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… 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… 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… 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. 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… 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… 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. 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 The Heartlander. 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. 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… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City-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… Read More
Kansas City
‘Lesbian Juice’ sticker handed out at KC-area high school freshman orientationA sticker with the sexually suggestive term “Lesbian Juice” was given out at freshman orientation Aug. 13 at a Kansas City-area high school, The Heartlander has learned. Gardner… Read More
Kansas City
Wyandotte County court bookkeepers federally indicted for embezzling nearly a millionTwo former bookkeepers for Wyandotte County District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, have each been federally charged with eight crimes in an alleged embezzlement of nearly a million dollars. Read More
Culture
Socialist failure: KC’s city-funded grocery store closesKansas City’s government-funded grocery store, which became an international symbol of officialdom’s incompetence in private-sector business, has closed. Even KC’s liberal public radio station KCUR had to… Read More
Kansas City
Upcoming Kansas City ‘March of Love’ to foster solidarity with Jewish community, honor Sarah Milgrim’s memoryA European immigrant Christian pastor haunted by Hitler’s shadow is warning Kansas City of the evils of antisemitism and exhorting people of faith to take part in a solemn… Read More
Gender Identity
Missouri Supreme Court rejects transgender student’s discrimination claim against school district(The Heartlander) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a transgender student’s claim against a school district for denying the student access to single-sex facilities. The student,… Read More
Public Education
‘Fighting to keep English in our school’: As a Kansas public school converts to bilingual-only, questions remain about community impact and decision processA neighborhood elementary school with a 112-year history will soon be bilingual-only, raising concerns about community impact and transparency, even as supporters say the benefits outweigh the costs. Read More
Public Education
Missouri Cancer Inquiry Committee to review elementary school cancer clusterAdministrators say 10 staff members of a Kansas City-area school have reported a cancer diagnosis in recent years. In August 2022, the principal of… Read More
Kansas City
Spectacular crash of Kansas City racing boat results in worldwide attention, but no critical injuryA Kansas City crew was lucky to escape with a few broken bones after their Freedom One Racing speedboat flipped and somersaulted in a frightening crash during a race… Read More
Culture
‘Honey, I’m a woman’: Man claiming to be a woman exposed himself to mother and daughter in YMCA locker roomAn investigation is underway after a man who claimed to be a woman reportedly exposed himself in front of a 7-year-old girl and her mother in the women’s locker… Read More