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The KCTV5 team is dedicated to bringing long-form, impactful stories and documentaries to our viewers, readers, and listeners. The KCTV5+ podcast will include all of these specially produced stories for you to listen to whenever you want, wherever you are.
Episodes
KCTV Investigative Reporter Samantha Boring discusses more about her story on Missouri's hands-free driving law.
A Brazilian asylum seeker shares his personal journey and experience navigating the U.S. immigration system in this extended interview. He says he fled Brazil to escape threats from organized crime and has been in the legal asylum process for nearly two and a half years while residing in the Kansas City area.
Sergio’s life changed in minutes. A routine traffic stop for speeding led to his arrest, and weeks after a new policy eliminated bond hearings, he found himself detained and unable to work. In this extended interview, he describes how that timing—and that policy—affected fighting his removal case.
Trinidad Raj Molina is an organizer and immigration rights advocate with Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation. In this extended interview filmed in November 2025, he discusses the patterns of ICE arrests in the Kansas City area, the tactics being used, recent high-profile raids, and what he sees as systemic failures in the U.S. immigration enforcement system.
Maya King is an immigration attorney working with individuals facing deportation proceedings in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed August 2025, she discusses a dramatic policy change that eliminated bail eligibility for people who entered without inspection—a shift that has upended cases she’s been handling. She also discusses how ICE is offering detainees financial incentives to “...
Kristi Nelson is a former immigration judge who served in Chicago’s immigration court from September 2023 to April 2025, when she resigned. She’s practiced law for 30 years. In this extended interview, she discusses the systemic challenges facing the U.S. immigration court system, recent mass terminations of judges, and the pressure immigration judges face from changing administrations.
...Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed in August 2025, she discusses how national policies are affecting the local immigration court system and the fundamental problems with the current immigration system that she argues require a complete overhaul, not band-aid fixes.
Stories of immigration, from arrests to detentions, court proceedings to legal paths, are unfolding in Kansas City.
St. James, Missouri, is a welcoming small town with deep roots, shaped by generations of local industry, rail-era growth, and the traditions of the surrounding Ozark landscape.
Its history is still visible today in the character of the community and the pride residents take in preserving what makes the town distinctive.
Join Sharon Chen as she takes a virtual trip to St. James, Missouri!
What does it take to defy the odds? One local man’s journey might inspire you to rethink what’s possible.
KCTV5's Zac Summers shared the story of James McGinnis, and why he continues to run with purpose.
It’s a 5-hour trek from Kansas City, but travel to St. Genevieve, Missouri and you’ll take a back nearly 300 years in time and don’t even have to leave the state.
In this week’s Destination Heartland, we take a virtual trip to St. Genevieve, Missouri where French Colonial America still lives, breath...
Millions of twinkling lights, world class holiday shows and festive family fun – Branson, Missouri is your ultimate holiday destination in the heartland. For over six decades, Branson has been the heart of live entertainment in the Ozarks.
KCTV5 anchor Sharon Chen takes a virtual trip to Branson, Missouri, for this week's Destination Heartland.
It is known as the Gateway to West and it’s home to the College World Series, but many call Omaha, Nebraska one of the Midwest’s best kept secrets.
Today, it is where Midwestern warmth meets unexpected adventure of the Old Market, taste farm-fresh flavors at local cafes, and watch the Missouri River shimmer ben...
Step into history where a national tradition began! Columbia is the birthplace of homecoming, and it’s also home to the Mizzou Tigers.
But it is so much more than just a college town.
KCTV5's Sharon Chen takes us on a virtual trip to Columbia, Missouri!
KCTV Investigative Reporter Samantha Boring joins KCTV5+ to discuss her reporting on the $15K price tag on the stalled Mission Gateway site.
After more than 40 years in the show and 24 of them as Scrooge, Gary Neal Johnson is hanging up his top hat.
Johnson has performed an estimated 1,100 times as Ebenezer Scrooge in Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol,” making him a cornerstone of the city’s h...
It’s earned the reputation as one of the Midwest’s most beloved cities. It’s home to fine culinary, artistic treasures, budding live music scene and that friendly Midwestern attitude.
In this edition of Destination Heartland, we explore Lincoln, Nebraska!
Every time you get a driver’s license or register a vehicle, you give the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles your personal information. But did you know that your personal data is being sold? It’s an unavoidable task with an unexpected exposure. In Kansas and Missouri, the state can sell the data you give to the Department of Motor Vehicles. It goes to private companies.
KCTV5+ anchor Taylor...
Fentanyl deaths are rising across the region, but a KCTV5 investigation found in most cases no one is ever charged, creating a growing gap between the headlines and the families left behind.
KCTV5+ anchor Taylor Johnson sat down with KCTV5 anchor Zac Summers to talk about this concerning trend and why investigators say these cases are incredibly hard to prosecute.
FULL STORY: https://www.kctv5.com/2025/11/10/pr...
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