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Report: NFL team ‘bending over backward’ to counsel couple involved in murder-suicide

The Kansas City Chiefs were “bending over backward” and providing counseling for the couple involved in the Dec. 1 murder-suicide that spurred on another national debate over gun control, The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday. Local police told the newspaper that the team had offered assistance to Kasandra Perkins and…

Art institute sues philanthropists over unpaid millions

A formerly wealthy California couple who pledged $5 million to construct a new art building for the Kansas City Art Institute is now broke, and they say they have no money for the outstanding donation, reported the Kansas City Star. But the building has already been built, their name branded…

Missouri spends foreclosure settlement money on budget gaps

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) announced last week that his state would use some of the money from the bank foreclosure fraud settlement for purposes other instead of helping struggling homeowners in the state. According to The Kansas City Star, Nixon said that $40 million of the $196 million that…