Peggy Lowe
Investigative Reporter | KCURPeggy Lowe is a veteran investigative reporter who came up through newspapers and moved to public media. She strives to give people a better understanding of the criminal justice system by focusing on its deeper issues, like institutional racism, the poverty-to-prison pipeline and police accountability. Today, she says, the beat is much different from how reporters worked it in the past. Lowe is telling stories about people who are building significant civil rights movements and redefining public safety.
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Children are particularly vulnerable to the stresses of gun violence, and 10 of 24 people injured by bullets at the Feb. 14 parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chief's victory were under 18 years old. -
The families of people hurt during a mass shooting at the Super Bowl rally in Kansas City last February face what one expert calls "victimization debt." -
The 16-year-old, known only as “A.M.” in court documents, claims self defense in the shootings that killed one woman and injured 24 other people. A Jackson County Family Court judge ruled that he will not be tried as an adult. -
A pesar del aumento de la violencia con armas de fuego en Estados Unidos, existen pocas pautas médicas sobre la extracción de balas de los cuerpos de los sobrevivientes. En la segunda entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured”, charlamos con tres personas heridas en el desfile del Super Bowl de Kansas City, que enfrentan el tener balas en sus cuerpos de diferentes maneras. -
Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies — leaving lasting impacts for survivors. -
In the first of the series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the spotlight by the shootings, they wonder how they will recover. -
A new federal lawsuit argues that the Missouri law cementing state governance of KCPD was created “to keep Black people enslaved.” One of the women is Narene Crosby, whose son Ryan Stokes was killed by KCPD in 2013. -
Lester, an 84-year-old white man who lives in Kansas City’s Northland neighborhood, was charged with two felonies for shooting Ralph Yarl on the night of April 13, after the Black teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address. -
Andrew “Dan” Lester, 84, has a preliminary hearing in Clay County Court on Thursday and Friday, where the high-profile case will be held with limited media coverage and a gag on what attorneys can say outside of court. -
Andrew D. Lester appeared for a three-minute hearing at the Clay County Courthouse for a formal reading of his two felony charges, first degree assault and armed criminal action. Meanwhile, Lee Merritt, a lawyer representing the teen’s family, said the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the shooting as a federal hate crime. -
Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced the charges against Andrew D. Lester late Monday afternoon after days of national outcry. -
Federal judge allows Missouri ban on enforcing federal gun laws to stay in place while state appealsMissouri is appealing a federal judge’s decision striking down the Second Amendment Preservation Act, which allows citizens to file suit for up to $50,000 if they believe that police enforcement of federal gun laws violated their right to keep and bear arms.
