Laura Ziegler
Community Engagement Reporter and Producer at KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO)
Community Engagement editor/reporter. Former NPR producer/reporter. Community college teacher. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
kcur.org | Laura Ziegler
The first official day of summer is hitting Kansas City fast — bringing an abrupt end to the metro's moderate spring. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Kansas City area, including Jackson, Johnson, Wyandotte, Platte and Clay counties. Temperatures are expected into the 90's, with a heat index between 100 and 106 degrees on Friday and Saturday. The hot days are expected to last into Wednesday.
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2 months ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Laura Ziegler
How is Kansas City being affected by Washington ?” The event focused on the rapid changes from the federal government, with the goal to make Kansas City’s Congressional representatives available for a live Q&A. How we invited Congress members to participate KCUR invited nine metro area Congressional representatives — the U.S. Senators from Kansas and Missouri as well as the five U.S. House representatives from the metro — to answer questions from their constituents in real time.
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Mar 15, 2025 |
kcur.org | Laura Ziegler
In a statement released late Friday, Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said the decision not to file charges against the Independence officer who killed Maria Pike and her daughter Destinii was difficult. “The loss of a young mother and her infant are devastating and tragic,” she said in the statement.
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Mar 8, 2025 |
kansascity.com | C.J. Janovy |Laura Ziegler
Editor's Note: This story was originally published by KCUR 89.3, Kansas City's NPR member station that covers Kansas and Missouri. The Star is republishing occasional stories from KCUR with permission from the station. Kansas City musician Danny Cox, a revered figure who embodied the spirit of music and the Civil Rights Movement, has died. Nate Cox posted news of his father's death on on social media late Friday afternoon.
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Nov 3, 2024 |
kcur.org | Laura Ziegler
In the wake of repeated unproven allegations about voter fraud in the 2020 election, election officials in Kansas and Missouri have been outspoken about measures they are using to conduct free and fair elections. Election offices have invited the public in to watch them check voting machines. They’ve explained how the machines are not connected to the internet to avoid hacking, and how returns are stored on external, tightly secured flash drives.
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Young man with autism is missing, last seen at 108th and State Line Road https://t.co/C6ieAZ2yXb via @McTelegraph
RT @KCTV5: Our meteorologists are seeing signals for the potential to see the Northern Lights in the Kansas City area on Sunday. 👀 DETAILS…
I remember going a few months later and talking to folks who were still trying to put their lives back together. It was weird how the tornado went around the edges of the little town, but devastated outlying areas. https://t.co/BxicRl9xNC
🌪️ Today marks the anniversary of the May 28, 2019, EF-4 tornado in Linwood, KS. This was the largest and most powerful tornado I ever chased on the ground. What do you remember about that day? @kmbc https://t.co/g1IIsaAHMV
