Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree announced Wednesday that he will not seek retrials for Cedric Warren and Dominic Moore because they didn’t receive a fair trial for a 2009 double homicide. Dupree said a former prosecutor was to blame for the wrongful conviction.

The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

Almost a third of Wyandotte County's population is Hispanic or Latino. Activists have campaigned for the last 18 months for the election commissioner to voluntarily offer Spanish-language election materials.

Brian Betts spent 25 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit. Lawyers allege Betts' uncle was coerced into testifying against him by former Kansas City, Kansas Police detective Roger Golubski.

The arch was built to honor Rosedale soldiers who fought in World War I. After the monument fell into disrepair, the community has spent decades restoring it. Now, neighbors are throwing the arch a birthday party to celebrate.

Chester Owens, a civil rights activist who rubbed elbows with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is remembered for his work to desegregate Kansas City, Kansas, and to preserve Black history. He died last month at 91.

The existing bridge over the Kansas River was built in 1959, and has been repaired numerous times. Funding for its replacement was rolled into a bipartisan infrastructure law approved by Congress.

Nearly 50 cases of tuberculosis have been confirmed in Wyandotte County — more than the total number of cases in the state of Kansas last year. Still, experts say overall public risk is low.

Chester Owens will be remembered as a civil rights activist, educator and historian. He’s credited with helping desegregate downtown Kansas City, Kansas, businesses, establishing a Black book store and rubbing shoulders with Martin Luther King, Jr. and other icons of the Civil Rights movement.

Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of Kansas last year. But the public risk remains low.

Nearly 75% of Kansas City, Missouri, residents live in a heat island where temperatures can be at least eight degrees higher on any given day. That presents serious health and energy concerns, but efforts to cool these areas down are gaining steam.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, fire department and Wyandotte County Sheriff all saw millions of dollars in cuts. The Unified Government had a $12 million budget hole after voting unanimously to freeze property taxes in June.