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A year after boosting K-12 schools, Missouri senators could shortchange education

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Eyesore or landmark? Debate roils in small Kansas town over decades-old half-car gag

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The Royals' Alex Gordon walked back to the dugout after striking out in the second inning of Tuesday's game against the Brewers at Kauffman Stadium.

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On Friday April 19, to mark remembrance of the 1999 mass killing at Columbine High School, and victims of gun violence else where thousands of students across the Kansas City metro participated in rallies and a National Walkout Day. Shawnee Mission district students later complained they were censored by school administrators

Shawnee Mission school leaders under review over complaints they stopped students' free speech

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Attorney Al Watkins (left)

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Jack White performed Tuesday night at Providence Medical Center Amphitheater.

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Jack White gives a big Kansas City crowd plenty to phone home about

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Dad-to-be was slain on KC construction site after gunman not given a smoke, mom says

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Government & Politics

A year after boosting K-12 schools, Missouri senators could shortchange education

9:16 AM

The half-car in Edgerton, Kansas: A town eyesore or gag monument?

Eyesore or landmark? Debate roils in small Kansas town over decades-old half-car gag

8:55 AM

The Royals' Alex Gordon walked back to the dugout after striking out in the second inning of Tuesday's game against the Brewers at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals lost again but here's how this can be a good season even if the losses continue

7:15 AM

On Friday April 19, to mark remembrance of the 1999 mass killing at Columbine High School, and victims of gun violence else where thousands of students across the Kansas City metro participated in rallies and a National Walkout Day. Shawnee Mission district students later complained they were censored by school administrators

Shawnee Mission school leaders under review over complaints they stopped students' free speech

6:12 PM

Attorney Al Watkins (left)

The crew circling Eric Greitens may be questionable, but the governor still needs to go

8:53 AM

Jack White performed Tuesday night at Providence Medical Center Amphitheater.

Back to Rockville

Jack White gives a big Kansas City crowd plenty to phone home about

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Sports

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a report from the Commission on College Basketball, which called for sweeping changes in the sport, including working with the NBA to get rid of the “one-and-done” rule and deliver harsher penalties for rule-breakers.

College basketball commission report: End one-and-done, more enforcement, penalties

The Commission on College Basketball called for sweeping changes in the sport, including working with the NBA to get rid of the “one-and-done” rule and deliver harsher penalties for rule-breakers. The commission, headed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, also recommended outsourcing enforcement.

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Ian Kennedy's career-long strikeout streak is snapped in Royals' 5-2 loss to Brewers

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Brewers fans touched by this ovation for Lorenzo Cain from Royals fans

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Kansas City police released these images in connection to a fatal shooting Tuesday morning near 9th and Brooklyn streets. The person pictured is a subject of interest in the investigation, police said.

KC police seek this man in connection to shooting that killed dad-to-be at job site

A subject of interest is sought by Kansas City police in the fatal shooting of Johnathon Porter, a utility worker who was at a job site near 9th and Brooklyn Tuesday morning when he was shot and killed. Porter was a soon-to-be dad.

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington. Now it’s Washington’s turn to examine Jackson. The doctor to Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now Donald Trump is an Iraq War veteran nominated to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Veterans Affairs nominee Ronny Jackson is fighting to convince lawmakers and the White House of his leadership abilities.

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Attorney Al Watkins (left)

The crew circling Eric Greitens may be questionable, but the governor still needs to go

The flawed individuals involved in Gov. Eric Greitens’ case include attorney Al Watkins and St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. But that doesn’t change the calculus of the case against the governor.

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Jack White performed Tuesday night at Providence Medical Center Amphitheater.

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Jack White gives a big Kansas City crowd plenty to phone home about

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Janelle Monáe tour is coming to Missouri but not her hometown — yet

The founder of Brazil's Miss BumBum pageant wants women to stop getting butt implants to make their bottoms look like Kim Kardashian's.

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Brazilian butts should not be like Kim Kardashian's, says Miss BumBum pageant founder

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Jack White gives a big Kansas City crowd plenty to phone home about

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Janelle Monáe tour is coming to Missouri but not her hometown — yet

The founder of Brazil's Miss BumBum pageant wants women to stop getting butt implants to make their bottoms look like Kim Kardashian's.

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Brazilian butts should not be like Kim Kardashian's, says Miss BumBum pageant founder