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“If they would have went over there, done their job, the outcome would have been different. I know it would have. It wouldn’t have escalated to this.”

The apparent suicide of the disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, detective involved a firearm. The court had barred him from having one for two years.

“In the end, he just decided he wasn’t going to court,” one official told The Star during an interview this week.

Jonathan Molina-Calderon, 35, had been with the Olathe school district since 2018.

These are Kansas City’s 95th and 96th traffic fatalities compared to 101 at this time last year, according to police.

The Star will update this list throughout 2025 with information on homicides across the Kansas City metro.

During winter storms, MoDOT is in charge of plowing state highways and bridges while local governments, such as Kansas City, handle city roads.

Kansas City officials said Friday they’ve never felt more prepared for a winter storm, with record snowfall expected by Sunday.

| More than 50 people, including elected officials and public servants, filled a second-floor courtroom in the Jackson County Courthouse

A statement from Jackson County identified the employee as Everett Carter, 61, who worked for the county for 40 years.