Lawsuit accuses Independence police of drunken driving and age discrimination ^93.5%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Peggy Lowe - 4/30/2026, 4:40 PM

Unattributed Quote 61% - Negativity Bias 51.1% - Availability Heuristic 26.2%

The Independence Police internal affairs captain has filed a stinging lawsuit against the city, alleging age discrimination, a hostile work environment and illegal retaliation. Capt. Billy Pope, 55, a 17-year veteran of the force and commander of the Internal Affairs and Professional Standards Unit since February 2024, singled out two... more

Kansas City Royals announce Crown Center as new ballpark location, in deal with Hallmark ^64.8%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Peggy Lowe, Kowthar Shire, Savannah Hawley-Bates - 4/22/2026, 2:11 PM

Negativity Bias 12.3% - Biased Writer Voice 12.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 10.6%

The Kansas City Royals will team up with hometown company Hallmark Cards to build a new ballpark at Crown Center, with a promised $3 billion downtown campus of mixed-use development in the surrounding 85 acres. In an email sent to fans early Wednesday, Royals owner John Sherman announced a "transformative project" that will create... more

Federal lawsuit says Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority extorted food benefits from tenants ^23%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Peggy Lowe - 4/20/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 45.1% - Appeal to Emotion 27.3% - Anecdotal 17.4%

A federal lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority alleges that a mother was forced to hand over her food benefits so she could get public housing. Andrea Randle, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident and mother to three boys, filed the civil lawsuit late last year, saying housing authority employees illegally used the... more

Kansas City man sentenced to 2 years in prison for Chiefs parade mass shooting ^0%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Peggy Lowe - 4/17/2026, 8:01 PM

Appeal to Authority 23.6% - Framing Effect 15.3% - Appeal to Emotion 12.1%

A young Kansas City man who carried his gun in a green teddy bear backpack to the Chiefs Super Bowl parade was sentenced Friday to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a lesser weapons charge. Terry Young, 21, shackled and wearing an orange jumpsuit, quietly pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon as the family of Lisa... more

Kansas City woman suspected of killing KCUR reporter was sentenced to jail in a drug case ^0%

KCUR - By Peggy Lowe - 4/7/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 13.4% - Appeal to Authority 9.2% - Appeal to Emotion 8.3%

A 38-year-old Kansas City woman long suspected in the fatal shooting of KCUR reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison in a separate federal drug case. Idella “Lupi” Gardner pleaded guilty in 2024 in a large federal drug-conspiracy and wiretapping case that involved 29 people from a violent street gang.... more

Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooter pleads to lesser charge and gets 2-year sentence ^0%

KCUR - By Peggy Lowe - 3/9/2026, 8:59 PM

A 20-year-old man who admitted his role in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge and could soon be released. Dominic Miller was initially charged with second-degree murder in the shootings that killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan and injured 23 others. On Monday, Miller pleaded guilty... more

Missouri Supreme Court opens door to using deadly force in self-defense, even over minor threats ^0%

KCUR - By Peggy Lowe - 2/26/2026, 6:00 PM

An appellate court ruling that critics say will broaden when people can use deadly force as a self-defense will now remain in effect after the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear the case. With the Tuesday refusal of Danielle Lechocki’s case, a November ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, will stand. The... more