Peggy Lowe

1 week ago | kcur.org | Peggy Lowe

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson is supporting a proposed change in Missouri law that would add animal control officers as mandatory reporters of child and elder abuse, saying it would serve as a tool to combat the rise in domestic violence homicides. So far this year, 12 homicides in Kansas City are attributed to domestic violence, matching the total set last year, which is an “alarming rise,” according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.

2 weeks ago | kcur.org | Peggy Lowe

The 15-year-old boy accused of killing Shaun Brady, a popular Irish chef in Kansas City, should be tried in adult court because it was a “vicious, forceful and violent act” that endangered the community, Jackson County juvenile authorities said Tuesday. But the boy’s attorney described K.H., known by his initials because he is a minor, as a “desperate, starving child” forced to sell drugs at 10 years old to feed himself and his siblings.

2 weeks ago | kcur.org | Peggy Lowe

Domestic violence is behind a growing number of homicides in Kansas City that is involving more than intimate partners, with children, parents and grandparents also now being affected, according to city officials. So far this year, 12 homicides are attributed to domestic violence, matching the total set last year, said Police Chief Stacey Graves, who stressed that there’s lots of community resources for help.

1 month ago | kcur.org | Peggy Lowe

The Louisiana woman last seen going into a hotel room with Kansas City Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in his death, along with an accomplice who police say helped the woman drug men to steal from them. Danette Colbert, 48, of Slidell, Louisiana, was initially arrested on Feb. 6 for using Manzano’s credit card days after he was found dead in a hotel room. Manzano, 27, was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl for the Spanish television network.

1 month ago | kbia.org | Peggy Lowe

A Harrisonville man who was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally last year has sued the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission, saying it was a "preventable mass shooting," and fans should have been protected. In a lawsuit filed Monday, James Lemons, 40, says he was shot and his family endangered by the commission’s failure to bar firearms and provide a safe environment, which they had a “legal duty” to provide.