Nearly 3.9 million Americans have moved off food stamp benefits since new economic policies and job opportunities expanded after the 2016 election. The drop is saving taxpayers more than $8.5 billion. Some ...
Read More »Kansas Police share story of their ‘most ridiculous call of 2019 (so far)’
The Lawrence Police Department recently shared their most ridiculous police call of 2019 (so far) — a road-rage standoff involving “Chad and Karen.” The police took to Twitter with a thread that has been ...
Read More »Missing person: dangerous online game popular with teens
The new social media game ‘missing person’ is gaining in popularity an, frightening parents and angering police departments. The trend involves teenagers disappearing from their families for up to 48 hours to ...
Read More »Wichita bomb threat leaves customer relieved
A report of a bomb threat at a Wichita Home Depot store now has police smiling and, customers creating a sigh of relief. Sort of. The threat turned out to be more of ...
Read More »Modern day ‘Lassie’ breaks out, runs to get police and saves family
The spirit of Lassie lives in a dog named Sadie who broke out of her house to save her owner’s life. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 60-pound pit bull named Sadie was ...
Read More »Columbia, Mo police under fire for protecting sex trafficking ring
A Central Missouri film producer has produced a documentary that is shaking the public’s confidence in the Columbia, Mo. police department after allegations they protected a sex trafficking ring. Citizens for Justice, ...
Read More »Kansas City church becomes boxing gym
Faith and boxing are said to have something in common: Defeat is not declared when you fall down; It is declared when you refuse to get up. With that in mind, a 128-year-old ...
Read More »Another violent year for homicides in Kansas City
It was another violent year in Kansas City and while the Kansas City Star is downplaying the homicide numbers today, KCUR Public Radio is reporting that over 200 homicides were reported–and the ...
Read More »Police department removes Facebook post that blamed murders on godlessness
Last week, a group of activists called for a police department to retract a Facebook post after it was deemed overly religious. The Alabama police department, which uses Facebook to be transparent ...
Read More »Forget crime, KC Police go after dinosaurs
Kansas City police, never at a loss for crime to stop, are focusing on Sunday’s “Dino” or Dinosaur March through The Plaza. The second annual parade of people dressed in dinosaur costumes ...
Read More »China creates quota for police to arrest Christians
Chinese authorities are setting quotas on the number of Christians that must be arrested and are threatening police officers with dismissal if they don’t meet the minimum standards, according to a magazine ...
Read More »Dead for 8 minutes, verdict awards $6.5 million for tasing incident
A jury reached its verdict in the lawsuit of an Independence man against a former Independence police officer. On September 14, 2014, Bryce Masters, who was then 17-years-old, went into cardiac arrest ...
Read More »Two area schools on lockdown during manhunt
Overland Park police say they have captured one of two suspects after a police chase that started in Missouri. The search for the individuals forced the lock downs at two Shawnee Mission ...
Read More »The strange death of Trump’s new drug tsar
Authorities investigating mysterious death of the nation’s first drug ‘tsar’– a high-level federal official tasked with lowering drug prices have determined he took his own life but questions remain. Daniel Best was ...
Read More »Garden City lays off entire police force
The small town of Garden City, Missouri, is without a single police officer after it laid off its entire public safety force. Located about 30 miles south of Kansas City, notified Chief ...
Read More »Sheriff: Wounded officer saved witnesses before dying
A Kansas sheriff says a wounded deputy managed to kill his attacker and save two witnesses before collapsing and dying. The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said that ...
Read More »Kansas near top for registered sex offenders
A report last week has Kansas near the top of a list of 10 states with the most registered offenders per capita. In the report, released by asecurelife.com, Kansas ranks as the 9th ...
Read More »AG Jeff Sessions to speak in Kansas City today
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be in Kansas City today to hear testimony from local law enforcement on escalating crime. The goal is reducing violent crime in the metro which ...
Read More »Christian college grad shot, killed in fatal police mistake
By all accounts, Botham Shem Jean was a man of deep faith with a “beautiful” and “powerful” singing voice. Relatives, friends and fellow Christians from the U.S. to his native St. Lucia ...
Read More »Topeka police officer’s lip-sync tribute to fallen LEOs goes viral
A Topeka Police officer is going viral in recent weeks with a lip-sync challenge video with a unique spin. The video, which was posted July 6, has over 10.8 million views. Law ...
Read More »Kansas man also filmed up skirts of women at church
Court records say a Wichita State University student who’s accused of taking more than a dozen up-the-skirt videos of women on campus also filmed unsuspecting people at a church and in a ...
Read More »Murdered police officer never shy about sharing his faith
A Milwaukee police officer known for his unashamed vow of faith as he ministered to countless others is being remembered. Michael Michalski was shot and killed in the line of duty Wednesday. ...
Read More »New law will let counties tax cell phones for 911 service
A law beginning in August is meant to let Missouri counties collect a fee from cell phone users for local 911 services. If approved by a state 911 oversight board and local ...
Read More »Student walks 20 miles to work, here’s how the police responded
When Jenny Lamey and her husband woke up at 5:45 am, the last thing they expected to see was a police officer at their doorstep. The couple were moving to another residence ...
Read More »Two Kansas deputies arrest two police chiefs in 5 months
The sheriff’s deputies in Allen County, Kansas have been forced to arrest two police chiefs this year alone. In fact, they’ve done it in the past 5 months. The Wichita Eagle explained ...
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