Tag: crime
Attorney Shot Dead on Brookside Porch, One of 3 Men Killed in KC in 24 Hours
While the City of Kansas City spends millions trying to sell its citizens on a new airport terminal and a…
Business Is Brisk For KU’s Famed Hate Crime Hoax Detector
Laird Wilcox, arguably the nation’s foremost hate crime hoax detector, was back in the news. The hoax du jour unfolded–and…
Two Arrested for Deadly Lawrence Shoot-out. “Main Guy” Still At Large?
On early Sunday morning, October 1, three people people were shot dead in Lawrence, Kansas. On Tuesday, October 17, the…
Adidas Scandal May Have Left its Footprint on KU
A trio of reporters at KU’s Daily Kansan–Conner Mitchell, Sean Collins and Wesley Dotson–are getting some deserved national attention for…
Missouri Travel Advisory: Social Justice Warriors Still Blocking St. Louis Highways
The NAACP proved prophetic in issuing a Missouri travel advisory as aspiring social justice warriors continue to block Missouri highways.…
Woman Warned Away from Westport Violence Dies in Lawrence Shoot-Out
“I encouraged them to go to Lawrence instead of Westport because Westport has been so violent and dangerous,” Gretchen Brown…
Pizza Hut Suspends Worker After Defending Shop in “Good Old-Fashioned Gunfight”
Selling pizza–and delivering it–is a dangerous business. A week ago in Kansas City, a group of young adults attacked a…
Southeast KC Highways “Safe,” 10-Plus Shootings in Last Month Are “Random”
In one of the least reassuring explanations in recent memory, the Kansas City Police Department insists “there is no highway…
Top Google News Story: Murderer Sues Kansas Prisons for Imposing Christianity
Each day Google sorts through the various news stories about Kansas, and on Friday chose as top story one based…
Black Millennial Tells Star: “All you see in KC are Caucasians.”
Apparently, social life in Kansas City among the millennial set is not nearly as harmoniously diverse as light beer commercials…
KC Librarian Cleared in Bizarre Free Speech Case
. Unlike America’s universities, the Kansas City Public Library is genuinely committed to free speech from all perspectives. Under the…
Shocker: Kansas Supreme Court Licenses Identity Theft–But Only By Illegal Aliens
Friday, in a stunning decision, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in essence that the State of Kansas cannot prosecute illegal…
Star Cites “Liberal” Bumper Stickers for Road Rage Incident, Ignores Bird Flip
“A man in the Ozarks has been charged after he allegedly pointed his pistol at a woman because she had…
Shocker: Star Runs Fair and Balanced Article on Campus Carry
In an unusual burst of objective journalism, the Kansas City Star ran a featured article on Sunday that allowed a…
KU Professor Protests Campus Carry Law By Wearing “Bulletproof Vest”
Kevin Willmott, a professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas, did his best to stifle open…
Breaking: Police Nab Suspect in 5 South KC Trail Slayings, Star Struggles With Narrative
In an ideal world, it would not matter who was responsible for the slayings of five middle-aged white men walking…
Missouri Travel Advisory: KC Passes 100 Homicide Mark, Rate 10X Greater Than NYC
A month ago, to much fanfare, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Missouri. The threat, NAACP members were told…
OP Planned Parenthood in Trouble for Underage Abortion, About Time
Dr. Allen Palmer, a contract Planned Parenthood abortionist, told the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts that he relied on…
St. Louis NAACP Slams Silly “Travel Advisory,” KC Signs On
It took the sensible leaders of the St. Louis County NAACP to do something the media were afraid to do:…
CNN Reports on Armed Serial Rapist at KU, KSU
According to CNN, a rapist who stalked college students in their off-campus housing at the University of Kansas and Kanas…
Accused Learning It Doesn’t Pay to Rob a Kansas Gun Store
The first of the four defendants to go on trial in the fatal 2015 shooting of Jon Bieker, proprietor of…
Cop Killer From KC “Asked Allah For Forgiveness”
A year ago this July Kansas City man Gavin Long drove to Baton Rouge and ambushed a group of police…
Liberty Teen Kills Friend While High on Mushrooms
Just when that libertarian urge to decriminalize drugs kicks in, we read a story like the one out of Liberty…
St. Louis Nation’s 4th Worst City, Springfield 12th, KCK 49th, Wichita, KCMO, Topeka Unranked
A 24/7 Wall Street survey has fourth-place St. Louis being barely edged out by the likes of Detroit and Flint,…