Sam Zeff
Sam grew up in Overland Park and was educated at the University of Kansas. After working in Philadelphia where he covered organized crime, politics and political corruption he moved on to TV news management jobs in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Sam came home in 2013 and covered health care and education at KCPT. He came to work at KCUR in 2014. Sam has a national news and documentary Emmy for an investigation into the federal Bureau of Prisons and how it puts unescorted inmates on Grayhound and Trailways buses to move them to different prisons. Sam has one son and is pretty good in the kitchen.
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The 40-22 loss denies Kansas City the chance to make history as the only team to win back-to-back-to-back Super Bowls. This game was never close, with Philadelphia keeping the Chiefs scoreless for nearly three full quarters. -
The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday rejected all arguments from state Attorney General Andrew Bailey to return Hemme to prison. Hemme served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.S. -
Attorneys for 85-year-old Andrew Lester filed a motion in August arguing he wasn’t fit to stand trial. The trial was set to begin October 7. -
Kunce, an attorney and a U.S. Marine veteran from the Kansas City area, now begins an uphill battle to unseat GOP Sen. Josh Hawley in November. -
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey fought for nearly a month to keep Hemme behind bars, after her 1980 murder conviction was overturned in June. Almost from the moment she walked out of prison, she has been with her father in the hospital. -
In March 2022, a Missouri sniper shot and killed a toddler in error, acting — according to experts — contrary to training and best practices. -
The man, known only as Sniper 1, fatally shot two-year-old Clesslynn Crawford during a 2022 standoff. He is still working for the Joplin Police Department. -
A KCUR and Midwest Newsroom investigation reveals the chain of events that ended in the death of Clesslynn Crawford in March 2022. -
After a nerve-racking game that saw tight end Travis Kelce yelling angrily at coach Andy Reid and Taylor Swift anxiously picking her fingernails in a suite, the Kansas City Chiefs prevailed in overtime. -
Thousands of Kias and Hyundais were stolen in Missouri last year. The problem is so bad that two major insurance companies have ceased writing new policies for Kias and Hyundais built before 2023.
