Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim ...

With Cooper’s rewrites, notably changing the drug at the center of the film from heroin to crack, the script would become New Jack City, his first screenplay. Made for a budget of $8 million and ...

A mother is grieving and demanding answers after her 19-year-old pregnant daughter was shot and killed Tuesday evening in ...

"With all that in mind, it's worth wondering if the Chiefs will revisit a possible trade for Cooper Kuppthis offseason. Kansas City reportedly had discussions with the Rams for Kupp leading up to ...

As a screenwriter, Mr. Cooper, who was raised in Harlem, was perhaps best known for the three films often called his Harlem Trilogy. The first, “New Jack City” (1991), about a ruthless uptown ...

KMBC NINE S ANDY ALCOCK IS AT JACK COOPER TRANSPORT IN CAKE ... 100-year relationship with the General Motors plant in Kansas City, Kansas, but contract negotiations broke down between Jack ...

A man brought his pregnant girlfriend to a Midwest City hospital after she was shot. The woman later died. The man was arrested.

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films "New Jack City," "Above the Rim" and "Sugar Hill," has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson for the ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Hundreds of jobs across the country, including in the metro, are on the line after Jack Cooper Transport’s contract negotiations with General Motors ended. Jack Cooper ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” (1991), “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim” (both 1994 ...

Leicester City were wrong to sack Steve Cooper, claims leading Sunday Times football columnist Martin Samuel. There were protests in the stands during the first half of Leicester's 2-0 Premier ...