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.
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KU Athletics Has Paid Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars To Defend A Lawsuit, With Meter Still RunningFormer University of Kansas head football coach David Beaty is suing KU Athletics for $3 million he claims he is owed following his firing in 2018. The athletic department has already spent more than $350,000 defending itself in federal court.
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Just when did the University of Kansas decide to fire David Beaty as head football coach? That question is at the heart of two depositions unsealed this...
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On Wednesday, the first really gorgeous spring afternoon of the year, a couple dozen people were playing pickleball at Meadowbrook Park at 91st and Nall...
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This story was updated at 4:55 p.m. Days before Missouri holds its Democratic presidential primary, former Vice President Joe Biden has a slim lead over...
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Property owners in eight Jackson County neighborhoods can expect "significantly higher assessed valuations in 2021," according to new County...
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After reading the KCUR story on how local betting on the 1970 Super Bowl marked the beginning of the end for the local mob family, you might have some...
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Kansas health officials are waiting for test results after a patient in Lawrence reported symptoms of the coronavirus. Local health officials are now...
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The Kansas City Chiefs' appearance in the 1970 Super Bowl also marked the first big break in law enforcement’s longstanding efforts to bring down the Kansas City mob.
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In 2019, 67 guns were seized at security checkpoints at Kansas City International Airport. That is just one shy of the record set in 2017. But seven...
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Updated at 5 p.m. Monday Two people died and 15 were injured in a shooting late Sunday outside of a nightclub near U.S. 40 and Noland Road in Kansas City.