Sam Zeff
Sam grew up in Overland Park and was educated at the University of Kansas. After working in Philadelphia where he covered organized crime, politics and political corruption he moved on to TV news management jobs in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Sam came home in 2013 and covered health care and education at KCPT. He came to work at KCUR in 2014. Sam has a national news and documentary Emmy for an investigation into the federal Bureau of Prisons and how it puts unescorted inmates on Grayhound and Trailways buses to move them to different prisons. Sam has one son and is pretty good in the kitchen.
-
Meet the Democrat running for Missouri secretary of state, learn what video games mean to players stuck at home, and one Kansas City theater kicks off the Halloween season in a socially distanced way.
-
The Hollywood Casino next to the Kansas Speedway was closed for a month by the coronavirus pandemic and has seen revenue significantly shrink. Falling revenue at the casino means falling revenue for the Unified Government.
-
The winner of this Democratic primary between incumbent Sheriff Darryl Forté and former sheriff Mike Sharp will take office, as there is no Republican candidate.
-
Nineteen-year-old Braeden Bradforth died of exertional heat stroke on his second day on the Garden City Community College campus. Just hours before the second anniversary of his death the school settled with his family for $500,000.
-
Public Push Grows To Take Down Two Statues Of Andrew Jackson In Kansas City, Missouri, And IndependeAfter vandals defaced the statue downtown, Jackson County Executive Frank White said it is time to remove it and the one in Independence
-
Amid Calls To Change Policing, Two Kansas City Area Sheriffs Want To Get Rid Of Armored Vehicles TheMissouri and Kansas police departments have received millions of dollars in military-grade hardware over the years, but that practice is under scrutiny amid ongoing protests.
-
As Kansas City, Missouri's Homicide Total Climbs, Jackson County's Sheriff Has Started Showing Up AtFormer Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte says he should be visible in the community, but with a primary election two months away, his opponent says it's just a political ploy.
-
KU's settlement in former head football coach David Beaty's federal lawsuit is not nearly the end of the problems for Kansas Athletics.
-
The South Patrol Division of the Kansas City Police Department has recorded 11 homicides so far this year, when there were 0 this time last year.
-
KCPD has curtailed contact with the public in order to protect investigators from COVID-19. At the same time, homicides and shootings are up over last year.