Mike Hendricks
News Reporter at Kansas City Star
Journalist, Omaha native and lard-butt bicyclist. I'm left handed and pro dog. Find me also at Bluesky https://t.co/5AHw5r30NO
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1 week ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks
Jackson County Legislator Manuel "Manny" Abarca IV threw his wife to the ground during an argument in Shawnee that led to her asking a judge to impose a restraining order against him, according to court filing made public on Monday. He was later charged with domestic battery. In the lightly redacted charging affidavit, Abarca denies throwing his wife to the ground in Shawnee last month.
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2 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks
Two and a half years after he was picked to temporarily lead the Kansas City Fire Department, interim Chief Ross Grundyson wants to stay on another two years, according to a new court filing. And Mario Vasquez, Kansas City's new city manager, is not ruling it out. Were Vasquez to have Grundyson oversee the department through 2027, it would be the second time that the interim chief's temporary stay will have been extended since former Chief Donna Lake's retirement in January 2023.
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2 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks
Former Kansas City Manager Brian Platt's closest aide during most of his four years in the role is now also out of a job. More than 10 weeks after he was fired, Melissa Kozakiewicz has been forced out of the assistant city manager position that paid her $190,000 a year. The circumstances of her termination were not announced. The city's press secretary, Sherae Honeycutt, said she cannot comment on personnel matters.
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3 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks |Ilana Arougheti
Hours after he was arrested and booked on domestic violence charges, Jackson County Legislator Manuel "Manny" Abarca IV issued his first public statement on the situation that put him on the missing persons list for several days. "This is a matter of current litigation, so, unfortunately, there is not much I can say about this case at this time," Abarca wrote in an email sent to the news media shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Mike Hendricks
A Kansas City communications staffer says her superiors ignored her requests when she asked that they clear her name after she was falsely accused of sending out a social media post last year that allegedly doxxed Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and then faced online harassment, vitriol and racist death threats. After she complained about their inaction, Andrea Watts said she was subjected to increasingly critical treatment at work in City Hall.
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Manny Abarca issues statement after his arrest on domestic violence charge https://t.co/khX9BZqmqq For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here: https://t.co/khR9JnBZIh
Manny Abarca’s wife asks judge to rule on alleged violation of protective order https://t.co/usHT81Pthh For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here: https://t.co/khR9JnBZIh
RT @jeff_rosen88: She got death threats after a Harrison Butker post she didn’t write. She’s suing KC, as @kcmikehendricks reports ... http…
