KPLR-TV News Anchor, Rick Edlund, left his hometown of Kansas City to become a sportswriter, attending Northwestern University's prestigious Medill School of Journalism. It was there that he found his niche in television news. In 2003, the award-winning broadcaster joined KPLR-TV News, as Anchor and Managing Editor. Here, he has franchised the "Open Cases" series of reports. Working with officials and investigators, he probes unsolved police cases, with the goal of assisting in their completion.