police

A new crime report for 2024 corrects some misreported crimes from the past year, police Chief Jill Schlude said.

In the span of three months in 2023, Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed two men – John Anderton and Amaree’ya Henderson. The Unified Government and KCK police sued to keep the investigations secret.

A Missouri police officer and mother of six children died after losing control of her patrol vehicle and crashing into a tree while chasing someone who fled a traffic stop.

Ferguson police have released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

In the final installment of The Weight of Evidence, we’ll hear from citizens and city officials about how they feel the December 2023 incident was handled - and what recovery resources are available in Fayette.

In the third installment of The Weight of Evidence, we take a look at Missouri laws around evidence disposal and where the Fayette Police Department may have gone wrong.

In the second installment of The Weight of Evidence, we talk about drug disposal, why it exists and what can happen when it’s not done safely.

In the first installment of The Weight of Evidence, we’ll take a trip to where it all began - a town of 2800 people in North Central Missouri called Fayette.

Racial disparities in traffic stops and searches still exist within mid-Missouri and across the state. One organization is sharing a way for community members to change those numbers.

We are coming out of one of the most tumultuous elections in recent memory, so it's understandable that you might want to take a rest from keeping up with politics. But the reality of politics doesn't stop — whether in Washington D.C. or Jefferson City — and the decisions made in both places affect our lives throughout the year.