Kansas City, Taxes
Trump official and congressman pay visit to Kansas City restaurant as tax refunds pour inOne of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members and a Missouri congressman visited a beloved family restaurant in Kansas City Monday to talk about how recent tax cuts have impacted small businesses. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler and Republican Congressman Mark Alford, who represents Missouri's 4th district, visited Cupini’s – a family-owned Italian restaurant – just… Read More
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Kansas City Mayor Lucas denies auditing KC Star’s coverage of his administrationKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is alleged to have ordered an audit of the local daily newspaper’s coverage of his administration, though he denies the charge in the face of emails suggesting he… Read More
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New black-owned Kansas City bar cancelled after public outrage over supposed racist nameCrushing public uproar over an alleged racist name – for a black-owned business, oddly enough – cancelled a pending lounge in Kansas City just days after it was announced. Sundown… Read More
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‘Where are we drawing the line?’: Longtime KC criminal rearrested for battery while on probation for it in Wyandotte CountyWyandotte County, Kansas District Attorney Mark Dupree is huge on second chances for criminals – repeatedly touting alternatives to prosecution, hosting seven annual “ expungement fairs ” to erase… Read More
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KC Mayor Quinton Lucas ruling out run for Congress, with poll showing negative view toward himKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas Monday ruled out running for Congress this year in a highly politically charged social media video that foreshadows a future run for office. Despite… Read More
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Alcohol, speed over 100 mph, contributed to fiery crash that killed Park Hill passenger Tessa Walker, authorities sayA car full of teens was traveling more than 100 miles per hour before it crashed early Sunday in Platte County, Missouri, killing 18-year-old passenger Tessa Walker and… Read More
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Kansas City mayor’s indifference to dangers of all-gender bathrooms draws firestorm of ridiculeKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has drawn national scorn this week for his view that the city’s airport doesn’t need gender-specific bathrooms – even after up to 66 women… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Police still searching for Kansas City car-chase, shooting suspectPolice are investigating a gunfire-riddled car chase that ended with a rollover crash in a Kansas City suburban neighborhood on Sunday evening before… Read More
Drugs, Kansas City
Barbie dolls concealing cocaine, fentanyl unwittingly sold at Kansas City storeA Kansas City discount store inadvertently sold Barbie dolls with potent drugs concealed in the packaging over the weekend. One family discovered a mysterious white powder… Read More
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KCI employee arrested after months of allegedly recording individuals in gender-neutral bathroomA former Kansas City International Airport restaurant employee was arrested on Friday for allegedly recording over 60 unsuspecting people in one of the airport’s gender-neutral bathrooms. … Read More
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So who is the mystery anti-ICE arsonist, and why isn’t she in custody?This should have been an open and shut case. In the early evening of Feb. 12 our mystery terrorist splashed accelerant over the windowed stretch of… Read More
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Kansas City Chiefs rally shooting plea plagues prosecutorDid the family of slain local disc jockey Lisa Lopez-Galvan support this week’s plea deal for one of the shooters at the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs rally where… Read More
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Kansas Citian pleads guilty to federal charges in theft of COVID relief fundsA Kansas City woman faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to receiving almost half a million dollars… Read More
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Kansas City airport among weekend security threats amid Democrat government shutdownA bomb scare at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) Sunday isn’t considered an act of terror – though it comes amid others around the world that are. Read More
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Liberty memorial bomb suspect an illegal with ICE detainerThe alleged California man accused of dumping 20 dangerous homemade bombs in an outdoor trash can at Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial is an illegal alien with an ICE detainer,… Read More
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Bombs found near Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial; California man chargedA California man faces over 100 years in prison after reportedly admitting to leaving 20 homemade explosives in a trash can near Kansas… Read More
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Kansas City funeral hit by drive-by shootingThree people were injured Friday morning during a Kansas City funeral service for a homicide victim. Officers responded to shots being fired around 11:15 a.m. Friday… Read More
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Kansas City mayor pro tem, husband under FBI probe; mayor claims not to knowKansas City’s mayor pro tem is under federal investigation over allegations her city-employee husband solicited contributions for her prior mayoral campaign from people seeking permits from the city,… Read More
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Kansas City school staff did nothing as Trump-supporting student violently assaulted by anti-ICE protesters, father saysThe principal and other staff at a Kansas City-area high school simply looked on and failed to intercede as a pair of teen Trump supporters were attacked and at least… Read More
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Newest Wyandotte County judge once released suspect who became alleged cop-killerWyandotte County, Kansas’ new district court judge once signed off on releasing a suspect who later went on to kill a Kansas City,… Read More