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Government & Politics

UMKC vows to find all $96 million for downtown arts campus without state help ahead of veto

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No joke: Website names Olathe one of the nation’s best beach towns

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Sam Mellinger: Why Chiefs owner Clark Hunt should promote from within for his next GM

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KCK’s Eric Stonestreet talks Big Slick antics and hometown love on ‘Colbert’

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Editorial: How did Bahati the chimp die? The Kansas City Zoo should share its findings

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Amid rape allegations in Holton, Kan., alleged victims vilified by town find support

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Rob Lowe says he saw Bigfoot in the Ozarks and thought he was going to be killed

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Latest News

10-day search for missing 26-year-old Matthew Johnson yields very few clues

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Grueling Kansas winds pound cyclists raising awareness of NBA broadcaster’s rare disease

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Pedestrian reportedly struck by vehicle on U.S. 71 in Grandview

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Westport QuikTrip expansion plan moves forward amid half-hearted council reaction

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No joke: Website names Olathe one of the nation’s best beach towns

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Government & Politics

UMKC vows to find all $96 million for downtown arts campus without state help ahead of veto

6:00 PM

No joke: Website names Olathe one of the nation’s best beach towns

6:52 PM

Sam Mellinger: Why Chiefs owner Clark Hunt should promote from within for his next GM

6:12 PM

KCK’s Eric Stonestreet talks Big Slick antics and hometown love on ‘Colbert’

1:11 PM

Editorial: How did Bahati the chimp die? The Kansas City Zoo should share its findings

6:10 PM

Amid rape allegations in Holton, Kan., alleged victims vilified by town find support

4:35 PM

Rob Lowe says he saw Bigfoot in the Ozarks and thought he was going to be killed

4:57 PM

Sports

Sam Mellinger: Why Chiefs owner Clark Hunt should promote from within for his next GM

The Kansas City Chiefs’ next general manager should be someone who is in the organization: Brett Veach. The move makes sense on many levels.

Sports

As Brandon Moss struggles, Jorge Soler surfaces as option at DH for Royals

Royals recall Jorge Soler from Class AAA, place Cheslor Cuthbert on the DL

Mizzou Arena vandalism suspect left behind license plate, cell phone

Local

10-day search for missing 26-year-old Matthew Johnson yields very few clues

Matthew Johnson was among a group of people celebrating a close friend’s birthday before he disappeared Sunday, June 18. Police have found no trace of the man.

Pedestrian reportedly struck by vehicle on U.S. 71 in Grandview

Grueling Kansas winds pound cyclists raising awareness of NBA broadcaster’s rare disease

Westport QuikTrip expansion plan moves forward amid half-hearted council reaction

Nation & world

Cops find a Monopoly ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card on a man they are arresting

“We appreciate the humor,” the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota wrote on Facebook after they found one of those “Get Out of Jail Free” cards from the Monopoly game on a man they arrested.

Woman has multiple plastic surgery procedures to look like Melania Trump

FBI: Montana man accused of shooting at Kansas trooper is bank robber 'AK-47 bandit'

Fat cats in Kansas reflect a growing U.S. epidemic of obese pets, experts warn

Opinion

Editorial: Gov. Eric Greitens’ snub of UMKC arts campus is a lesson and an opportunity for Kansas City

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens left UMKC in the lurch Wednesday when he vetoed legislation providing funding for a downtown arts campus. It’s now clear that the governor has no interest in partnering with the state’s urban communities.

Editorial: Toying with inmates and hiring family members — much work remains to reform the Missouri prison system

Editorial: How did Bahati the chimp die? The Kansas City Zoo should share its findings

Discuss Kansas City’s new downtown convention hotel with the editorial board

In Depth

In apparent talks with cable companies, Sprint’s picture in KC now a bit sunnier

Blogs & Columns

For Pete's Sake

Alex Smith is No. 4 in ESPN’s ranking of Chiefs’ all-time quarterbacks

For Pete's Sake

Blue Jays fan who threw beer can on field in playoffs banned from all MLB games for a year

For Pete's Sake

Titans cornerback paid off his brother’s college loans as a birthday gift

Videos

Ned Yost on having to learn how to accept losses in baseball

Jun 25, 2017

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost answered a question before Sunday's game against the Blue Jays about how he learned how to handle the emotional toll of losing baseball games over the course of a full season.

David Eulitt and Rustin Dodd The Kansas City Star

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Entertainment

Big Slick Celebrity Weekend to be featured on NBC’s ‘Today’ show

Rob Lowe says he saw Bigfoot in the Ozarks and thought he was going to be killed

Movie News & Reviews

Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ has its charms but should have been more beguiling

Big Slick Celebrity Weekend to be featured on NBC’s ‘Today’ show

Rob Lowe says he saw Bigfoot in the Ozarks and thought he was going to be killed

Movie News & Reviews

Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ has its charms but should have been more beguiling