Kansas City Crime Scene: Creeper Teachers & Gunfire Aftermath

For close readers, we share more than a few local stories worth considering as this town continues to struggle against rising violence and predators in local schools. 

For balance . . . There's a really great story about a KCPD hero for perspective . .  .  

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South Kansas City residents speak out after El Mercado Fresco owner killed

Police say a 49-year old grocery store owner is one of the two people killed in a south Kansas City shopping center on Sunday.

Independence teacher facing more federal charges in child pornography case

A federal grand jury has indicted an Independence, Missouri, teacher on four additional charges after he was arrested and accused of child pornography crimes.

Town Topic receipt helps investigators identify driver in dangerous wrong-way chase

A receipt from a popular burger joint helped investigators identify a suspect in a dangerous chase.

Former paraprofessional pleads guilty to having sexual relationship with student

A former educator has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a student.

Man pleads guilty, sentenced in deadly downtown Kansas City hit-and-run

Tyler Macias pleaded guilty and was sentenced in connection with a 2025 hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in downtown Kansas City.

Botched search for lost handgun at Lee's Summit school leads to more training for police officer, supervisor

A loaded gun sat unnoticed for six weeks in the Lee's Summit West High School Theater after police did not search the theater when notified by its owner that he could have left the gun there.

Jury selection started for suspect in North Kansas City officer's killing

Jury selection has started for the upcoming trial of Joshua Rocha, the man charged in the 2022 killing of North Kansas City Officer Daniel Vasquez.

Off-Duty Detective Saves Woman's Life at Kauffman Stadium

Evans was off-duty when he heard a call for help in a parking lot. He sprinted to the scene, finding a woman who was having an urgent medical issue. The woman, who had just started to receive CPR, was barely breathing.

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