Peggy Lowe
@peggylowe.bsky.social
I cover justice and public safety at KCUR, Kansas City's NPR station. Host and reporter for "Overlooked," investigative podcast on police corruption. Faculty advisor for Roo News. KC Current fangirl.
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Scott is here to stay 💫
Katie signs a new contract with the club through 2027 ✍️
Katie signs a new contract with the club through 2027 ✍️
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Scott is here to stay 💫
Katie signs a new contract with the club through 2027 ✍️
Katie signs a new contract with the club through 2027 ✍️
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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Julian Alcala, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to 20 felony counts. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors have agreed to drop a destruction of evidence charge. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
Former Missouri police officer admits to stealing intimate photos during traffic stops
Florissant Police offier Julian Alcala pulled over victims for minor traffic violations then took their phones, ostensibly to check for electronic proof of insurance or vehicle registration. Instead, he searched through photo albums and sent intimate photos and videos to his own phone.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Julian Alcala, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to 20 felony counts. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors have agreed to drop a destruction of evidence charge. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
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This week, victims of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski and other social justice advocates marked one year since Golubski died by suicide on Dec. 2, 2024.
Victims mark 1 year since Roger Golubski's suicide
This week, victims of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski and other social justice advocates marked one year since Golubski died by suicide on Dec. 2, 2024. That was the day his federal trial was to begin on charges that he violated the civil rights of several women through rape and kidnapping.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week, victims of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski and other social justice advocates marked one year since Golubski died by suicide on Dec. 2, 2024.
Not "pickup truck?" Or "manhood?"
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "city" (63×)
2. "downtown" (35×)
3. "building" (30×)
4. "without" (26×)
5. "parking" (23×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "city" (63×)
2. "downtown" (35×)
3. "building" (30×)
4. "without" (26×)
5. "parking" (23×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Not "pickup truck?" Or "manhood?"
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Another Kansas City firefighter with multiple DWIs remains on the job.
A story via @judylt.bsky.social is part of our investigation into KCFD employees who have been charged with serious crimes and allowed to remain on the job for years.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
A story via @judylt.bsky.social is part of our investigation into KCFD employees who have been charged with serious crimes and allowed to remain on the job for years.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Another Kansas City firefighter with multiple DWIs remains on the job
Antonino Giarraputo is among multiple Kansas City firefighters who remained on the KCFD employee rolls despite DWI cases.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Another Kansas City firefighter with multiple DWIs remains on the job.
A story via @judylt.bsky.social is part of our investigation into KCFD employees who have been charged with serious crimes and allowed to remain on the job for years.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
A story via @judylt.bsky.social is part of our investigation into KCFD employees who have been charged with serious crimes and allowed to remain on the job for years.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
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Tom Witt, former executive director of Equality Kansas, returns to public stage as a candidate to replace retired Democratic state Sen. Mary Ware #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/12/02/l...
Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate returns to public stage as candidate for Kansas Senate seat • Kansas Reflector
Tom Witt, best known as a former executive director of Equality Kansas, is a candidate to replace retired Sen. Mary Ware.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tom Witt, former executive director of Equality Kansas, returns to public stage as a candidate to replace retired Democratic state Sen. Mary Ware #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/12/02/l...
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In the year since disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski killed himself last December, his victims say nothing has changed.
When Golubski dodged his federal trial on the day it was to begin, it denied any chance of accountability for his victims and the community he abused.
When Golubski dodged his federal trial on the day it was to begin, it denied any chance of accountability for his victims and the community he abused.
Roger Golubski died a year ago. Victims say Kansas City, Kansas, hasn't delivered justice
Victims of the disgraced KCKPD detective and other social justice advocates fear that any accountability in Wyandotte County died with Golubski. “How and when does the statute of limitations run out on justice?”
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In the year since disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski killed himself last December, his victims say nothing has changed.
When Golubski dodged his federal trial on the day it was to begin, it denied any chance of accountability for his victims and the community he abused.
When Golubski dodged his federal trial on the day it was to begin, it denied any chance of accountability for his victims and the community he abused.
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Fox News faces critical test in 2nd big defamation suit over spurious 2020 election fraud claims
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
My story for NPR
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Fox News faces critical test in 2nd case over false 2020 election claims
The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fox News faces critical test in 2nd big defamation suit over spurious 2020 election fraud claims
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
My story for NPR
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It's been one year since disgraced KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski committed suicide just as his federal trial was to start. Victims say their hopes for justice also died that day. www.kcur.org/news/2025-12...
Roger Golubski died a year ago. Victims say Kansas City, Kansas, hasn't delivered justice
Victims of the disgraced KCKPD detective and other social justice advocates fear that any accountability in Wyandotte County died with Golubski. “How and when does the statute of limitations run out o...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's been one year since disgraced KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski committed suicide just as his federal trial was to start. Victims say their hopes for justice also died that day. www.kcur.org/news/2025-12...
Popular on @kcur.org last week, even tho it's a bit in the (legal) weeds: The state’s prosecutors say that if a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals is allowed to become law, “mere shoving matches could justifiably be escalated to gun battles." www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...
Missouri prosecutors fear ruling means deadly force can be self-defense against simple assault
The state’s prosecutors say that if a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals is allowed to become law, “mere shoving matches could justifiably be escalated to gun battles,” and violent crime c...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Popular on @kcur.org last week, even tho it's a bit in the (legal) weeds: The state’s prosecutors say that if a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals is allowed to become law, “mere shoving matches could justifiably be escalated to gun battles." www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...
My colleague @dmehro.bsky.social and I have been working on this for a year -- a hacked list of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police officers who are on the department's misconduct list. www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...
Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret officer misconduct list
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My colleague @dmehro.bsky.social and I have been working on this for a year -- a hacked list of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police officers who are on the department's misconduct list. www.kcur.org/news/2025-11...
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For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
NPR says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting unlawfully yielded to political pressure by Trump, "yet one more example of a major institution yielding to the president's whim." www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
NPR lawsuit alleges Corporation for Public Broadcasting gave in to political pressure
NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NPR says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting unlawfully yielded to political pressure by Trump, "yet one more example of a major institution yielding to the president's whim." www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
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If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...
Redistricting: A Community Q&A
Join KCUR Thursday, October 30, at the Kansas City Public Library for a conversation about redistricting in Missouri and Kansas.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...
Oh hell no. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Sheriff's lawyer told reporter to take down an article — and he'd send deputies to their home
Blake Lawrence, an attorney for the St. Louis sheriff's office, is on administrative leave after allegedly sending harassing text messages to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. But he says the move i...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Oh hell no. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
"I often think of Donald Trump not as a president or even as a human being but rather as a social science experiment in how much out-in-the-open corruption the American public will tolerate before it calls foul." The New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/2022...
Trump’s Pardon of His Crypto Pal Is a New Height of Corruption
Let me know, America, when you’ve had enough.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"I often think of Donald Trump not as a president or even as a human being but rather as a social science experiment in how much out-in-the-open corruption the American public will tolerate before it calls foul." The New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/2022...
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JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...
Redistricting: A Community Q&A
Join KCUR Thursday, October 30, at the Kansas City Public Library for a conversation about redistricting in Missouri and Kansas.
www.kcur.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you're in Kansas City next Thursday night and you're interested in #redistricting, you should join us: www.kcur.org/redistrictin...
Here we go again with the Kansas City Police Dept. asking for more money: www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...
Kansas City Police hike their budget request by $50 million. Mayor says it's 'not feasible'
The Kansas City Police Department is asking for a 21.6% increase in funding for next fiscal year, despite the city’s budget woes. The money is needed for personnel costs, legal settlements, and hiring...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Here we go again with the Kansas City Police Dept. asking for more money: www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...
When this happened to me I was shocked and made late for the press conference I was going to in the courthouse. It was a very aggressive search. www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...
Bra-gate 2: Women say their bras set off aggressive security at Wyandotte County Courthouse
Women entering the Wyandotte County Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas, say their underwire bras are triggering hypersensitive metal detectors, and they are then forcibly patted down by female deputies...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When this happened to me I was shocked and made late for the press conference I was going to in the courthouse. It was a very aggressive search. www.kcur.org/news/2025-10...
When the Kansas Bureau of Investigation released its second report on the death of an inmate in the Wyandotte County jail, it said it was a homicide. What it didn't say? A sheriff's officer knelt on the inmate's back before he was asphyxiated. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
Wyandotte County Jail inmate died after a sheriff's officer knelt on his back, coroner's report says
Charles Adair, 50, was killed by “mechanical asphyxia,” which was ruled a homicide. A county coroner’s report obtained by KCUR reveals that during an altercation, a deputy knelt on Adair’s back.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
When the Kansas Bureau of Investigation released its second report on the death of an inmate in the Wyandotte County jail, it said it was a homicide. What it didn't say? A sheriff's officer knelt on the inmate's back before he was asphyxiated. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
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The gathering mirrored large protests nationwide designed to amplify the voices of workers this Labor Day and object to the perceived disenfranchisement of Democrats by Republican efforts to redraw the lines around blue districts.
Kansas Citians angrily protest Republican efforts to redraw Congressional districts
Joining anti-Trump rallies across the country on Labor Day, workers, civil rights advocates and ordinary citizens gathered at Mill Creek Park Fountain on the Plaza. The Kansas City protests took aim at the president’s effort to maintain Republican control of Congress by altering blue districts to favor his party.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The gathering mirrored large protests nationwide designed to amplify the voices of workers this Labor Day and object to the perceived disenfranchisement of Democrats by Republican efforts to redraw the lines around blue districts.
Update to the killing of KCKPD Officer Hunter Simoncic: Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office will hold a press conference at 3pm to discuss the charges in the case of Dennis Mitchell III. Yesterday's story: www.kcur.org/news/2025-08...
Kansas City, Kansas, Police officer killed after allegedly being struck by fleeing car
Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, is the second line-of-duty death in Wyandotte County in a month. A 31-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, vehicular homicide and other alleg...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Update to the killing of KCKPD Officer Hunter Simoncic: Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office will hold a press conference at 3pm to discuss the charges in the case of Dennis Mitchell III. Yesterday's story: www.kcur.org/news/2025-08...