Courts
Kansas City-area man receives 110-year sentence for child sex crimesA Kansas City-area man was sentenced Wednesday to 110 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sex crimes against multiple children. Billy Gene Burney III sexually assaulted three sisters between 2010 and… Read More
Culture
Kansas City hosts The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.’s North American premierAn international Cold War exhibit made its North American debut Friday at Kansas City’s Union Station. The Berlin Wall. A World Divided. features over 200… Read More
Courts
Freedom of speech restored in Kansas City as conversion therapy ban repealedKansas City, Missouri, has repealed its ban on “conversion therapy” – counseling that encourages a biblical view of sexuality and gender. The city had prohibited the therapy, also called… Read More
Public Education
Four JOCO school districts unite, prepare to sue state over perceived lack of special education funding(The Sentinel) – The four largest school districts in Johnson County, Blue Valley, DeSoto, Olathe, and Shawnee Mission, are joining forces with the intention of suing the state over what… Read More
Culture
Missouri’s Harry S. Truman Museum to offer free admission Memorial Day weekendThe Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, is offering free admission this Memorial Day weekend in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The Kansas City Royals Foundation made free admission possible by donating $12,500 to… Read More
Government
JD Vance visits Kansas City business to tout pro-America manufacturingVice President JD Vance visited a Kansas City manufacturing business Monday to speak on the importance of goods “Made in America.” Milbank Manufacturing is nearing its 100-year anniversary and has… Read More
Kansas City
‘Where are we drawing the line?’: Longtime KC criminal rearrested for battery while on probation for it in Wyandotte CountyWyandotte County, Kansas District Attorney Mark Dupree is huge on second chances for criminals – repeatedly touting alternatives to prosecution, hosting seven annual “expungement fairs” to erase criminal records,… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Police still searching for Kansas City car-chase, shooting suspectPolice are investigating a gunfire-riddled car chase that ended with a rollover crash in a Kansas City suburban neighborhood on Sunday evening before sunset, as the suspect is still… Read More
Drugs, Kansas City
Barbie dolls concealing cocaine, fentanyl unwittingly sold at Kansas City storeA Kansas City discount store inadvertently sold Barbie dolls with potent drugs concealed in the packaging over the weekend. One family discovered a mysterious white powder when they opened the… Read More
Kansas City
So who is the mystery anti-ICE arsonist, and why isn’t she in custody?This should have been an open and shut case. In the early evening of Feb. 12 our mystery terrorist splashed accelerant over the windowed stretch of a large south Kansas… Read More
Crime
Kansas City arson convict to serve another prison sentenceA man who previously set a Kansas City church on fire was sentenced to seven more years in prison last Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. … Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City airport among weekend security threats amid Democrat government shutdownA bomb scare at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) Sunday isn’t considered an act of terror – though it comes amid others around the world that are. The Kansas City… Read More
Kansas City, Local Government
Kansas City mayor’s new budget promises wage increase for officers, inclusivity for those ‘fleeing bigotry’The Kansas City mayor introduced an increased budget for the coming year in his annual State of the City Address last week. Mayor Quinton Lucas announced the 2026-27… Read More
ICE, Kansas City
Kansas City Mayor seems to allude to the Holocaust while opposing proposed ICE facilityKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas seemed to allude to the Holocaust on national television Wednesday in his attack on a proposed ICE detention facility in the city. Lucas… Read More
Homeschools
Midwestern homeschool conference to celebrate ‘richness’ of simplicity in teaching methods, 40-year anniversaryAs the Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) nonprofit marks its 40-year anniversary, its spring conference will highlight many homeschool families’ firsthand experiences – including the power of simplicity in teaching. “It’s easy to get caught up in… Read More
Kansas City
Jackson County’s ordinance that would force ICE agents to unmask ‘dangerous, stupid, illegal’A proposed Jackson County ordinance would keep ICE agents and other law enforcement officers from wearing masks while on duty in the Missouri county. Ordinance 6050 would require immigration… Read More
Homeschools
Encouragement Day speaker urges homeschool moms to ‘live with an eternal perspective’Terri Hitt has experienced firsthand what she calls every parent’s greatest fear – losing a child – when her daughter passed away unexpectedly at the age of 29. “When she… Read More
Kansas City
Releases of felony suspects from Wyandotte County Jail draw media attention, attorney’s concernAt least one other Kansas City media outlet is reporting on what is essentially a revolving door at the Wyandotte County Jail, after previous reports from Heartlander News. “Months of… Read More
Kansas City
Boy in girls’ locker room in KC-area school? District simply isn’t sayingWord is circulating a KC-area boy used a high school girls’ locker room for months last school year, but the district isn’t saying one way or the other. The alleged… Read More
Charlie Kirk
KC-area cheerleading coach under fire for ‘rest in piss’ epitaph for Charlie KirkA cheerleading coach at a Kansas City-area high school cheered for Charlie Kirk’s assassination with a social media post reading “rest in piss gummy boy.” “We are aware. We… Read More