Matt Flener
Investigative Reporter and Anchor at KMBC-TV (Kansas City, MO)
Investigative Reporter, Anchor and Storyteller at KMBC-TV (Kansas City, MO)
Investigative Reporter and Anchor at KCWE-TV (Kansas City, MO)
@KMBC Investigative Reporter/Anchor/Documentary Journalist. #MizzouMade & always #growthmindset Links & RTs not endorsements. Opinions = my own
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5 days ago |
kmbc.com | Matt Flener
FROM ROME. THANK YOU. ATIKA. AND NOT ONLY IS POPE LEO THE FIRST FROM THE U.S., HE’S THE FIRST FROM THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA. WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM LOCAL LEADERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ABOUT THE AMERICAN POPE. KMBC NINE S MATT FLENER IS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE ARCHBISHOP TODAY. IT’S A HOPEFUL DAY FOR CATHOLICS HERE IN THE MIDWEST.
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6 days ago |
kmbc.com | Matt Flener
A Waldo homeowner has gone a month without a working sewer system inside her home. Audrey Thrasher has gone back and forth with city leaders over who is responsible for fixing and paying for the repairs — especially since the broken line runs underneath a city street. Her private line collapsed under the street last month. “Our private line is down there,” she told KMBC 9 Investigates, pointing to a gaping hole in the street.
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1 week ago |
kmbc.com | Matt Flener
A Kansas City area couple is calling for changes in the way corrections officers use restraint chairs after watching a nationwide KMBC 9 News investigation and the KMBC 9 Chronicle Documentary : Restrained. Lonnie and Nolana Evans’ nephew Christian Black died in March after being in a restraint chair in Dayton, Ohio.
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1 week ago |
kmbc.com | Matt Flener
A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a Montgomery County, Ohio, jail restraint chair. Family and attorneys for Christian Black, 25, believe a technique used by jailers to apply force to his back while in a restraint chair was a significant factor in his death.
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1 week ago |
kmbc.com | Matt Flener
Lexington’s city manager texted at least three fellow city leaders with requests to notify the public on Facebook about a gas leak before a deadly home explosion on April 9. But it appears only one of those city leaders responded to her texts — after business hours — and posted a Facebook notification about the leak, according to a string of messages obtained by KMBC 9 Investigates through an open records request and an analysis of the city’s official Facebook accounts.
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A Kansas City area couple is calling for changes in the way corrections officers use restraint chairs after watching a nationwide @KMBC 9 News investigation and the @KMBC 9 Chronicle Documentary : Restrained. https://t.co/PSkYmzwJkR
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