JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker wants to expand the state’s self-defense law to grant wide latitude to shooters who claim they killed because they were in danger. Currently, suspects are required to raise a self-defense claim to prosecutors, …
Vahe Gregorian: KC Chiefs’ collapse not end of era, but it reminds us the window won’t be open forever
Before their stupefying collapse on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, an era-defining moment was in the Chiefs’ grasp. Just waiting to be seized, even. Playing in their NFL-record fourth straight home conference championship game, they had swamped Cincinnat…
Grim ending as Kansas City Chiefs lose AFC Championship Game in overtime at Arrowhead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs let the Cincinnati Bengals hang around in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium. It cost them. Mahomes was nearly perfect through two quarters but his two interceptions after that doomed the Chiefs’ hopes of reach…
Chiefs release former Raider Damon Arnette from futures contract following arrest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs released former Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette from a reserve/futures contract following his arrest Friday night in Las Vegas. NFL Network first reported that Arnette had been released by the Chiefs. Arnette …
A deep dive into 13 seconds now and forever immortalized in Chiefs history
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The moment the football reached Bills wide receiver Gabriel Davis in the end zone, a celebration erupted on the visiting sideline inside Arrowhead Stadium, countering a stillness that had engulfed the majority of its spectators. Buff…
Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu returned to practice field Thursday ahead of AFC title game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid had expressed optimism that safety Tyrann Mathieu would be back on the practice field Thursday. A day later, Reid’s words proved prophetic. Mathieu, who suffered a concussion in last Sunday’s playoff win agains…
Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu returned to practice field Thursday ahead of AFC title game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid had expressed optimism that safety Tyrann Mathieu would be back on the practice field Thursday. A day later, Reid’s words proved prophetic. Mathieu, who suffered a concussion in last Sunday’s playoff win agains…
‘A stain on American history.’ MO couple sentenced in Capitol riot blame Trump, crowd
A former Missouri Christian school teacher and her husband who said former President Donald Trump and the crowd contributed to the environment that led to the Capitol riot were sentenced Thursday to home detention and two years’ probation. U.S. Distric…
After ‘coup,’ a Kansas City nonprofit devoted to sexual assault victims implodes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A little after 4 in the morning on a Tuesday last February, Carolyn Cordle emailed a few co-workers who had recently quit. The subject line: COUP. “I have downloaded everything that I think will be of importance,” Cordle wrote, accor…
Missouri has fourth highest gun death rate in the nation, new study finds
Missouri has the fourth highest gun death rate in the country and ranks in the bottom 10 for its gun laws, according to a recent report from Everytown for Gun Safety. The gun safety nonprofit developed a scoring guide for each state based on its gun la…