After a two week delay in which judges dug up more words, Kush Sharma, 13, finally emerged Saturday morning as the champion of the Jackson County Spelling Bee. Kush, a Kansas City seventh-grader at Frontier School of Innovation, spelled one more word correctly than Sophia Hoffman, a Lee’s Summit fifth-grader, who misspelled “stifling” in Saturday’s 28th round.
The reading of Miranda rights is a procedure generally reserved for suspected criminals, not their victims. The Nodaway County prosecutor did just that with then-15-year-old Daisy Coleman, whose allegations of sexual assault and child endangerment two years ago in Maryville, Mo. — and the lack of legal action that followed — created a national furor.
When Kansas State honors its seniors before their final home game on Saturday, much of the applause at Bramlage Coliseum will be reserved for Will Spradling and Shane Southwell. But don’t forget Omari Lawrence, who has left his own subtle mark on the program.
Much of his compensation package — more than four times his total compensation of a year earlier — was tied to the company’s buyout last summer by Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp. It easily was the most compensation ever reported for a chief executive of an area public company.
Star Shots | Best Photos of March 7, 2014
High School Boys Basketball | St. Thomas Aquinas 65, St. James Academy 59 OT
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Iditarod racers face punishing conditions in Alaskan race
Entertainment: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Prince Harry
Drama at Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa
West Bottoms 1st Friday: March
2014 KC Gem & Mineral Show
Greater KC Int'l Auto Show
Network After Work: March 6
Sporting KC Takeoff
Beads, Beans & Beer
Johnson County Home & Garden Show
Hotel & Lodging Association Recognition Dinner
‘First Nations’ Diplomatic Ball
Crossfirst Bank PJ 5K run/walk
Jason Aldean concertgoers
Johnson County Home & Garden Show
The high court ruled that cuts in education funding since 2010 led to an unconstitutionally imbalanced playing field between rich and poor schools. Its decision means lawmakers by July 1 must close the gap or a panel of three district court judges will decide how to do it for them. On a grander scale, the court put off a decision on whether Kansas was spending enough on schools to meet its constitutional obligation to suitably finance public education.
Eric Kronberg takes over the reins at goalie for Sporting Kansas City, which opens 2014 season at Seattle on Saturday.
Missouri has plenty at stake Saturday when it wraps up the regular season against Tennessee in Knoxville. The Tigers know it, and coach Frank Haith isn’t downplaying it.
Lammily the “Normal Barbie” is said to be the next big thing in the toy aisle. But what is normal? What if you don’t fit her mold either?
Welcome to The Kansas City Star’s annual summer camps and programs guide. This year, we partnered with The Family Conservancy to present the publication, which is included in the March 7 edition of the Star and features information from local organizations about their summer activities for children.
“Barbecue” is the first word that comes to mind when people hear “Kansas City.” Chow Towners know, however, that while we love our barbecue, there’s a lot more out there to celebrate. A two-hour Chow Town Graze with my friend, Terry, illustrates the ease of having fun mixing barbecue with other good eats.
Watch college athletes compete in the Big 12 Tournament, revel at the cars in the KC Auto Show or listen to Joshua Bell this weekend in Kansas City.
Anecdotes will not solve what is arguably the most significant design issue facing the metro area. The long civic conversation, which could go on for another two years, has had the benefit of making us think seriously about what we need and what we want.
After Harry Reid took to the U.S. Senate floor last week and called the Koch brothers “un-American,” people at Wichita-based Koch Industries Inc. said they know what the Democratic Party plan looks like for the 2014 elections.
he streets of the West Bottoms Historic District were swarming with people shopping for antiques and vintage treasures on a beautiful Friday morning, opening the monthly Warehouse Weekend.
“True Detective,” the runaway HBO hit about two Louisiana cops chasing an elusive evil for two decades, wraps up its first season Sunday. Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and his old partner Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) are all set to nail down at least one part of whatever awfulness is coming. “True Detective” deserves most of the effusive praise it’s getting, managing to be dark, sexy, terrifying and sad, sometimes all at once.
What I don’t understand is why the Kansas GOP is going to such lengths to undercut its own candidates. Moderates are Republicans too, right? Well, at least they used to be. Their party now seems to be disavowing them. Whatever is going on here, the big tent is nowhere to be found.
Dale Irwin writes: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently considering rules to rein in this “industry.” Perhaps some radical requirement — like making debt buyers base their cases on actual evidence — will result.
