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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.

Kansas City
Spectacular crash of Kansas City racing boat results in worldwide attention, but no critical injury

A Kansas City crew was lucky to escape with a few broken bones after their Freedom One Racing speedboat flipped and somersaulted in a frightening crash during a… Read More

April 29, 2025
Crime, Kansas City
Kansas City paramedic stabbed to death by patient in ambulance

A woman already accused of previously assaulting a police officer is now charged with murder after a Kansas City firefighter/paramedic was stabbed to death by a patient he… Read More

April 28, 2025
St. Louis
Judge may sanction St. Louis’ lawyers for ‘slipshod’ lawsuit vs. Missouri that ‘first-year law student’ wouldn’t have filed

A federal judge may discipline attorneys for St. Louis after they filed a lawsuit against the state that he said “a first-year law student” would know not to… Read More

April 24, 2025
Missouri Legislature
Washington University in St. Louis lobbying state to avoid new paid sick leave requirement

As small business owners across Missouri scramble to provide newly state-mandated paid sick leave by May 1, Washington University in St. Louis acknowledges it’s trying to become exempt… Read More

April 23, 2025
Federal government
Harvard sues Trump administration over ‘illegal demands’

(The Center Square) – After seeing billions of dollars in research funding frozen and facing multiple federal demands for internal reform, Harvard University is suing the Trump administration under… Read More

April 22, 2025