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Attorney representing KU’s Cliff Alexander hopes to help NCAA find ‘clarity’

An attorney representing Cliff Alexander in a potential NCAA eligibility case is remaining mum on the specifics of the eligibility issue and the timeline for a potential resolution.

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‘He has changed the world’: Area lawyer Gene Balloun marks his 1,000th adoption case

J. Eugene Balloun hasn’t pocketed a dime for any of them. Instead, he and his firm, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, put those state fees in a scholarship fund to help send those kids to college someday. So far, the fund has provided $625,000 to nearly 500 students.

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Dan Henry, longtime WDAF-TV weatherman, dies at age 89

Dan Henry, who for years was the face of Kansas City weather at WDAF-TV, died Saturday after a long struggle with emphysema. He was 89. Though he retired from the station in 1992, Henry is still recognized as someone who made weather fun and interesting.

Royals

Royals’ veteran hitters shake off rust in ‘no judgment’ scrimmage

The Royals’ first competition since Game Seven of the 2014 World Series favored veteran hitters, who on Sunday in Surprise, Ariz., opened the intraquad scrimmage with good swings against veteran pitcher Joe Blanton.

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With free agency looming for Rodney Hudson, Chiefs backup center Eric Kush will stay ready

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Man suspected of killing two in Columbia dies in shootout with deputies

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Italian Gardens To Go closes in Overland Park

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Wild Card hero Christian Colon looks to stay in the majors

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Springfield area coping with string of violent deaths

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Boy dies after falling into southern Missouri farm pond

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Kansas oil and gas industry switches to ‘survival mode’

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Review: ‘Modern Night at the Folly’ choreographic showcase displays creativity, strength

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Spacewalking astronauts finish extensive, tricky cable job

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Israel's Netanyahu heads to Washington for Congress speech

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2 die in crash on snow-covered Missouri highway

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Dakota Johnson reveals how she was conceived in ‘SNL’ monologue (VIDEO)

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Italian Gardens To Go closes in Overland Park

Italian Gardens To Go offered items made with the same recipes used at the famed downtown Italian Gardens restaurant, which closed in late 2003 after nearly 80 years of operations. It had operated in the Northland before opening in Overland Park in June 2013.

Nation & World

30,000 marchers in Moscow mourn slain Putin foe

For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings in honor of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the solemn march through the Moscow drizzle on Sunday was a time for silence, not slogans.

Outdoors

Weather doesn’t keep all fishermen away from the Missouri trout opener

Chet Snyder of Grandview loves being part of the crowd each March 1 at Bennett Spring State Park. But Snyder didn’t have to fight the customary crowds at the Missouri trout opener.

Chiefs

With free agency looming for Rodney Hudson, Chiefs backup center Eric Kush will stay ready

Center Rodney Hudson is coming off his best professional season and is poised to command a deal north of at least $6 million a season once the free-agency period begins March 10. One Chiefs player who might be wise to keep an eye on how things develop with Hudson is backup center Eric Kush.

Faith

Many on the MidAmerica Nazarene campus wonder if chaplain was punished for sermon

After Randy Beckum delivered a sermon that some saw as anti-military, he was relieved of his duties in a second position as vice president for community formation. University president David J. Spittal said the change was made at the chaplain’s request, but some see it as censorship.

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Lawton R. Nuss: In selecting Kansas justices, the current merit system works best

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Dakota Johnson reveals how she was conceived in ‘SNL’ monologue (VIDEO)

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The politics surrounding Tom Schweich’s death are now starting to emerge

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As I See It

Lawton R. Nuss: In selecting Kansas justices, the current merit system works best

Lawton R. Nuss, who has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since 2002 and as chief justice since 2010, writes: Perhaps those admirers of the Lone Star State who want to turn Kansas’ 57-year-old merit selection system into Texas-style elections should carefully consider the opinion of the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

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Lawton R. Nuss: In selecting Kansas justices, the current merit system works best

For Pete's Sake

Start of spring training means a new batch of Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain videos

Spring training started last month, so the videos that Kansas City catcher Salvy Perez has taken of teammate Lorenzo Cain have started as well. We’ve got the first bunch of them here, and Perez shows he’ll get his camera out anywhere at anytime.

For Pete's Sake

Is this how the AFC West will someday look?

It’s possible that the Chargers and Raiders will someday share a stadium in Los Angeles. We asked readers two questions: Which team would you want to leave the AFC West and which NFC West team would you like to see play in the Chiefs’ division? Here are the results.

Barbara Shelly

Losing Tom Schweich: A setback for reform as a brave voice is stilled in Missouri

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich was a fragile candidate who held out a shining hope — that Missouri politics and government can be better than they are. Many of us who are sickened by what goes on in Jefferson City cherished that hope and appreciated the man who carried it. It is gone now, at least for the moment.

C.W. Gusewelle

Bugs, not bullets, caused a journalist’s head to spin

In my own newspaper travels, there have been no gripping war stories, no spectacular emergencies to relate. That’s not to say the journeys have all been uneventful. But for the most part, the crises have been of a medical nature.

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