It’s not always easy to define Midwestern cuisine. At its heart and soul, Midwestern cuisine is rooted in comfort foods, but that doesn’t mean we can’t imbue staple dishes of meat, potatoes, farm-fresh vegetables and fresh-baked goods with a comfortable dose of creativity.
Lee’s Summit authorities have cited a 30-year-old woman with multiple violations after her 1-year-old son fell from a car she was driving, allegedly while drunk, on Sunday evening.
Kansas coach Bill Self still anticipates Joel Embiid being healthy and ready for the NCAA Tournament as he waits for the results from Embiid’s exam with a back specialist in Los Angeles on Monday.
The HBO series “True Detective” ended its first season Sunday with at least one mystery cleared up: This moody, self-consciously wordy and obscurantist thriller was at heart a buddy act, somewhere between “The French Connection” and “Lethal Weapon 4.”
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Johnson County Home & Garden Show
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The low number of requests to transfer out of Kansas City Public Schools could change the dynamics of education reform battles in Jefferson City. It also gives the district some breathing room as it tries to keep its families and teachers on board while struggling to regain accreditation.
The end is nigh. The long, drawn-out drama called “The Bachelor” ends tonight with local gal Nikki Ferrell facing down her mortal enemy, Clare Crawley, for the heart of Juan Pablo Galavis. Who should win it?
Black Twitter holds court on pretty much everything from President Barack Obama to the latest TV reality show antics. But Black Twitter can also turn activist quickly. When it does, things happen — like the cancellation of a book deal for a juror in the George Zimmerman trial, or the demise of Zimmerman's subsequent attempt to star at celebrity boxing.
Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg has enlisted some high-powered celebrity friends – Beyonce among them – in her campaign to get teachers and parents to stop calling little girls “bossy.”
A new bill mandating insurance coverage of autism emerges in the Kansas Legislature. Advocates of children with autism believe the legislation will not go far enough to relieve the cost of expensive therapies needed to help children build a life for themselves.
The Junior League of Kansas City held its third annual Take Five event Friday night where guests were treated to the music of Lost Wax and plenty of food and drinks.
It has been nearly a year, and residents of Franklin County, Kan., finally may get some answers. Beginning Tuesday, prosecutors will reveal for the first time details of what happened to four people, including a young Olathe mother and her 18-month-old daughter, who were killed at a farm outside of Ottawa last spring. Kyle Trevor Flack, a 28-year-old area resident, is charged with capital murder, first-degree murder, attempted rape and criminal possession of a firearm.
At a simplistic glance, wheelchair basketball looks like chaos. “It might seem as rough and tumble as any sport out there. But when you really break it down … it really is a synchronized thing,” said U.S. Paralympic hopeful Carter Arey, who led Missouri to fourth in the national tournament Saturday and was chosen player of the year.
Missouri’s unsanctioned student cheering group for men’s basketball, the Antlers, was the subject of an ESPN “Outside the Lines” report on Sunday morning. Rowdy student cheering groups at other schools also were profiled, but the Antlers were the focus of the panel discussion.
Why aren’t more airports like ours? Because it was built for a future with supersonic passenger service — a future that never materialized. Still, KCI has many local fans who say it remains one of the most convenient airports in the world. They do not want its three circular terminals replaced with a single modern one.
Gina Kaufmann will return to the 10 a.m. hour she once co-hosted with Walt Bodine on KCUR-FM. aufmann will take the helm of “Central Standard,” the program that replaced Bodine’s long-running show on the public station at 89.3 FM, the station announced Friday.
No. 2 Wichita State is 34-0 and will take more wins into the NCAA Tournament than any team in the event’s 76-year history. The Shockers defeated Indiana State 83-69 on Sunday in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis and are expected to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the first in program history.
Deb Patterson, who coached the Kansas State women’s basketball team for 18 seasons and won the most games in program history, has been relieved of her duties after an 11-19 finish in 2013-14.
