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One Man Killed After Shootout With Kansas City, Kansas, Police Near The Legends Shopping Center

By • Aug 13, 2019
KCK Fire Department Twitter

Updated Wednesday at 10:20 a.m. —

A man was killed by Kansas City, Kansas, police after a shootout near the Legends shopping center Tuesday morning. 

Western Kansas City, Kansas, Residents Celebrate The First New Fire Station In Piper— Ever

By • Apr 13, 2019
Lisa Rodriguez / KCUR 89.3

Mike Kane has been talking about a new fire station in the western Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood of Piper since he was elected to the Board of Commisioners 14 years ago.

But it was his own near-death experience two Halloweens ago that made building the station his mission.

“That lit the fire under me to put the fire under the rest of the community,” Kane said.

How Bald Eagles Made Record Comeback In Kansas, And KCK Mayoral Debate

By & Coy Dugger • Nov 1, 2017
Luke X. Martin / KCUR 89.3

Kansas volunteers are committed to preserving a national icon: the bald eagle. Today, we speak with the filmmakers of a documentary short about the year-round work to document and band the offspring of nesting eagles in the Sunflower State. Then, we meet the two candidates for this year's mayoral election in Kansas City, Kansas. Incumbent Mark Holland and challenger David Alvey discuss current issues in Wyandotte County and how their plans differ in terms of moving the Unified Government forward.

Soccer Helps Drive Comeback In Kansas City, Kansas

By • Jun 1, 2017
Frank Morris / KCUR 89.3

Kansas City, Kansas officially has a new soccer complex. It is part of a move to bolster the city's position as a soccer capitol.  

Mayor Mark Holland Says KCK Is Rising, But Challenges Remain

By • Mar 2, 2017
Luke X. Martin / KCUR 89.3

In many ways, Kansas City, Kansas, is a tale of two cities: growing wealth and optimism out west, dilapidation and empty houses in the east. But Mark Holland, city mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, holds out hope.

"We've never had more capital investment, we've never had more job growth, we've never been on a higher upswing in terms of morale in our community," he says.

At his State of the Government Address on Feb. 28, Holland laid out his plans to keep that momentum going.

The State Of Government, From KCK And Washington, D.C.

By & Claire Tadokoro • Mar 1, 2017
Luke X. Martin / KCUR 89.3

Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Mark Holland speaks with host Steve Kraske about the State of the Government Address he presented on February 28, noting the progress made in Wyandotte County, and what more needs to be done. Also, our Political Pundits examine President Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress.

KCK Mayor Mark Holland On Housing, Firefighters And Jobs

By & • Feb 25, 2016

Fresh off his third State of the Government address, Mayor and CEO of Wyandotte County Mark Holland is thinking about health care, small businesses and the need for population growth.

KCK Mayor Mark Holland On What Wyandotte County Residents Want Done With A $12 Million Windfall

By • Aug 20, 2015
The Unified Government Of Wyandotte County

Kansas City, Kansas mayor Mark Holland wants his residents to help him solve a city budget puzzle.

The CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County is in the middle of a listening tour to hear what residents think their government should do with an extra $12 million a year — which stems from the paying off of bonds for the Village West development.

A Look Back At The Day That Saved KCK, A Look Forward At The Windfall To Come

By • Apr 28, 2015
Frank Morris / KCUR

As Kansas state government braces for another round of budget cuts or tax increases (or both) to balance the state’s declining revenue, Wyandotte County is looking forward to a big jump in tax collections. That’s just part of the county’s profound, if spotty, change of fortunes.

Death spiral

Twenty years ago, Carol Marinovich became mayor of a city in steep decline. The Kansas City, Kansas she grew up in was collapsing. The house she grew up in, along with half her Strawberry Hill neighborhood, had long since been bulldozed to make way for I-70. But that was far from the worst of it. Wyandotte County seemed locked in a death spiral.