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Shawnee Mission East High School fight
November 28, 2023
Dozens of Shawnee Mission East High School students in Kansas staged a protest in support of a Black classmate who…
Officer involved shooting Kansas -- Amaree'ya Henderson
May 12, 2023
Family members have been granted permission to view body camera footage of a Black man killed by a Kansas City,…
Negro Creek Kansas
May 5, 2023
A local advisory committee in Johnson County, Kansas has made the decision to retain the name of an area river,…
Kansas City church elder sentenced
November 4, 2022
Tanisha Harris left her job for lunch in 2018 and never returned. In August, husband Robert Lee Harris was convicted…
Kansas voters -- man with hands spread
November 1, 2022
Kansas voters are receiving misinformation via text message about where to vote just a week ahead of the 2022 midterm…
September 21, 2022
Shawn Parcells of Kansas, accused of performing illegal autopsies, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for wire fraud.
September 20, 2022
A former Kansas police detective will be released from jail pending his trial on charges involving two accusers, a federal…
September 15, 2022
A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has long been accused of sexually preying on Black women during criminal...
August 22, 2022
Panic-alert systems are gaining traction in schools nationwide amid a surge in school violence that includes shootings and fights.
August 2, 2022
Kansas voters protected the right to get an abortion in their state, rejecting a measure that would've tightened restrictions or…
June 13, 2022
The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years earlier by a state…
Fire truck on scene
June 12, 2022
Another white fire supervisor was disciplined for sending an image of a naked Black man doctored into a scene from…
May 19, 2022
Republicans on Wednesday improved their chances of flipping the only Kansas congressional seat held by a Democrat.
Protesters March On Washington To Mark 50 Year Anniversary of Brown vs. Board Of Ed
May 13, 2022
The Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park is expanding with the signature of President Joe Biden as of…
May 9, 2022
Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 10, 2022
An officer initially reported that there were signs Cedric Lofton needed medical attention before the officer changed his answers.
Colton Donner thegrio.com
February 13, 2022
A Kansas man has pled guilty to a federal hate crime of threatening a Black minor with a knife for…
January 23, 2022
The death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton in a juvenile center prompted Kansas state lawmakers to consider revisiting its stand your…
January 22, 2022
Sedgwick County released 18 video clips late Friday afternoon of what happened before Cedric Lofton was rushed to a hospital…
January 22, 2022
D.A. Grahamm, interim vice provost for diversity at the University of Kansas, resigned Wednesday, the university said.