Focus on murder in KC: The Star’s editorial series

The Star’s editorial board has focused this year on Kansas City’s experience with homicides, which, encouragingly, have declined in number in 2014 from alarming levels of recent years. Here are links to editorials and pertinent columns so far in the series (including dates of print publication). The list will be updated as our monthly editorials and individual columns appear.

Yael Abouhalkah: KC’s bloody murder rate is finally improving, but not nearly enough (Dec. 4)

Kansas City still has a deplorably high murder rate ranking (Dec. 2)

Body cameras will help the Kansas City police serve the public (Nov. 29)

Murder of 6-year-old Angel Hooper demands justice (Oct. 21)

Barbara Shelly: Tragic death of Teresa Kellough in midtown is compounded by silence (Oct. 10)

Witnesses play crucial role in reducing KC’s homicides (Oct. 3)

South Kansas City slayings rob city of sense of security (Sept. 4)

New, sharply focused programs could reduce violent crime (Aug. 31)

Yael T. Abouhalkah: Sorry, naysayers: KC’s crime rate actually dropping in 2014 (Aug. 27)

Kansas City murder problem demands sustained leadership (Aug. 2)

Kansas City moves in the right direction on murder, gunshot numbers (July 2)

Aim4Peace program attacks violent crime in Kansas City, with mixed results (June 1)

The who, why and how behind murders in KC (May 17)

Six more Kansas City deaths in April, but new tactics show promise (May 4)

‘Don’t snitch’ rule leads to blood on Kansas City’s streets (April 24)

Barbara Shelly: No permit required, and gun homicides spike in Missouri (Feb. 28)

Yael T. Abouhalkah: Lack of City Council leadership on murders takes its toll (Feb. 27)

Yael T. Abouhalkah: Kansas City’s murder statistics are worse than you think (Feb. 20)

Barbara Shelly: Missouri study argues for stronger gun-licensing laws (Feb. 18)

Barbara Shelly: Mayor Sly James: Get the murder numbers down (Feb. 12)

This story was originally published December 4, 2014 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Focus on murder in KC: The Star’s editorial series."