This week: Support the Healthy Hawks by donating old bikes and play equipment for kids in a pediatric unit; get some real facts, instead of protest-sign slogans, about Mexican immigrants' impact in the Midwest; recycle bunny-ear TVs instead of sending them to the landfill when the digital shift finally happens; and celebrate Juneteenth in a KCK neighborhood with a proud history of liberating slaves.
Kansas City police shot a suspect who tried run over officers with a car early Monday morning, Kansas City police say. Around 1:30 a.m., Kansas City officers stopped a car at Anderson and Wheeling, but the driver took off on foot.
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Police say the man circled back to the car and tried to run over one of the officers. The officers fired shots at the suspect, who drove to Independence and Wilson.Police say the suspect again tried to run over officers at the intersection. Officers