David Raziq

1 month ago | yahoo.com | David Raziq

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s called “predatory towing.” Tow trucks take your car, often for questionable reasons, then make it as expensive as possible to get it back, and sometimes you don’t. “They stole my vehicle from this parking spot right here,” said 31-year-old Ahmani Lewis, a single mother. At the time, she was living at an apartment complex in south Kansas City. It was 6 a.m.“I was carrying my baby, to take her today care and I came outside and my car was gone,” she said.

1 month ago | fox4kc.com | David Raziq |Malik Jackson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s called “predatory towing.” Tow trucks take your car, often for questionable reasons, then make it as expensive as possible to get it back, and sometimes you don’t. “They stole my vehicle from this parking spot right here,” said 31-year-old Ahmani Lewis, a single mother. At the time, she was living at an apartment complex in south Kansas City. It was 6 a.m.“I was carrying my baby, to take her today care and I came outside and my car was gone,” she said.

Nov 18, 2024 | fox4kc.com | Loren Halifax |David Raziq

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is a common worry of today’s parents: Is my child addicted to their smart phone and the internet? Specialists say bad digital habits can ruin a child’s ability to socialize in person, to achieve in school, and make developmental problems even worse. It’s no wonder so many adults try to get their kids off the phone. However, experts and researchers are finding that approach may not only backfire, but the problem may be how much time the parents are spending on their phones.

Nov 13, 2024 | fox4kc.com | Brea Love |David Raziq

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They’re not pretty and sometimes they smell. Face it: Landfills are just one of the ugly facts of life, and the United States has thousands of them, filled with waste. Worse, some of that garbage doesn’t degrade, such as plastic items and rubber tires. But this is a story of hope and ingenuity and “people power.”It starts with a Kansas City woman with an idea, a possible solution that would not only help our environment, but improve our local roadways.

Nov 11, 2024 | fox4kc.com | Malik Jackson |David Raziq

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was last July when Amina El Sayyed decided to stop at a shopping mall and get a little shopping done. But when she came back out to the parking lot, she says she got an unpleasant surprise: Her car was gone. “There were pieces of the lock all over the parking spot,” said El Sayyed. “So, this is definitely where the car was.”Her conclusion: “Oh my god, it was stolen!”Those are the words heard over and over again in our area, a city caught in the grip of a car theft epidemic.