On the same night KU plays Texas in front of a sold-out crowd, another college basketball celebration has begun in Lawrence. Three players from Haskell Indian Nations University are lined up at midcourt to be recognized for before their final home game. Their time at Haskell has been rewarding, the players say. But the real news here is three of the players have made it to this point.
The billionaire, who bought control of the third-largest wireless carrier last year, said combining with fourth-ranked T- Mobile would give him scale to compete against AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. Those operators collect most of the U.S. mobile industry’s cash flow and don’t face “real competition,” Son said in an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose.
There was some speculation going into Monday night’s “Bachelor” finale that Juan Pablo Galavis was the most hated bachelor of all time. Let that speculation now be put to rest. He is. KC's own Nikki Ferrell had to settle only for the final rose - no marriage proposal or declaration of love. And that’s all she really wanted, she said. She just wanted to hear those three little words. Instead, he said, "I like you a lot, a lot.”
Google Fiber is starting its second round of “rallies” to sign up prospective customers in northern and southern Kansas City and in Raytown, Grandview and Gladstone. The process will determine which neighborhoods ultimately get the ultra-fast Internet and TV service. The company says it will complete installations by year’s end.
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Kansas coach Bill Self ruled Joel Embiid out of the Big 12 Tournament this week because of a stress fracture in his back. Embiid is also unlikely to play in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
It has taken 10 years for a concept hatched by UMKC professor Reza Derakhshani to be developed into a viable commercial product sold by a company headed by entrepreneur Toby Rush. In the last few months, EyeVerify has won awards for innovation and marketability of its password-replacement invention for smartphone cameras.
Consultants told the KCI airport task force Tuesday that the city’s choice boils down to two options: Do major renovations that will solve some but not all the airport’s problems and will probably cost more than $700 million. Or build a new terminal that solves all the problems but costs as much as $1.2 billion. They said it all depends on what the community is willing to buy.
The Malaysian military has radar data showing the missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course and made it to the Malacca Strait, hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the last position recorded by civilian authorities, according to a senior military official.
Kansas City holds onto federal agencies and jobs leaving the obsolete Bannister Federal Complex in south Kansas City thanks to cooperative lobbying by government officials and civic leaders.
Sure, top officials for Southwest Airlines insist they need a big seat at the table when city officials make a multi-hundred-million-dollar decision about what to do with Kansas City International Airport. But don’t forget what happened when TWA had that same power 45 years ago.
While the Chiefs are apparently in wait-and-see mode before NFL free agency begins Tuesday, it appears a few of their players who keyed last season’s playoff run won’t be back in 2014: namely Dexter McCluster and Branden Albert. The Chiefs — who will have about $9.62 million in salary cap space — will probably shop for bargains during the first phase of free agency.
The Missouri Democrat brings a “House of Cards” plot line to the Senate floor on the military sexual assault bill.
Kansas City officials hope that a bill in the Missouri House will, if passed, allow police to again ticket drivers for running red lights at intersections equipped with surveillance cameras. The city has suspended enforcement of its red-light cameras after court rulings questioned the program’s legality.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill late Monday making big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including scrapping the nearly century-old practice of using a "good soldier defense" to raise doubts that a crime has been committed.
The Smokestack Series beer combines the hoppiness of an IPA with the rich flavor and full body of a maltier beer.
Royals manager Ned Yost indicated his level of concern was “none” after catcher Salvador Perez took a foul tip off his hand. He only suffered a bruise. Still, any injury involving Perez is a cause for at least a small bit of worry. He is likely the most irreplaceable player on this club, a 23-year-old with burgeoning offensive skills and a Gold Glove already on his resume.
A newspaper report says the attorney for a man whose conviction in a Missouri sports editor’s slaying was overturned has filed a civil rights lawsuit in her client’s name.
