Missouri GOP rejects filing fee from candidate over views The Missouri Republican Party rejected a filing fee from a Kansas City-area man who has been criticized in the past for his racist and homophobic views. The party announced on Twitter that it rejected a filing fee from Steve West, who has faced opposition from his own children when he ran for the Missouri House in 2018 and 2020.
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.
When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners approved a bid from a construction company to address erosion problems at Buffalo Bill Cody Park. Commissioners also approved a bid for replacing air-conditioning units at the Riverfront Community Center.
A former Leavenworth County deputy alleges in a lawsuit that he was retaliated against after supporting the sheriff’s opponent in a 2020 election. Attorneys for John McEvoy Sr.
A fire continued to burn Wednesday at a landfill near Easton, a fire department official said. John Grauer, chief of the Easton Township Fire Department,… Login to continue reading Login…