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A white man who fatally stabbed a Black father of two outside a Kansas City, Missouri, gas station will be charged with federal hate crimes, […]

Sean Walter Tonkin, a 36-year-old white man, stabbed Jon Rone, 41, with a knife with knuckles in a racially motivated hate crime, according to court documents.

Sean Walter Tonkin, a 36-year-old white man, stabbed Jon Rone, 41, with a knife with knuckles in a racially motivated hate crime, according to court documents.

Kansas Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is urging officials in Johnson County to postpone a legally required destruction of ballots from the 2020 election because the county sheriff says his he is still investigating possible election crimes ..... the national Democratic Party is gearing up to help Kansas Democrats break the Republican super-majority in the Statehouse ... and, authorities retrieved an unidentified body from the Kansas River near Lawrence Thursday. This summary of area hea...

A 36-year-old Florida man is charged with a federal hate crime for the July 4 killing of a Black man outside a Kansas City, Missouri gas station.

A Florida man is accused of fatally stabbing a Black man to death at a Kansas City, Missouri, gas station because of his race, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday

A Florida man was charged with a federal hate crime today for a murder he committed while staying in the Kansas City, Missouri, area.

A Florida man is accused of a hate crime homicide after he allegedly stabbed a Kansas City, Missouri, man to death because of his race...a three-day disciplinary hearing against Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez has concluded...and AAA Kansas says it’s expecting more than one million Kansans to hit the roads this holiday season. This summary of area headlines is updated throughout the day and made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!

The family of Jon Rone Jr. want prosecutors to bring more serious charges against the man who fatally stabbed him.

Witnesses say a white man abused customers at a convenience store with a racial slur before fatally stabbing a Black man in a fight on July 4. The victim’s family asks why the accused killer faces only a misdemeanor charge.