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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Heartlander. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

National
Northwest Missouri State seeking a record third-straight Division II men’s basketball title Saturday

MARYVILLE, Mo. – Is this Missouri burg the new Titletown USA? It may be after this weekend, as hometown Northwest Missouri State University has a shot Saturday at… Read More

March 25, 2022
State Government
A raging war on car owners is crossing Kansas City and state lines. What is being done about it?

There’s an escalating war on vehicle owners in Kansas City as the criminal justice system does little to stop it. Just this week, authorities say some… Read More

March 24, 2022
State Government
Unpunished attack on St. Louis police raises alarm and questions: Will there be charges?

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner appeared strangely hesitant this week to charge a man who allegedly pointed a gun at officers in their police car early Saturday. Read More

March 22, 2022
Public Education
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has to sue to obtain public records. What chance do ordinary citizens have?

The attorney general of the Show-Me State can’t get the Missouri School Boards’ Association to show him open records. That’s the assertion in a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General… Read More

March 18, 2022
National
Biden’s Supreme Court nominee alarmingly soft on child sex and child porn offenders, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

After unearthing her lenient prison sentences for child sex offenders, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has moved from skepticism to hair-on-fire alarm about President Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. Ketanji Brown… Read More

March 17, 2022