Laura Bauer, The Kansas City Star

Laura Bauer

The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, MO, United States

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  • MercedSunStar
  • The Wichita Eagle
  • Officer.com
  • McClatchyDC
  • Bradenton Herald
  • Idaho Statesman
  • TriCityHerald
  • The Modesto Bee

Past articles by Laura:

NFL meets with Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill and his legal team for eight hours in Kansas City

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill, who with fiancee Crystal Espinal and their child remains the subject of an ongoing Kansas child welfare investigation, met with NFL officials for 8 hours in KC Wednesday. → Read More

Criminal abuse probe involving Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill no longer active, prosecutors say

Six weeks after Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill was suspended amid an ongoing child abuse probe involving his 3-year-old son, prosecutors are no longer actively working the criminal case. → Read More

Massive tornado rips through Linwood, Kansas, destroying homes and keeping KC on edge

A tornado ripped through northeast Kansas Tuesday evening, leveling homes and other structures in one small community, as residents across the Kansas City area weathered the latest round of severe storms. → Read More

‘Here we go again’: Is latest spate of tornadoes a new normal in Missouri and Kansas?

The last time the region had so many back-to-back tornadoes was in May 2003. With climate change, flooding and drought, what’s the long-term forecast for Missouri and Kansas, and the world? → Read More

‘A bitter pill to swallow’: Kansas lawmakers drop child welfare oversight plan

A new committee would have helped hold the Kansas child welfare system accountable. Then lawmakers removed it from the budget. Kansas’ child welfare system has been under stress for years. → Read More

FBI investigating a bank robbery in Kansas City after woman in braids fled with cash

The FBI is looking for a woman who robbed a First Federal Bank in Kansas City Saturday morning, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash. → Read More

Father sentenced to 18 years for abuse of six-month-old child

Joshua A. Sims, 27, was convicted of Domestic Assault 1st Degree Serious Injury as well as Abuse or Neglect of a Child. Sims had pleaded guilty to both counts. → Read More

Criticism of Tyreek Hill, Chiefs grows. But that may be the least of Hill’s problems

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill sought a second chance in Kansas City, but that may be coming to an end. Social media and radio talk shows exploded Friday with calls for Hill to be gone. → Read More

Criticism of Tyreek Hill, Chiefs grows. But that may be the least of Hill’s problems

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill sought a second chance in Kansas City, but that may be coming to an end. Social media and radio talk shows exploded Friday with calls for Hill to be gone. → Read More

JoCo district attorney reopens Tyreek Hill criminal case after recording released

The criminal case involving Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill and his fiancee has been reopened, according to head coach Andy Reid. The move comes a day after a recording aired on TV. → Read More

‘He is terrified of you.’ Tyreek Hill, fiancee heard discussing their son on tape

Tyreek Hill’s 3-year-old son told his mother the Kansas City Chiefs star punched him, according to a recording aired Thursday night on KCTV5. The news came one day after the Johnson County DA declined to file charges. → Read More

SportsBeat KC podcast: Discussing the DA’s decision of no charges in Tyreek Hill case

The Johnson County District Attorney announced Wednesday that there will be no criminal charges for Kansas City Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill but that does not mean exoneration. Investigative reporter Laura Bauer, Chiefs beat writer Brooke Pryor, and columnist Vahe Gregorian are in the studio to talk with host Blair Kerkhoff about this breaking news story. → Read More

No charges against Tyreek Hill in battery, abuse investigation: Johnson County DA

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill will not face charges after police investigated reports of battery and child abuse or neglect at his Johnson County home in March, the county District attorney said. → Read More

Tyreek Hill’s son removed from parents’ custody amid battery, abuse investigation

The son of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has been removed from the custody of Hill and the boy’s mother amid child abuse allegations. Hill has been under investigation by Overland Park police since March. → Read More

Independence police seek ‘person of interest’ after early Sunday morning homicide

Independence police are looking for a “person of interest” in an early Sunday morning shooting where the victim died. They’re searching for Ingenue K. Persinger. → Read More

Flooding forces evacuations in northwest Missouri towns, rivers haven’t crested yet

Some northwest Missouri residents were being forced from their homes Friday as widespread flooding continued along the Missouri River, causing numerous levee breaches and devastation to homes and farmland. → Read More

Mother ‘died fighting to get her child back.’ Now both will be buried in Kansas City

Sierra Robinson left her Kansas City home in January for Milwaukee in the hopes her toddler daughter, Noelani Robinson, would get to know the father, Dariaz Higgins. Both Sierra and Noelani were killed. → Read More

Overland Park police confirm they’re investigating 2 incidents involving Tyreek Hill

Overland Park police on Monday said they are investigating two incidents involving Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill. Their reports list allegations of a battery and child abuse or neglect at Hill’s home. → Read More

Kansas City pharmacist pleads guilty in scam to get thousands from Medicaid

A pharmacist with Stark Pharmacy at Research Medical Center pleaded guilty Friday to operating what federal prosecutors say was a fraudulent scheme to scam Medicaid out of tens of thousands of dollars. → Read More

‘A true public servant’: New Kansas child welfare leader vows openness, more resources

After a month on the job, Laura Howard, the new leader of Kansas’ Department for Children and Families, maps out a plan to help improve a troubled child welfare system. → Read More