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Five Kansas City police officers are charged with crimes. All remain on paid duty Steve Vockrodt and Glenn E. Rice, The Kansas City Star Jul. 11—Seven months after a grand jury indicted Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere in the 2019 shooting death of Cameron Lamb, the department veteran was back on the job and receiving a paycheck, The Star has confirmed. Yet department policy says the police chief will put an employee facing criminal charges related to the use of his weapon on suspension without pay. The fact that DeValkenaere is at work and being paid angers co...

Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3 / Originally published on March 11, 2021 6:10 pm Kansas City, Missouri, stands to receive about $195 million under the latest coronavirus relief plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday afternoon. Mayor Quinton Lucas called it a life saver for a city facing a $70 million budget shortfall. “This allows us to not only replenish our cash reserves, but also to continue to try to enhance our public services,” Lucas said on KCUR’s Up To Date. The stimulus plan provides $350 billion to municipalities, which can be used to pay for COVID-19 resp...