Aim4Peace aiming for expansion

Photo courtesy CIty of Kansas City. By Joe Lambe The murder count is zero so far this year in a small east side area covered by Aim4Peace, an anti-violence initiative. The group, which works in about four square miles within the police East ...

Violence is disease, expert tells city council

By Joe Lambe Aim4Peace “interrupters.” The leader of an international anti-violence effort refuses to use the word criminal anymore, he said Thursday. Calling people drug dealers, thugs and killers helps lead to harsh and ineffective ...

City gets grant to fight homicide with health care

The current Ain4Peace target area in yellow, and the expanded area in gray. (The west side of this map is Wabash and the south side is Blue Parkway). Well, OK, the city will take that $3 million federal grant to more than triple an effort to ...