Mayor Quinton Lucas
KCMO Council Addresses Demands for Local Control of KCPD
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Mayor Ponders Requiring Wearing Masks in Buildings
Thursday, June 25, 2020
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Ahmaud Arbery
Three Men Indicted in Death of Ahmaud Arbery
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The three white men accused in the February 23 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, a black man as he jogged down a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Ga. were indicted Wednesday by a grand jury, a district attorney said.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Event Offers Several Options for Viewers
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The Jazz District Renaissance Corporation will host a Community Celebration on Friday, July 3 at 9:30, featuring a safe fireworks show, even during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Cameron Lamb’s mother said he was an avid K.C. Chiefs fan.
KCPD Officer Charged in December 2019 Shooting of Cameron Lamb
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A Jackson County grand jury earlier this week indicted a Kansas City police officer in the fatal shooting of Cameron Lamb on Dec. 3, 2019 at his residence in the 4100 block of College Avenue.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Kansas City, Kansas’ own Janelle Monáe (above) as she portrays Mary Winston Jackson in the film, “Hidden Figures”
NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
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NASA.com--NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
KCMO Mayor Lucas Introduces Oversight Measures for Heads of Taxpayer-Funded Organizations
KCMO Mayor Lucas Introduces Oversight Measures for Heads of Taxpayer-Funded Organizations
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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas today introduced a pair of ordinances that would impose a residency requirement and a salary cap on the top salaried positions in any organization receiving more than 20 percent of its funding from Kansas City taxpayers.
Friday, June 19, 2020
KC Chiefs Will Observe Juneteenth
KC Chiefs Will Observe Juneteenth
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The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday, that they will observe Friday, June 19 as a holiday. As such their offices will be closed.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Rayshard Brooks Funeral to be Held at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
Rayshard Brooks Funeral to be Held at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
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Note: At K.C. Globe presstime, it was reported that the two officers in the death of Brooks who had initially been Rayshard Brooks Funeral to be Held at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church fired, on Wednesday were charged in his death and had turned themselves in to authorities.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Total Man CDC Presents Annual Strong Families Event
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Total Man is the brainchild of Pastor Michael Warren and serves the community through educational development, economic development, community involvement, urban development, and mental and physical health.
Friday, June 19, 2020
SCLC-GKC Rejects Proposed
SCLC-GKC Rejects Proposed
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In the midst of three weeks of world-wide protests against systemic racism in America and throughout the world fueled by the brutal police murder on Labor Day weekend of an unarmed black man, George Floyd by a white Minneapolis, Minn. police officer, a suggestion has been made locally to rename a...
Friday, June 19, 2020
