April 20, 2026

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Kansas City

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,…

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Man Robs KCK Bank to Flee Wife, Sentenced to House Arrest

As the British newspaper The Independent reported, Lawrence John Ripple, 70, told his wife he would “rather be in jail than…

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Northland Man on Scalise Shooter: “He Couldn’t Handle Trump”

A Northland man who grew up with James Hodgkinson, the shooter of Rep. Steve Scalise and four others, told Fox4kc that…

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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…

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Bandage Rather Than Cure? Citizens Propose Trail Curfew

Kansas City, Mo., officials are brainstorming ways to increase safety on public trails following a series of murders along Indian…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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WW I Centennial on Thursday: Plan Around It

If you don’t have tickets already for the centennial commemoration of America’s entry into World War I on Thursday, you…

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KC to Host White Privilege Conference

Kansas City, Missouri, will play host to a conference designed to organize, strategize and take action to deconstruct the culture…

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Sessions: Missouri Murder Spike Not a “Blip,” Cites Heroin, Opioids

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session spoke Friday in St. Louis to state and community leaders and members of law enforcement.…

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Johnson, Platte Top Healthy County List, Wyandotte Next-to-Last

  According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual county health rankings, Johnson County clocks in as the healthiest in Kansas, and…

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New Subsidized KC Grocery to Replace Old Subsidized Grocery

With much fanfare, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has started demolition on an old grocery story on Linwood and…

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FBI Analyst Slams Star Coverage of UMKC Rape

Frustrated by the failure of the local media to cover the rape of an unconscious co-ed in her UMKC dorm…

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Family of Slain Vietnam Vet Ups Reward for Info

  On February 27, Vietnam veteran David Lenox took his dog Snickers for a walk outside the Willow Creek Apartments…

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The Northland News Publisher Andrew Palmer Answers The Sentinel’s 20 Question

A 2007 graduate of UMKC and a former school teacher, Andrew Palmer has shown that you do not need to…

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Star Headline on Trump Budget Proposal Flirts with Parody

The joke goes that if an asteroid were hurtling towards earth, the New York Times would headline its account of…

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Part II: Chris Stigall Answers the Sentinel’s 20 Questions

  In Part II of this interview, former KCMO talk radio host Chris Stigall shares his regrets and ambitions. Who was…

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