A Black man who was arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks for a crime he did not commit has reached a $900,000 settlement with the Kansas City Police Department. The settlement announced by attorneys for both sides comes in a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Tyree Bell over his arrest on June 8, 2016.
The Leavenworth City Commission: • Approved a bid from Supreme Green Landworks, Bonner Springs, for grass mowing at various parks and other city-owned properties. The city will pay the company up to $95,810 per year for these services for a period of three years.
Shots were fired as someone apparently tried to break into a home in northeast Leavenworth, the police chief said. No injuries were reported.
The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as it prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.
A former Kansas City detective convicted of fatally shooting a Black man will remain free on bond while his conviction is appealed, a judge has ruled. Jackson County Circuit Court Presiding Judge J.
A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor blocked any work from getting done Tuesday in protest. Republican Sen.
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Many Kansas legislators want to make sure that counties don’t change the longstanding tradition of electing sheriffs by enshrining the policy in the state constitution. The Republican-controlled state House has given first-round approval to a proposal to add language to the Kansas Constitution’s short article on county government to ensure that sheriffs are elected to four-year terms.
America’s first newspaper dedicated to advocating for the end of slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later as the nation continues to grapple with its legacy of racism.
The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games. The earliest the Summer Games could return is 2036, and the favorite could be the world’s most populous country – not China, as you might expect, but India.