Spontaneously during a chat in January, Royals vice-president for international operations Rene Francisco broached the name of a prospect on the cusp of being the Next Big Thing for the Royals — 21-year-old pitcher Miguel Almonte.
An aide to former Sen. Jack Danforth said she was talking with Tom Schweich on the phone when he handed the device to his wife. Moments later, the Missouri auditor’s wife said he had shot himself.
Kansas City is facing a salary-cap crunch, and speculation is the team might release receiver Dwayne Bowe. But it might also make sense for the Chiefs to try and restructure his contract.
Secretary of State Kris Kobach stands by his comments to a caller on his weekly radio show Sunday that although he thought it unlikely, it would not be “a huge jump” for the Obama administration to call for an end to the prosecution of African-American suspects.
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After first saying a backyard playhouse violated subdivision rules, a homeowners association board in Raymore reconsiders and approves the Make-A-Wish project for a little girl with leukemia.
The NCAA’s investigation into the eligibility of Kansas freshman Cliff Alexander is related to possible impermissible benefits received by at least one member of Alexander’s family from a third party, a source has told The Star.
Though Scott Wood remained on a ventilator in intensive care, he had improved enough that he was writing notes to others and cracking jokes about his nurse. He also used hand signals to tell his wife that he loved her. “The last 24 hours, the improvement my husband has made tells me God is healing him,” Staci Wood said while sitting next to their 16-year-old son, Blake, who called his father his “superman.”
The legislation from leading conservative lawmakers marks a key step toward overhauling how education is bankrolled in Kansas. Although the plan brings with it the promise of more than $300 million in new money for schools — much of it for retirement — legislators left unclear how they would eventually pay for it.
Ranchers are building up their herds by buying more bulls and heifers to take advantage of the current economics rippling through the beef industry. At the retail level, beef is in short supply and prices are higher. Yet there is strong demand from consumers.
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“Your hope, when you see something this jarring, is that (Ferguson) is an outlier. But deep inside you, you know there are still challenges throughout our state,” said Nixon, who was in Kansas City to promote a summer jobs program.
“Your hope, when you see something this jarring, is that (Ferguson) is an outlier. But deep inside you, you know there are still challenges throughout our state,” said Nixon, who was in Kansas City to promote a summer jobs program.
Touring without a backing band will allow Elvis Costello to highlight his lyrical and melodic gifts Thursday at the Uptown Theater. Helmet will perform the game-changing 1994 album “Betty” in its entirety on Sunday. More than two dozen locally based rock bands will perform in the the Homegrown Buzz Showcase on Saturday in the Power & Light District.
Full 90 blogger Charles Gooch and NBC Sports blogger Andy Edwards discuss Sporting Kansas City’s offseason overhaul and the upcoming Major League Soccer season.
