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Kaylee Obisesan

Kaylee Obisesan is a Heartlander staff reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. A Miami University graduate, she has also reported for news outlets in Indiana and Ohio.

Culture
Missouri police chase convict for 9 hours; suspect, 2 deputies killed

A Missouri sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot at a traffic stop on Monday and another died early Tuesday morning during a shootout with the suspect. Richard Dean Bird, 45, shot and… Read More

February 26, 2026
Kansas
Kansas man gets prison time for bribes in federal nuclear weapons contracting

A Johnson County, Kansas man was sentenced to prison last Thursday for receiving bribes to steer the decisions of a nuclear weapons engineering firm.  Michael Clinesmith, 70, of Overland… Read More

February 25, 2026
Crime
Missouri police chase convict for 9 hours, results in fatal shootout

A Missouri sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot at a traffic stop on Monday and another died early Tuesday morning during a shootout with the suspect.  Richard Dean Bird, 45,… Read More

February 25, 2026
Public Education
‘They protested the wrong people’: Out-of-control Kansas high school protest highlights risks in growing student ICE walkouts

An anti-ICE walkout in Kansas City Friday that turned violent and criminal only sheds light on rising student walkouts against immigration enforcement. The protest at Olathe Northwest High School… Read More

February 25, 2026
ICE
‘They protested the wrong people’: Out-of-control Olathe protest highlights risks in growing student ICE walkouts

An anti-ICE walkout in Kansas City Friday that turned violent and criminal only sheds light on rising student walkouts against immigration enforcement. The protest at Olathe Northwest High School… Read More

February 24, 2026