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Before Brown v. Board, these Kansas City women set the stage by integrating a grade school
The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools may have played out differently if it hadn’t been for a tenacious group of women in Johnson County, Kansas, who led their own integration lawsuit five years earlier. The case centered around a two-room schoolhouse and included a lengthy boycott, big-shot NAACP lawyers, FBI surveillance — and six very brave children.
Woman worried mold in her south KCMO apartment will impact family's health
A KCMO mother is dealing with failed inspections due to high levels of mold, doctor's notes of respiratory illnesses, and minimal action from management at a local apartment complex.
Frustration grows after recent violent weekend in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A weekend full of violent crime leaves many people frustrated. KCTV5 obtained surveillance video from Wash Time, which shares a parking lot Amstar. In it, shows the moment a gunman shot point plank at a man is his car before he runs off. When police...
Belton police searching for missing 14-year-old girl last seen 3 days ago
BELTON, Mo. — Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing teenage girl in Belton. The Belton Police Department says Emma Canton, 14, has been missing for nearly three days. According to police, Canton hasn't been seen leaving her home in Springdale Lake around 6 p.m....
Man gunned down outside motel on Blue Ridge Boulevard
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Tuesday, May 14 just after 10:30 p.m. Kansas City police arrived at a shooting near 118th and Blue Ridge, just east of I-49. There they found a man with serious gunshot wounds outside America’s Best Value Inn. He was rushed to the hospital and soon pronounced dead.
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