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Katie signs a new contract with the club through 2027 ✍️

You have the right to record ICE.

You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.

Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.

Former Missouri police officer admits to stealing intimate photos during traffic stops Florissant Police offier Julian Alcala pulled over victims for minor traffic violations then took their phones, ostensibly to check for electronic proof of insurance or vehicle registration. Instead, he searched through photo albums and sent intimate photos and videos to his own phone.

Julian Alcala, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to 20 felony counts. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors have agreed to drop a destruction of evidence charge. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

Victims mark 1 year since Roger Golubski's suicide This week, victims of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski and other social justice advocates marked one year since Golubski died by suicide on Dec. 2, 2024. That was the day his federal trial was to begin on charges that he violated the civil rights of several women through rape and kidnapping.

This week, victims of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski and other social justice advocates marked one year since Golubski died by suicide on Dec. 2, 2024.

Not "pickup truck?" Or "manhood?"

Another Kansas City firefighter with multiple DWIs remains on the job Antonino Giarraputo is among multiple Kansas City firefighters who remained on the KCFD employee rolls despite DWI cases.

Another Kansas City firefighter with multiple DWIs remains on the job.

A story via @judylt.bsky.social is part of our investigation into KCFD employees who have been charged with serious crimes and allowed to remain on the job for years.

www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate returns to public stage as candidate for Kansas Senate seat • Kansas Reflector Tom Witt, best known as a former executive director of Equality Kansas, is a candidate to replace retired Sen. Mary Ware.

Tom Witt, former executive director of Equality Kansas, returns to public stage as a candidate to replace retired Democratic state Sen. Mary Ware #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/12/02/l...

Roger Golubski died a year ago. Victims say Kansas City, Kansas, hasn't delivered justice Victims of the disgraced KCKPD detective and other social justice advocates fear that any accountability in Wyandotte County died with Golubski. “How and when does the statute of limitations run out on justice?”

In the year since disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski killed himself last December, his victims say nothing has changed.

When Golubski dodged his federal trial on the day it was to begin, it denied any chance of accountability for his victims and the community he abused.

Fox News faces critical test in 2nd case over false 2020 election claims The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Fox News faces critical test in 2nd big defamation suit over spurious 2020 election fraud claims

My story for NPR

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Roger Golubski died a year ago. Victims say Kansas City, Kansas, hasn't delivered justice Victims of the disgraced KCKPD detective and other social justice advocates fear that any accountability in Wyandotte County died with Golubski. “How and when does the statute of limitations run out o...

It's been one year since disgraced KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski committed suicide just as his federal trial was to start. Victims say their hopes for justice also died that day. www.kcur.org/news/2025-12...

Missouri prosecutors fear ruling means deadly force can be self-defense against simple assault The state’s prosecutors say that if a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals is allowed to become law, “mere shoving matches could justifiably be escalated to gun battles,” and violent crime c...

Popular on @kcur.org last week, even tho it's a bit in the (legal) weeds: The state’s prosecutors say that if a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals is allowed to become law, “mere shoving matches could justifiably be escalated to gun battles." www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...

Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret officer misconduct list A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest...

My colleague @dmehro.bsky.social and I have been working on this for a year -- a hacked list of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police officers who are on the department's misconduct list. www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...

Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...

For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack

Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted

Here are a few of them:

'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

NPR lawsuit alleges Corporation for Public Broadcasting gave in to political pressure NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.

NPR says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting unlawfully yielded to political pressure by Trump, "yet one more example of a major institution yielding to the president's whim." www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

Redistricting: A Community Q&A Join KCUR Thursday, October 30, at the Kansas City Public Library for a conversation about redistricting in Missouri and Kansas.

If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...

Sheriff's lawyer told reporter to take down an article — and he'd send deputies to their home Blake Lawrence, an attorney for the St. Louis sheriff's office, is on administrative leave after allegedly sending harassing text messages to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. But he says the move i...

Oh hell no. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Trump’s Pardon of His Crypto Pal Is a New Height of Corruption Let me know, America, when you’ve had enough.

"I often think of Donald Trump not as a president or even as a human being but rather as a social science experiment in how much out-in-the-open corruption the American public will tolerate before it calls foul." The New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/2022...

JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.

Redistricting: A Community Q&A Join KCUR Thursday, October 30, at the Kansas City Public Library for a conversation about redistricting in Missouri and Kansas.

If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...

Kansas City Police hike their budget request by $50 million. Mayor says it's 'not feasible' The Kansas City Police Department is asking for a 21.6% increase in funding for next fiscal year, despite the city’s budget woes. The money is needed for personnel costs, legal settlements, and hiring...

Here we go again with the Kansas City Police Dept. asking for more money: www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...

Bra-gate 2: Women say their bras set off aggressive security at Wyandotte County Courthouse Women entering the Wyandotte County Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas, say their underwire bras are triggering hypersensitive metal detectors, and they are then forcibly patted down by female deputies...

When this happened to me I was shocked and made late for the press conference I was going to in the courthouse. It was a very aggressive search. www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...

Wyandotte County Jail inmate died after a sheriff's officer knelt on his back, coroner's report says Charles Adair, 50, was killed by “mechanical asphyxia,” which was ruled a homicide. A county coroner’s report obtained by KCUR reveals that during an altercation, a deputy knelt on Adair’s back.

When the Kansas Bureau of Investigation released its second report on the death of an inmate in the Wyandotte County jail, it said it was a homicide. What it didn't say? A sheriff's officer knelt on the inmate's back before he was asphyxiated. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...

Kansas Citians angrily protest Republican efforts to redraw Congressional districts Joining anti-Trump rallies across the country on Labor Day, workers, civil rights advocates and ordinary citizens gathered at Mill Creek Park Fountain on the Plaza. The Kansas City protests took aim at the president’s effort to maintain Republican control of Congress by altering blue districts to favor his party.

The gathering mirrored large protests nationwide designed to amplify the voices of workers this Labor Day and object to the perceived disenfranchisement of Democrats by Republican efforts to redraw the lines around blue districts.

Kansas City, Kansas, Police officer killed after allegedly being struck by fleeing car Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, is the second line-of-duty death in Wyandotte County in a month. A 31-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, vehicular homicide and other alleg...

Update to the killing of KCKPD Officer Hunter Simoncic: Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office will hold a press conference at 3pm to discuss the charges in the case of Dennis Mitchell III. Yesterday's story: www.kcur.org/news/2025-08...

Lisa Rodriguez named KCUR’s new Director of Journalism Rodriguez brings more than a decade of experience to the organization's top journalism role. Starting her career as a KCUR intern, Rodriguez has served as news director for the last five years.

Some damn fine news at @kcur.org and for Kansas City journalism. www.kcur.org/inside-kcur/...

I LOVE back-to-school and fall and this story made me even happier. From Jodi Fortino and @kcur.org

Roger Golubski's victims didn’t trust news of suicide. Wyandotte County official has ‘no doubt’ District Attorney Mark Dupree said he saw Golubski’s body, and the “evidence is clear” that the former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective killed himself. Dupree also defended his long-troubled conv...

When disgraced KCK Police Detective Roger Golubski killed himself the day his federal trial was to start, his victims were furious and skeptical that he was actually dead. Wyandotte County DA Mark Dupree, who was at the scene that day, says Golubski died by his own hand. www.kcur.org/news/2025-08...

KCUR's Peggy Lowe wins Edward R. Murrow Award for series on Chiefs shooting survivors Lowe was honored with KFF Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith for their series, The Injured, which follows the survivors of the mass shooting at the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.

KCUR investigative reporter Peggy Lowe and KFF Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith have won a national Edward R. Murrow Award Thursday for their news series "The Injured." https://loom.ly/ZmhmQP4

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