Kaylee Obisesan

Kaylee Obisesan is a Heartlander News reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. A Miami University graduate, she has also reported for news outlets in Indiana and Ohio.

Courts
Freedom of speech restored in Kansas City as conversion therapy ban repealed 

Kansas City, Missouri, has repealed its ban on “conversion therapy” – counseling that encourages a biblical view of sexuality and gender. The city had prohibited the therapy,… Read More

May 28, 2026
Public Education
Ongoing investigation reveals another Kansas professor teaching DEI

A department head at Kansas State University told an undercover journalist that although DEI is restricted under federal and state policies, he will not remove DEI-related content… Read More

May 27, 2026
Culture
Missouri’s Harry S. Truman Museum to offer free admission Memorial Day weekend

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, is offering free admission this Memorial Day weekend in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The Kansas City Royals Foundation made free admission… Read More

May 22, 2026
Courts
Missouri elementary SRO sentenced for child pornography

A school resource officer in southwestern Missouri has been sentenced to nine years in prison for trading child pornography. Darrin Marshall Skinner, 52, was arrested in summer 2023 after social media… Read More

May 22, 2026
Public Education
Mother speaks out after sex offender chaperoned Kansas elementary trip

A Goddard, Kansas, mother and city council member released a video on social media alerting the community that a registered sex offender had chaperoned a local third-grade field trip. Read More

May 21, 2026