Dignitaries gather in Manhattan for a ribbon cutting ceremony at a federal bio-security lab. four Kansas City area men have been indicted for illegally trafficking firearms. Kansas City's mayor appoints a committee to study reparations for Black residents. and a Missouri mom gets more than 50 years in prison for leaving her two children to die in a hot car. Those headlines and more. here.
A piece of the Keystone oil pipeline that burst last December in Washington County had warped, and TC Energy was aware of that some ten years ago.the Lawrence School Board has finalized the sale of a former alternative high school building on the city’s southwest side..and the names of the victims of a nightclub shooting in Kansas City have been released as the investigation continues. Details on these stories, and more, are available here.
The Lawrence school board votes to close two elementary schools. the state's highest court hears oral arguments in two abortion-related cases. and a new study says the rate of firearm deaths in Kansas is 24% higher than the national average, not because of homicides but because Kansans die by firearm suicides at a higher rate. Those stories and more. here.