Author: Jack Cashill
First World News: KC Woman Without Hot Water for Two Weeks
Last week a Kansas City woman found a cricket in her Chinese take-out, and this week a woman has had…
Kansas City Neighborhood Makes America’s “5 Most Dangerous” List
Although Kansas City did not gain the top spot, it did earn an impressive fourth place in a feature titled,…
Feds Bust 35 Missouri Convenience Store Owners for Cigarette Smuggling
With the lowest cigarette tax on the nation, Missouri has become something of a Mecca for cigarette smugglers, all puns…
Breaking: Fifth South KC Walking Trail Homicide Victim Also White
Credit goes to the Hays Post for answering the obvious question that Kansas City media were reluctant to ask: what…
Missourian: “Peace Activist Cited for Disturbing the Peace”
Although not known for its sense of humor, the Columbia Missourian wins the Sentinel’s best Memorial Day headline award for…
Update: Police Identify the Fifth South KC Hiking Trail Victim
Kansas City police have identified the fifth man found on or near a South Kansas City hiking trail as 31-year-old…
Darwin Award Awaits Man Who Burgled Home of Acting KCPD Chief
When Thomas Savage, 19, snatched those commemorative badges and KCPD anniversary rings, he may have sensed that he picked the wrong…
House Dems Help Nix New Kansas Tax
By a 68-53 vote the Kansas House rejected a plan to increase taxes, and the Democrats made it all possible. …
Homicide Cop: Steer Clear of Indian Creek “Until Police Have Made an Arrest”
The murder of four middle-aged white men along Kansas City’s Indian Creek Trail System has gotten the attention of the…
City Resists Homicide Trend, Second South KC Dog Walker Murdered
Police are investigating the death of popular sports bar owner Mike Darby as a homicide. Darby had been walking his dogs…
Columbia Man Uses Missouri Law to Sue Hershey Over Missing Reese’s Pieces
An arguably even greater waste of taxpayer money than Pvt. Manning’s makeover is a case in federal court involving the…
MU B-Ball Team Posts Lowest Academic Score of All Six Major Conferences
If the University of Missouri did not have enough trouble with its sports team, its men’s basketball program registered the…
Northland Teens Go Gangster in Wild Shoot-Out
In one of the wildest Northland shoot-outs since Bonnie and Clyde burst out of their Platte City motor court, two…
KU Police Wrap Up Investigation of Rape at Basketball Dorm, Refer to DA
As reported in the Daily Kansan, the University’s Public Safety Office has wrapped up its investigation into the alleged rape of…
Somali Immigrant Suspected of “Jihadist Activities” Charged in KC
Last week federal prosecutors in Kansas City charged Isse Aweis Mohamud, suspected of jihadist activities by his own family, with passport…
Columbia Donut Shop Closes, Owner Blames MU Brouhaha
“Love you Columbia,” wrote Jason Brockman, owner of Strange Donuts, “but we gotta keep it moving.” “Effective immediately,” Brockman continued,…
Missouri Senate Candidate Tony Monetti Has Unusual Background
On Monday, May 8, Tony Monetti, a Republican from Warrensburg, will be announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on…
Planned Parenthood Bringing Its Abortion Services to a Neighborhood Near You
A 91-year-old federal judge, Howard Sachs, has granted a temporary injunction barring the State of Missouri from enforcing its abortion laws,…
The Group That Calls Itself ‘Citizens For Responsible Government’ Challenges Downtown Hotel
On Friday, the Sentinel exposed how the Kansas City Star prefaces all articles about the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsible…
Star Takes Big-Spending KC-Based Boilermakers Union to Woodshed
To give credit where it’s due, the Kansas City Star has revisited the account books of the Kansas City, Kansas-based…
Man With AK-47 Carjacks Grandma in Northeast KC
A thug bearing an AK-47 ambushed a Kansas City grandmother and her friend when they honored a stop sign at…
Prosecutors Charge North KC Teacher With Sodomy
Jackson County prosecutors charged James Green Jr., 52, currently a teacher and coach at Northgate Middle School in the North Kansas…
Nativity House KC: Philanthropy Gets Entrepreneurial
Strange but true: there are still organizations in the Kansas City area that work to assist people in need and…
MU’s Michael Sam Blames the Media for Failed NFL Career
When University of Missouri defensive Michael Sam announced he was gay in February 2014, he expected the hubbub to last…