouri police departments have paid thousands of dollars for an aggressive and discredited officer training. Plus: How some universities are tackling the issue of food insecurity among their students.
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Kansas and Missouri agencies have paid thousands of dollars to Street Cop Training. Since The Midwest Newsroom and KCUR began investigating, police departments in both states have stopped using the private company to instruct officers.
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The city says nearly 77,000 records, including incident and traffic reports, were breached during the attack.
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A Missouri legislative committee has been holding hearings across the state about immigration and crime. It got an earful, with many witnesses trying to explain immigration law and citing data that refutes the starkly anti-immigrant messaging.
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Kansas City officials want to reconstitute the jail on the top floor of KCPD headquarters. The city closed the jail in 2015, and — after an agreement with Jackson County fell through — now sends detainees to mid-Missouri.
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More than 5,000 stolen auto reports have been made this year, with over 900 submitted in July. Capt. Rob Schreiber of the Kansas City Police Department told Up To Date about half of all reports are for Kias and Hyundais, which are easy to steal.
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The Friday protest outside Ferguson police headquarters, which was peaceful most of the night, turned violent just before midnight. It occurred on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's killing by a Ferguson police officer.
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Corazones Azules was founded two years ago as a way for Latina mothers in Schuyler to share the joys and challenges of raising disabled children. Now, they have helped raise thousands of dollars to fund a safety program.
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Even though a special prosecutors report released this week clears nearly everyone in the unprecedented Marion County Record raid of criminal wrongdoing, it does nothing to diffuse allegations of police malfeasance — or concerns about a corrupt local government.
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Michael Brown Sr. and his wife, Cal, have spent the last 10 years working to heal and honor their son’s life after he was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer.