Mark Tolbert News Today

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation will host its annual Memorial Weekend next month, a yearly opportunity to remember and celebrate firefighters and emergency personnel who died in the line of duty. Among the more than 200 firefighters to be honored are 16 who served in the state of California. CAL FIRE and Los Angeles County […]

Madeline Romious, a Kansas City lobbyist and past chair of the Police Foundation of Kansas City, is governor’s pick to join five-member panel.

Around 200 decision makers gathered 27 September 2023 in Washington, DC, for the second annual meeting.

The photonics firm recently moved into 30,000-square-feet of renovated space on Pittsford-Victor Road to accommodate growth. June 1, 2023

The Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners has selected Cathy Dean, current vice president of the board, as its new president.

On the eve of the NFL Draft, the Kansas City Police Department says it has twice asked for overtime payments from the city from the last NFL event, the February Super Bowl victory parade. The Board of Police Commissioners also questioned Mayor Quinton Lucas about the $13,000 spent on sending his security detail to Arizona for the game.

Kevin Strickland, who served more than 40 years in Missouri prisons for a crime that he did not commit, has filed a civil lawsuit.

A JE Dunn executive was appointed Thursday to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that Thomas Whittaker would join the board, replacing Don Wagner.

Callers complain that they are being placed on hold or get a busy signal, which Mayor Quinton Lucas says “gives our community grave concern.”

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners oversees a $268 million budget and regularly discusses important matters in closed session.