State and Region

Job cuts at KC FBI office could ‘make us less safe’ expert says

The FBI Kansas City Field Office has more than a hundred agents (the actual number is classified) but chances are you’ve never seen one. Unlike the police, they aren’t driving around in marked vehicles with lights on top. But they are there working on cases and assisting local ...

White man who pleaded guilty to shooting Black teen in Kansas City dies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester of Kansas City was charged with ...

George has his day, and so does Abe, but states honor U.S. presidents in lots of ways

TOPEKA — Is Presidents Day the most confusing holiday in the U.S.? States seem to have as many names for it and ideas about whom to honor as there have been presidents. The federal government doesn't even recognize Monday as Presidents Day. It's officially Washington's Birthday, honoring the ...

Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge blocks restrictions

Columbia, Mo. — Abortions can resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution. Friday’s ruling came after a Kansas City judge ruled last year that abortions were now ...