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New Chiefs offensive coordinator Brian Daboll was Miami’s coordinator last year.

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New Chiefs offensive coordinator Brian Daboll was Miami’s coordinator last year.

Chiefs make Daboll new offensive coordinator

Feb 6, 1:24 PM

The Chiefs reached agreement with Brian Daboll on Monday as the team’s offensive coordinator, making official a union that emerged Friday night as a likely scenario.

Haith tries to keep Mizzou focused

Feb 6, 12:25 PM

Just minutes after Saturday’s win over archrival Kansas — easily one of Missouri’s most thrilling victories in recent memory — Missouri coach Frank Haith revealed a surprising plan: The Tigers would be staying in a hotel, even though the game had been played in Columbia.

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Contest lets students build bridges to the future

Feb 5, 11:23 AM

About 120 other high school students destroyed a like number of bridges during the Model Bridge Building Contest. The contest, which was held Saturday at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus, has been sponsored for the last 29 years by the Eastern Chapter of the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers.

Filling the gap for pets in need

Jan 30, 2:17 PM

When Heartland SPCA opened a low-cost medical clinic in 2011 administrators knew it was a desperately needed service. But no one could have expected what happened next at the clinic in Johnson County, which serves the entire metro area.

Local

Firefighters battle Raytown house fire

Feb 6, 2:00 PM

Firefighters from Raytown and Kansas City battled a house fire at 6504 Claremont in Raytown on Monday afternoon. Smoke could be seen billowing from the home.

Community Faces | Daddy-daughter night at Cinderella’s Ball

Feb 6, 2:04 PM

The Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department held its 12th annual date night Friday at the Shawnee Civic Centre, with dinner, dancing, and music.

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Community Faces | Daddy-daughter night at Cinderella’s Ball

Feb 6, 2:04 PM

The Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department held its 12th annual date night Friday at the Shawnee Civic Centre, with dinner, dancing, and music.

Your Photos | How do you picture love?

Feb 6, 8:58 AM

Children, chocolate, pets, friends — what says "love" to you? Valentine’s Day is coming up soon, and we want to see what love looks like. Take a look at reader submissions, and send us your own. But send them soon — the submission deadline for print consideration is 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

Community Faces | Go Red For Women Red Dress Dash

Feb 4, 12:26 AM

The American Heart Association’s Midwest affiliate invited women and men to don red dresses Friday evening for a short dash across the Plaza. The event marked National Wear Red Day, held to raise awareness of women’s heart disease.

Community Faces | MDA Muscle Walk

Feb 5, 1:44 PM

Arrowhead Stadium’s indoor club level was the site of Saturday morning's Muscular Dystrophy Association benefit, co-hosted by KCTV5 anchor Matt Stewart and former Chiefs cheerleader Shanna Hilt.

Community Faces | Women's Sports Awards Celebration

Feb 3, 1:29 PM

WIN (Women’s Intersport Network) for KC held their annual awards luncheon Friday at the Sheraton Crown Center, featuring a keynote speech by U.S. Women’s World Cup soccer player Abby Wambach. The event, which celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day, includes a “Celebration of Champions March” for female high school state champions.

Read more here: http://mingle.kansascity.com/photos/2012/win-for-kc-womens-sports-awards-celebration-2012/#storylink=cpy

Crime Scene

Missouri teen describes killing as ‘pretty enjoyable’ experience

Feb 6, 12:59 PM

A Missouri teenager who pleaded guilty to killing a 9-year-old girl wrote in her journal that it was an “ahmazing” and “pretty enjoyable” experience.

Business

Did Super Bowl ads live up to the hype?

Feb 6, 10:18 AM

Companies paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot for the right to duke it out Sunday in front of the expected 111 million-plus fans. Here's a sampling of their offerings.

Google to start hanging Internet cables today in KCK

Feb 6, 12:54 AM

Google Inc. will begin construction today in Kansas City, Kan., on its long-awaited, much-coveted ultrafast Internet service. The company planned to make the announcement this morning in a blog post by Kevin Lo, the Google executive heading up the project.

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Ink

Party Pics | Friday at Gusto Lounge

Feb 6, 8:51 AM

With a DJ playing more of a house/techno blend, the dance floor at Gusto Lounge in Westport was the popular place to be.

At Home With Betsy Blodgett and Jonathan Goetz

Feb 6, 1:40 AM

Betsy Blodgett, who co-owns a crafty gift store in Westport called Bon Bon Atelier, has a style that could be described as whimsical, colorful and feminine. Her husband Jonathan Goetz, a graphic designer, is more of a minimalist. Also in Ink: Blodgett shows how to make three easy Valentine's Day crafts.

Fidget: The restless pursuit of Kansas City's best

ENTERTAINMENT

Saturday night at the Folly Theater, 19-year-old Grace Kelly performed with her mentor, alto sax jazz master Phil Woods.

SUSAN PFANNMULLER | Special to The Star

Saturday night at the Folly Theater, 19-year-old Grace Kelly performed with her mentor, alto sax jazz master Phil Woods.

Review | Jazz sax prodigy Grace Kelly still has much to learn

Feb 5, 8:31 PM

Grace Kelly — the 19-year-old saxophonist who is taking the jazz world by storm — performed Saturday night with her quintet and special guest Phil Woods for the Folly Jazz Spotlight Concert. Given time, she could be a legitimate legend in her own right. She’s just not there yet.

Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show: Like a dream? (Poll)

Feb 6, 12:42 PM

She wanted to drop dancers from the ceiling of Lucas Oil Stadium, but the NFL nixed that idea. So Madonna did the next best thing during the Super Bowl halftime Sunday: She used every trick in the live concert playbook.

Stargazing

Lifestyle

Save room for pizza ... cookie pizza, that is. Allie Walsh creates

| JIM BARCUS | The Kansas City Star

Save room for pizza ... cookie pizza, that is. Allie Walsh creates "toppings" (anchovies, pepperoni, mushrooms and green pepper) for her cookie cake.

We’d like you to meet Allie Walsh

Feb 5, 7:39 PM

Allie Walsh is the manager of the Nestle Toll House Café/Haagen Dazs store at Oak Park Mall, but she’s also the chief cookie decorator.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Everyone rode on the Don Cornelius ‘Soul Train’

Feb 5, 6:32 PM

Don Cornelius, who died last Wednesday at age 75, and “Soul Train,” the TV show that Cornelius created and hosted, helped America dance all over color lines. May he rest in love, peace and sooooooul.

Opinion

Readers’ representative | Print vs. online debate continues

Feb 5, 6:09 PM

Well over a decade into online distribution, readers and the publishing industry alike continue to debate the wisdom of newspapers giving away their content for free. And while I know I’ll always hear many more negatives than positives, devotees of the print edition often contact me to voice their displeasure at what they view as the disconnect between the platforms.

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