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As Feds Investigate Police Killing of Overland Park Teen, There Are Questions About The Police Chief
A grand jury subpoena served in Overland Park in November demanded reams of documents and videos connected to the killing of 17-year-old John Albers who was shot by one of the city's police officers in 2018.
Luke X. Martin
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KCUR 89.3
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UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T all have more first-time college students committed to coming this fall than at the same time last year. -
But some election officials say the three weeks of in-person, no-excuse absentee voting is still too restrictive — and others don't like the legislation restarting Missouri's photo identification requirement.
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The original $29 million award was one of the biggest jury awards in Missouri in 2018.
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A dizzying array of temporary policy changes at the state and federal levels eased the switch to health care over telephones and laptops during the pandemic, but they may not last.
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Two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town.
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As housing demand approaches an all-time high, some building materials are either hard to come by or very expensive. That’s creating a barrier for first-time homebuyers, particularly for the working class.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling ordering the state to pay the legal fees for Reclaim the Records.
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Dr. Elvin Geng, a professor at the medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, said women of all age groups, races and ethnicities generally use health services more than men — which is one reason they live longer.
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Farmers along the Missouri River won a mass action federal lawsuit last December against the Army Corps of Engineers for land damages they say are traceable to the agency’s management of the river.
