The Unified Government Commission will meet Thursday at 7:00 PM. With the wrangling of property taxes and the budget in the rear view mirror for now, commissioners still have some important issues on the agenda, including changes to key county ordinances and amendments to the Homefield project near 98th Street […]
Kansas City, Kansas police officer Hunter Simoncic was remembered Thursday evening at a candlelight vigil at City Hall. Over a hundred officers from several area departments joined a couple hundred local residents in paying tribute to the 26-year old who was struck down during a police pursuit early Tuesday morning, […]
Another Kansas City, Kansas law enforcement officer has lost his life in the line of duty. 26-year old KCKPD officer Hunter Simoncic died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained when he was struck by a stolen truck fleeing from police pursuit. Simoncic was putting down “stop sticks” near 72nd Steet and […]
Sunday evening at 7:18 p.m., Kansas City, Kan. police officers responded to a reported shooting in the 2700 block of South 8th Terr., a dead-end residential street just west of Rosedale Park and south of I-35. When officers arrived, they discovered a man outside a residence, the victim of apparent gunshot […]
Ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two United States citizens have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine as well as numerous counts of distribution of those controlled substances, illegal possession of machine guns, alien in possession of firearms, felon in possession […]
U.S. Marshal Ronald Miller had three reasons for being at Bishop Ward’s Dorney Field on Saturday morning for the Police Athletic League football camp. First, as a federal marshal, he has a professional interest in lowering crime. Fostering connections between youth and police is a way to keep kids out […]
The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department has positively identified the body pulled on Thursday from the Missouri River is Brandon Anfinson, an Argentine resident. Anfinson’s family reported him missing from his home on March 21st, and law enforcement, family, friends, and the community volunteers conducted extensive searches of the area […]
From a Kansas City, Kan. Police Department release: The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Brandon Anfinson, 9-21-1985. The 39 year-old father went missing last Friday, Mar. 21, sometime between the hours of 5:00 and 9:00 a.m. from his home in the 1300 block of […]
According to information released late Sunday by the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations, two police officers shot and killed an armed intruder in downtown KCK just after 5:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Officers shot Brian Hilt, of Kansas City, Mo. while responding to a call […]
From a Kansas City, Kan. press release: “The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department announced today that the suspect in the November 30th shooting death of 17-year-old, Nicholas Brooks, has now been charged in Wyandotte County. Officers with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department took the suspect, Sean Lyle Marshall, 8-23-1982, a resident […]