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The Diamondbacks' Justin Upton scored before the tag from Royals catcher Humberto Quintero on a two-run double by Miguel Montero in the eighth inning during Friday's game at Kauffman Stadium.

JOHN SLEEZER | The Kansas City Star

The Diamondbacks' Justin Upton scored before the tag from Royals catcher Humberto Quintero on a two-run double by Miguel Montero in the eighth inning during Friday's game at Kauffman Stadium.

Royals cough up another lead in 6-4 loss to Arizona

May 18, 10:41 PM

Any traction the Royals gained from a recent road trip that ended with four straight victories, and a two-game sweep at Texas, appears completely dissipated after blowing multi-run leads in three straight home losses. No. 3 came Friday night in a 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks

Hosmer, Royals convinced his ‘crazy’ slump just temporary problem

May 18, 6:48 PM

Here we are, with the Royals nearly one-fourth of the way through their schedule, and first baseman Eric Hosmer, their franchise cornerstone, is hitting .174. That’s right, a buck-seventy-four.

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The calling is gaining volume at Overland Park Bible college

May 15, 9:34 PM

You don’t know what happens at Kansas City College & Bible School, do you? For example, you may not know that the co-ed dormitory on 74th Street houses up to 36 college and high-school students from all parts of the globe. Delbert Scott, the president of the college, knows that you don’t know. And he wants to change that.

Steve Rose | Tax-cut legislation will be the end of Kansas as we know it

May 15, 9:25 PM

If the $3.7 billion tax-cut legislation is signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback, it certainly — not almost certainly, but certainly — will destroy Kansas as we know it. And Johnson County will not be immune to the radioactivity of this blast.

Local

Soon it will be the ‘tunnel to somewhere’

May 17, 11:41 PM

Johnson County’s “tunnel to nowhere” will open soon and ahead of schedule, providing a new link to 75th Street from northbound Interstate 35.

Firefighters, Red Cross promote safety door to door after fatal fire in south KC

May 17, 11:57 PM

Christopher Hitchye knocked on a door Thursday morning in the south Kansas City neighborhood where a just a day before a father and two children died in a fire.

‘Up to Date’ with Steve Kraske

Steve Kraske The Star’s political correspondent is host at 11 a.m. weekdays. Listen live: KCUR, 89.3 FM

Mingle Your KC in photos

Community Faces | Jackals vs. T-Bones: Friday

May 18, 9:50 PM

The T-Bones played the second game of their season-opening series versus the New Jersey Jackals Friday evening.

Community Faces | School Day at the K

May 18, 9:22 PM

Thousands of youngsters from across the Kansas City region turned out Thursday for the 14th annual educational field trip for kids and families at Kauffman Stadium. WDAF-TV chief meteorologist Mike Thompson and the FOX 4 weather team gave their presentation before the Orioles-Royals game.

Community Faces | Village Crawfish Festival

May 13, 2:45 PM

This 11th annual festival, presented by the “Secret Order of Crawdaddies,” was held Saturday evening, outdoors at 72nd and Mission Road. The event was a benefit for the children’s charities Gillis and Kansas City Young Audiences.

Community Faces | Heritage Park Duathlon & Triathlon

May 13, 2:42 PM

About 300 athletes participated in Sunday morning’s duathlon and triathlon races at Heritage Park. Triathletes swam, cycled, and ran, while duathletes ran in two stages and cycled. The event’s proceeds benefited the Kansas City Blazers competitive swim team.

Community Faces | Rockfest 2012

May 15, 9:05 PM

Saturday at Penn Valley Park, in the shadow of the Liberty Memorial, radio station KQRC celebrated the 20th anniversary of Rockfest, the biggest outdoor festival in Kansas City and one of the biggest in the nation. This year's lineup featured 15 bands, including main-stage acts Chevelle, Slash, Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown.

Crime Scene

Woman reports escaping KC home after two days of torture and sexual assault

May 18, 12:30 AM

A dinner date invitation turned into a two-day ordeal of torture and sexual assault for a 48-year-old Kansas City woman, prosecutors say. The attack ended when the naked woman climbed out of a window and ran to a neighboring house

Business

Google delays its schedule for high-speed service

May 18, 11:04 PM

More than a year ago, the world’s largest Web company said that it was blessing Kansas City with an ultra-fast Internet service and that it would deploy the hookups at “Google speed.”

New general manager named for public radio station KCUR-FM

May 17, 5:24 PM

The head of a nonprofit community radio station in St. Louis will be the new general manager at KCUR-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Kansas City.

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Party Pics | Perpetual Change at The Well

May 17, 1:20 PM

Local cover band Perpetual Change brought the noise Saturday night at The Well, where its songs made for a fun night of dancing and singing.

Skateboarder Sean Malto often overlooked among KC sports stars

May 15, 11:28 PM

He has hung with NBA All-Star Kevin Durant, skated with Lil Wayne and worked with director Spike Jonze, but the lack of mainstream attention has left skateboarding champion Sean Malto a relative unknown in his own city.

Entertainment

Dennis Hennessy (left) and Richard Carrothers, owners of the New Theatre Restaurant, have been in show business together for 40 years.

Mike Ransdell | The Kansas City Star

Dennis Hennessy (left) and Richard Carrothers, owners of the New Theatre Restaurant, have been in show business together for 40 years.

New Theatre owners celebrate 40 years of entertaining KC

May 17, 3:30 PM

Dennis Hennessy and Richard Carrothers, owners of the New Theatre, have spent 40 years in show business.

George Clinton, Black Eyed Peas settle song suit

May 18, 6:48 PM

George Clinton and the Black Eyed Peas have settled a lawsuit in which the funk pioneer accused the pop group of using his music without proper permission.

Stargazing

Lifestyle

John Hall has an extensive library of artifacts from the Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Baseball League.

The Kansas City Star | RICH SUGG

John Hall has an extensive library of artifacts from the Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Baseball League.

John Hall: A historian of bush league baseball

May 18, 10:39 AM

On the first night of July 1951, the Carthage Cubs shuffled onto rickety buses that would take them from Jaycee Park to the YMCA in Pittsburg, Kan. Their manager barked at them for losing both games of a doubleheader to the Pittsburg Browns.

Jeneé Osterheldt | A hoodie suits Facebook and its CEO

May 18, 3:50 PM

Facebook doesn’t wear a blazer. It’s not a social network built on well-dressed etiquette. In fact, it was built by a kid in his dorm room. And now the site, with its mission to connect people, boasts more than 900 million users. And oh, the ways we connect.

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