Kansas City
Kansas City-area Turning Point chapters fight for acceptance, safety of membersA packed crowd wildly cheered on conservative standardbearer Glenn Beck for a Turning Point USA rally in Grand Forks Thursday night, in what the local… Read More
Kansas City
Boy in girls’ locker room in KC-area school? District simply isn’t sayingWord is circulating a KC-area boy used a high school girls’ locker room for months last school year, but the district isn’t saying one way or the other. Read More
Kansas City
Olathe school district laments infamy of banning Charlie Kirk-style ‘FREEDOM’ shirts, but doesn’t explain decisionOlathe Public Schools has sent an email to staff and parents decrying the national attention it’s received for prohibiting staff from wearing Charlie… Read More
Kansas City
Olathe school prohibits staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style ‘FREEDOM’ shirtsA Kansas City-area elementary school has forbidden staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style “FREEDOM” shirts. In an email exchange with a concerned citizen that has… Read More
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‘Lesbian Juice’ sticker handed out at KC-area high school freshman orientationA sticker with the sexually suggestive term “Lesbian Juice” was given out at freshman orientation Aug. 13 at a Kansas City-area high school, The Heartlander has learned. Read More
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Wyandotte County court bookkeepers federally indicted for embezzling nearly a millionTwo former bookkeepers for Wyandotte County District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, have each been federally charged with eight crimes in an alleged embezzlement of nearly a million dollars. Julia… Read More
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Arsonist in fire seriously injuring firefighter granted probation, still fails to show for sentencingA repeat arsonist who set a fire in which a Kansas City, Kansas firefighter was severely injured was granted probation in Wyandotte County – but nonetheless failed to… Read More
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Yet another Wyandotte County officer killed by suspect who should’ve been in custodyFor the second time in exactly a month a Wyandotte County law enforcement officer was struck down early Tuesday by a suspect who likely should’ve been in custody… Read More
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Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s office shot at, missing his desk by just five yards, belated report saysBeloved Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid was in his stadium office when a bullet pierced his window early in May 2024, fans learned quite belatedly Wednesday. Read More
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KC’s city-funded grocery store, metaphor for government bungling in free enterprise, closesKansas City’s government-funded grocery store, which became an international symbol of officialdom’s incompetence in private-sector business, has closed. Even KC’s liberal public radio station KCUR… Read More
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Suspect in murder of Wyandotte County deputy should’ve been in prison prior to killing, records sayShawn Harris would have been in prison Saturday, unable to shoot and kill a Wyandotte County deputy as he’s charged, if a prosecutor elsewhere in Kansas had followed through on… Read More
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Kansas City’s government-backed grocery store failing customers, taxpayers; more critics than tomatoesKansas City’s failing government-funded grocery store has earned international infamy for its “empty shelves and rotten smells,” even as a leading New York mayoral candidate promises such operations there. Read More
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Missouri overturns KC law that hindered tenant screening, forced landlords into federal housingMissouri has nullified a Kansas City ordinance and others like it that sharply limit what landlords can ask potential tenants – including about their ability to even pay the rent. Read More
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Dan Meers retires as K.C. Wolf, credits Christ as source of joy and strength amid grief(The Heartlander) — The man behind one of the NFL’s most beloved mascots is hanging up his paws after more than three decades, keeping his focus on God even after… Read More
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Upcoming Kansas City ‘March of Love’ to foster solidarity with Jewish community, honor Sarah Milgrim’s memoryA European immigrant Christian pastor haunted by Hitler’s shadow is warning Kansas City of the evils of antisemitism and exhorting people of faith to take part in a… Read More
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Kansas City race-based business grant program likely illegal, national organization saysA $100,000 grant exclusively intended for a black-owned business in Kansas City appears to be illegal, says a national organization fighting racial preferences in society. Kansas… Read More
Kansas City, Sports
45-year-old may pitch for Kansas City Royals this seasonThe Kansas City Royals signed veteran left-handed pitcher Rich Hill, who is 45 years old, to a minor league deal on Wednesday. If he pitches for the big-league club this… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Kansas City crime crisis earns international infamy ahead of World CupA year before it hosts the FIFA World Cup, Kansas City’s crime problem has gained international notoriety with a London newspaper calling downtown a “Mad Max-style hellhole” where residents are… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Firestorm over bond for woman suspected of murdering paramedic misguided, misdirected, experts sayOutrage over the jail bond for a woman accused of later killing a Kansas City-area fighter may have been horribly misplaced, The Heartlander… Read More
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Spectacular crash of Kansas City racing boat results in worldwide attention, but no critical injuryA 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