District Attorney Suzanne Valdez passionately defended her administration at a candidate forum Saturday, denouncing “haters” who have criticized her, while her two opponents in the Democratic primary laid out reform strategies that they said would better serve Douglas County. "The Douglas ...
Updated at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 A photograph and video of the former Douglas County deputy district attorney imitating a man who was once prosecuted by the DA's office were released Tuesday pursuant to a Kansas Open Records request. The video also shows District Attorney Suzanne Valdez ...
Story updated at 6:48 p.m. Monday, June 24: Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s right-hand man, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden, is no longer employed by her office, and the local sheriff confirmed his deputies saw Seiden on Friday seemingly impersonating a controversial ...
Incumbent District Attorney Suzanne Valdez on Saturday sought to defend her first-term performance as Douglas County's chief law enforcement official as two other candidates vying for her job voiced concerns about the public's eroding trust in her office and the charging decisions she has made. ...
A documentary capturing one of Kansas City’s first Black police officers and the city’s first Black department director, Alvin Brooks, will premiere Wednesday at the Juneteenth Film Festival at the Screenland Armour Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The film, “The Heroic True-Life ...
A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The finding drew sharp criticism from three dissenting justices on the high court. The Associated Press ...