GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – 9 On Your Side continues to follow a story it first reported at 10 on Eastern North Carolina’s CW. Police arrested Desmond Moore and Chinedum Ekwuribe for selling drugs out ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is bringing back an old program known as focused deterrence to reduce homicides, hoping to see sustained improvements. "Everyone wants to do a rally, a prayer vigil,” ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For almost a year, the community has heard mentions of a tactic called "focused deterrence" when talking about violence prevention in Kansas City, Missouri. In May of 2023, city and ...

City leaders are bringing back what they say is an improved “focused deterrence” program to help reduce homicides and gun violence. But critics point to the model's modest, short-term success rates ...

Kansas City police work the scene of a 2023 homicide on College Avenue near 74th Street. After several years of record homicides and other violent crime, Kansas City leaders now point to a decrease in ...

This article first appeared in the Solutions newsletter. Click here to learn more about the newsletter and sign up. To understand why St. Louis officialdom is gearing up to try “focused deterrence”—an ...