The developments are centered around Kansas City's historically disinvested 3rd and 5th council districts. The money will ...

Kansas City, Missouri, faces many notable challenges and the next city council will have to weigh in on some critical issues. Hear from the 3rd District in-district candidates.

Hancock has been serving as a county councilman for District 3 in St. Louis County and was formerly the mayor of Fenton, Missouri, from 2001-2013, according to a St. Louis County biography page.

Her late father-in-law was Charles Hazley Jr., a powerful councilman who represented the 3rd District from 1971 until 1991, when then-newly imposed term limits forced him out of office.