Bill Lukitsch

Business reporter @startribune | Past: @kcstar, @qctimes | Alum: @UISedu, @SIUC_SoJ | Tips: [email protected]

[Bill Lukitsch @lukitsbill]

As Gov. Parson frees ex-KC cop early, newly released case file details Cameron Lamb shooting
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[Bill Lukitsch @lukitsbill]

KC ex-cop who killed Cameron Lamb gets clemency from Parson | Kansas City Star https://t.co/yafH9gClZj

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

A former officer of the Kansas City-based International Brotherhood of Boilermakers has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in an alleged $20 million embezzlement scheme involving union funds.
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[Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman]

NEW - Republicans halted a decade-long blue shift in Johnson County in statehouse races on Tuesday

But Democrats still gained in local races. And Sharice Davids/Kamala Harris still won the county

@KCStar look at the mixed bag in Kansas’ biggest county

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[Bob Cronkleton @cronkb]

Wes Neal, who brought the drive-in experience to generations of movie-goers in the Kansas City area, has died at age 96.

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[Katie Moore @katie_reports]

The state of Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who maintained he was innocent in a 1998 killing. His execution was opposed by the prosecutor's office, the victim's family and some of the jurors, among others.

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[Nathan Pilling @ByNatePilling]

Federal investigators concluded lax security allowed a suspended cop with the VA to access a secured area and steal the gun he used to kill his wife, 12-year-old son and himself at their home in Kansas City’s Northland earlier this year.

More @KCStar: https://t.co/Z4UvzuH3Le

[Alecia☀️ @AleciaReports]

Some ✨personal news✨

Today’s my first day @KCStar covering the Northland! It feels surreal to be back in KC working for a paper I used to read as a youngin.

Feel free to dm or email tips, rants, complaints, gossip, or to just say hi! 📧[email protected]

[Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman]

BREAKING: Missouri judge rules against abortion rights ballot measure set for November ballot

(This will almost certainly be appealed)

#moleg

[Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman]

Kansas state. Rep. Marvin Robinson, a Wyandotte County Democrat whose vocal advocacy raised the profile of the Quindaro Ruins but who also clashed with his own party, has died unexpectedly. He was 67.

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[The Kansas City Star @KCStar]

Two former presidents among 7 Boilermakers union employees indicted for embezzlement https://t.co/ns6Tc6XLs3

[Katie Moore @katie_reports]

Marcellus Williams has agreed to plead no contest. The deal, which includes changing his sentence to life without parole instead of death, came Wednesday as new DNA evidence was heard in St. Louis County Circuit Court.

The AG's office opposes the deal.

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[Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman]

The Kansas Department of Commerce chose a man convicted of multiple financial felony crimes to oversee millions in federal pandemic aid.

He then worked as an interim city clerk in a small Kansas town.

Now he’s missing.

@byChanceSwaim & me #ksleg
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[Katie Moore @katie_reports]

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn killed her 52-year-old abuser when she was 19. Evidence about the sexual assaults was not allowed at trial.

Now 30, she's spent over a decade behind bars and is asking Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly for clemency.

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[The Kansas City Star @KCStar]

WyCo, KCK officials warn of impacts to public services after sweeping budget cuts https://t.co/2OB1gSiOix

[The Kansas City Star @KCStar]

42-year-old man dies after being shot Thursday night at Kansas City, Kansas, park https://t.co/d1ODUO7l1l

[Katie Moore @katie_reports]

A judge denied releasing a video showing a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer shooting a homeless man.

Wyandotte County District Judge Robert Burns said Jon Anderton’s death was a “tragic situation,” but what occurred was not in the public interest.

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[Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman]

BREAKING: Ex-Kansas police chief who raided newspaper charged with felony judicial interference

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[Mike Hendricks ↙️ @kcmikehendricks]

Jackson County will not comply with assessment rollback order | Kansas City Star https://t.co/zskLmnqg9C

[Glenn E. Rice @GRicekcstar]

Will Missouri Gov. Parson free ex-KC cop Eric DeValkenaere? ‘I don’t like where he’s at’ - via ⁦@jonshorman⁩
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