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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team

Great lede: "You may never have heard of Alexis Wilkins, but she is one of the best-protected country music singers in the United States." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Jackson County corrections chief resigns weeks before opening of new detention center Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. Sheriff Daryl Forte said the resignation may create some uncertainty and ultimately, a new chief will be hired.

Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. A sheriff's spokeswoman said she didn't know the reason why.

Jackson County corrections chief resigns weeks before opening of new detention center Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. A sheriff's spokeswoman said she didn't k...

BREAKING: Diana Knapp, the Jackson County corrections chief, resigns just as the new jail is set to open www.kcur.org/news/2026-03...

Keeping KCUR on the air: how a sudden move proved the real-world value of public radio innovation When a station's physical infrastructure is suddenly uprooted, maintaining a reliable link to the national NPR network is one of the biggest hurdles. Traditional satellite distribution requires precis...

This is pretty geeky and in the #pubmedia weeds, but just a little more on how we moved two radio stations in 45 days. In a snowstorm. With no new home in sight. @kcur.org www.npr.org/2026/02/27/g...

After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.

Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, said she's witnessed what families face after release. While detained, parents sometimes lost jobs, apartments and cars. Many were placed on ankle monitors, which can make getting a new job difficult due to stigma.

How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system New Epstein files emails show how Epstein tried to cultivate relationships with prosecutors and others involved in his case

How Jeffrey Epstein beat the criminal justice system: Julie Brown continues to kick a$$ years after she broke the Epstein scandal @jkbjournalist.bsky.social #LocalJournalism

This morning I was the first guest on @kcur.org 's "Up To Date" return to live coverage. We'd been knocked off the live broadcast when UMKC kicked us out of our old building. For the announcers, newscasters and now, those folks who make Kraske's show, I bow to your patience and tenacity.

I've finished this book and am blown away by the deep digging, fine details and beautiful narrative @ricktulsky.bsky.social put together over a decade's work. Join us to talk about it at Unity Temple on Wednesday night. rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...

The Kansas Police Officer Who Exploited Black Women A new book examines the case of a Kansas City, Kansas, detective who sexually exploited Black women—and the system that enabled him.

“Injustice Town” depicts the sexual exploitation practiced by Detective Roger Golubski—who helmed the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s homicide unit—as central to his corruption, not a by-product of it. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lzmmz4

So happy to welcome back to town next week my friend, @ricktulsky.bsky.social, who has written THE book on KCK's astonishing history of police corruption. Join us! @kcur.org

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Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

"It begins with showing up." #LocalNewsRules www.mpr.org/stories/2026...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

NY Times reporting that in recent months, Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have received hundreds of subpoenas from Homeland Security. Most chilling: Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

As the nation’s eyes turn to Minneapolis, they’re also turning to Minnesota Public Radio Long one of the strongest public media outlets in the country, MPR has reached new traffic highs amid the ICE raids and protests there. Here’s our regular ranking of the top 25 public radio websites i...

Interesting new ranking of #pubmedia websites -- @kcur.org ranks 10th in the country, beating out Chicago, Austin and Houston www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/as-t...

Platform Ventures got Port KC tax incentives to build a warehouse. Now they’re selling it to ICE Platform Ventures, owned by Ryan and Terry Anderson, pitched a warehouse development as a job creator for south Kansas City. Port KC says the company went behind its back to strike a deal with ICE, wh...

Another good story by @jshmrchnt.bsky.social www.kcur.org/housing-deve...

Missouri governor withdraws Kansas City Police Board pick who was married to retired officer Critics said Heather Hall, a former Kansas City councilwoman, could not be impartial. Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Northland Democrat, led the opposition to Hall's appointment.

BREAKING: Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday pulled his nomination of Heather Hall to the Kansas City Police Board of Commissioners after a Northland senator said Hall could not be impartial.

Missouri governor withdraws Kansas City Police Board pick who was married to retired officer Critics said Heather Hall, a former Kansas City councilwoman, could not be impartial. Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Northland Democrat, led the opposition to Hall's appointment.

A KC Democrat got the governor to back off his nomination of Heather Hall, a self-proclaimed "police wife," to the Board of Police Commissioners
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Jackson County sheriff opposes proposed local mask ban for law and immigration enforcement Sheriff Darryl Forte said lawmakers have a duty to prioritize community concerns over politics. Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca, who introduced the measure to ban masks, countered that a...

Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte is opposing the proposed ban on masks for ICE agents and other law enforcement. The ordinance's author, Manny Abarca, said good cops aren't afraid of accountability. www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...

Warm-up music to today's @kcur.org staff meeting: "Burning Down the House." #exactly #pubradio #ThanksTalkingHeads

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Where are KCUR and Classical KC moving? Your relocation FAQs, answered KCUR and Classical KC were given just over a month to vacate our longtime offices. Here's what we know so far about the move, and what we don't.

Pretty much everyone I know has been asking me about @kcur.org's move off the UMKC campus. Here's what we know so far: www.kcur.org/inside-kcur/...

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

"Walk in unemployed, walk out with a sweet $50k signing bonus, a retirement account, and a license to brutalize the country’s most vulnerable residents without consequence—all while wrapped in the warm glow of patriotism." slate.com/news-and-pol...

Kansas City protesters call for abolishing ICE and remembering woman killed by agent A protest organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation attracted more than 200 people who came out despite the wet, cold evening. Many carried signs with pictures of Renee Good, the former Kans...

Kansas City remembered one of their own tonight. "Justice for Renee" www.kcur.org/news/2026-01...

Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis wasn't the first time federal officers have shot & killed civilians during the Trump admin's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.

Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:

Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

Renee Good is the fourth... "Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project." www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...

Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

This is cool: @npr.org created a searchable archive of the proof that the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capital was not a "peaceful protest." #FactsMatter apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

Some Kansas City residents are upset by the Chiefs' planned move. For others, 'it'll still be home' Following confirmation of the Kansas City Chiefs' impending move to Wyandotte County, residents on both sides of the state line said they have mixed feelings about the future.

Following confirmation of the Kansas City Chiefs' impending move to Wyandotte County, residents on both sides of the state line said they have mixed feelings about the future.

Another imprisoned Kansas City, Kansas, man says Roger Golubski set him up and he should be freed Ahmon Mann, 46, says Roger Golubski, a disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective, was the “main architect of the state’s one-witness case” in a 2000 murder. Mann is seeking release from a Kansas...

Another Lamonte McIntyre-style "manifest injustice" case coming out of KCK? Looks like it. www.kcur.org/news/2025-12...

Rob Reiner Gave Us Great Reasons to Go to the Movies

"Yet despite his success, he always seemed like his best films: decent, principled, humane." Still thinking about Rob Reiner www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Inside the media’s pressure-cooker year - Editor and Publisher In a year defined by legal threats, political hostility and sudden firings, contributing editor Gretchen A. Peck examines how a culture of fear is reshaping the American newsroom. Her reporting reveals an industry under unprecedented pressure — from lawsuits and federal investigations to the growing expectation that journalists police every word they post online. Peck shows how this risk-averse environment is quietly altering the way reporters work, the decisions leaders make and the future o...

Editor and Publisher magazine has an interesting piece on how 2025 has become a "year of fear" for American newsrooms, buffeted by direct attacks from the Trump administration and anger from the general public. READ: https://loom.ly/JqqtTU8

Kansas tribal leader 'heartbroken' over ICE detention center contract. He wants to cancel it After firing the business leaders who accepted a federal contract to design immigration detention facilities, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's chairperson compared such sites to Native American reservations.

After firing the business leaders who accepted a federal contract to design immigration detention facilities, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's chairperson, said he is working to cancel the contract. (@kansasreflector.com)

Missouri pedestrian fatalities have risen 22% this year. Does the state need a new strategy? So far this year, 128 pedestrians have been killed in Missouri — a troubling increase over the same period in 2024, which was already the deadliest on record.

Pedestrian fatalities in Missouri are up 22% from last year's record high, while we remain one of just four states without a statewide active transportation plan.

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