by Marshall Griffin | Aug 16, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
An Olathe, Kansas man will spend 78 months in federal prison, without parole, for leading Kansas City police on a chase down an airport runway. Efren Torres-Rodriguez, 35, pleaded guilty five months ago to damaging and disrupting an international airport, and to being...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 23, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced today the results of Operation Legend, a federal anti-crime program named after a Kansas City boy who was shot and killed earlier this year. He launched the operation as an initiative in which federal law enforcement...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Today, Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order declaring a State of Emergency in Missouri due to civil unrest. In a press release, he says the Missouri National Guard and the Missouri Highway Patrol stand ready to support local authorities. This week’s death of...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Hundreds of protesters have lined streets in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, and the St. Louis area this weekend chanting phrases like “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “No justice, no peace”. They have been calling attention to this week’s death of George Floyd, an...
