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KCP&L plans to install 1,001 more chargers for electric cars

KCP&L in one jolt is going to make its service territory one of the best places in the nation to drive an electric car. The utility, in an announcement set for this afternoon, plans to install 1,001 public electric chargers, a 2,400 percent boost over the approximately 40 units now available in the area.

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Court records reveal details of deadly shootout at She’s A Pistol in Shawnee

Details of what happened Jan. 9 during an attempted robbery at the gun store at 5725 Nieman Road were revealed publicly for the first time Monday in court documents. Jon Bieker, 44, who owned the store with his wife, was shot and died later in a hospital. Four men — Londro E. Patterson III, 20, Deanthony A. Wiley, 19, Nicquan K. Midgyett, 19, and Hakeem W. Malik, 18 — are charged with first-degree felony murder.

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KU’s title run, Iowa State’s loss aren’t big alarms for health of Big 12 basketball

Two thought-provoking columns about Big 12 men’s basketball over the weekend questioned the power of the conference. But no one should be surprised that Texas Tech, led by a coach with a national championship ring, could pull off an upset. And as for Kansas’ 10 straight titles sapping power from the conference, the league has performed about as well as it did before KU’s run.

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Three KC teens accused of killing eighth-grader Alexis Kane are held without bond

A judge on Monday ordered three Kansas City teens charged in the killing of 14-year-old Alexis Kane to be held without bond. The defendants — Isaac M. Carter, 17, Ce-Antonyo D. Kennedy, 17, and Dominic McDaniel, 18 — made their initial court appearances Monday morning in Jackson County Circuit Court.

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‘Lone soldiers’ from Kansas City serve in Israel’s army

Barstow and Park University graduate Jake Fichman is a combat medic, part of a small group inside the Israel Defense Forces of “lone soldiers” — foreigners whose parents do not live in Israel. The support group Friends of the Israel Defense Forces estimates that a half-dozen Missouri and Kansas enlistees are among the 450 or so who enlist each year from the U.S.

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Super efficient apartments could bolster Kansas City’s reputation

It’s been two years since Ashok Gupta, program director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, moved from New York to the Kansas City area, where his wife is from.

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Eleven-year-old cancer fighter uses disease to inspire others

Just 11, Dominic Vargas is a boy faced with a terminal illness. But he’s also more than that, a young man who has chosen to use his circumstances to inspire others.

Sports

Dayton Moore, Shane Ray among KC Sports Commission award winners

Royals general manager Dayton Moore and Missouri defensive end Shane Ray are among the winners of the Kansas City Sports Commission Awards to be presented April 15 in Kansas City. Other winners: Park University volleyball coach Mike Talamantes as coach of the year, powerlifting champion Bobbi Walden as sportswoman of the year, and Baker football coach Mike Grossner and soccer standout Nick Hibbeler as community champions.

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Justin Edwards finds success as Kansas State’s sixth man

The Justin Edwards fans see during games is beginning to resemble the Justin Edwards teammates rave about in practice. He is slowly turning into the type of player the Kansas State Wildcats can depend on to win important basketball games, such as a 6 p.m. tip Tuesday against No. 17 West Virginia at Bramlage Coliseum (ESPN2).

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Imagine Schools Inc. ordered to pay nearly $1 million to now-closed Kansas City charter school

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JoyceKC: New Pizza by KU Med, Foo’s reopens in Brookside, Plowboys opening downtown

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KU’s title run, Iowa State’s loss aren’t big alarms for health of Big 12 basketball

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KU’s title run, Iowa State’s loss aren’t big alarms for health of Big 12 basketball

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Dave Helling: Whose side are you on in the culture war, Beyoncé’s or Ted Nugent’s?

We don’t need a presidential address to know that the nation’s financial health is improving. The culture wars are coming back. Guns, school prayer, abortion, drugs, same-sex marriage, Beyoncé or Ted Nugent. If jobs continue to grow and wages increase, the 2016 presidential election debate may seem numbingly familiar.

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Gov. Sam Brownback puts blame for Kansas budget deficits on GOP lawmakers

The GOP governor tells a Topeka audience the tax cuts he signed amounted to as good a package as he was going to get

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Quick quiche recipe makes breakfast for dinner easy

Your favorite breakfast meal doesn’t have to be just served in the morning. Here’s an easy quiche recipe that makes a great dinner.

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White House press secretary/Royals fan Josh Earnest has some fun at Tom Brady’s expense

After New England quarterback Tom Brady talked with the media on Thursday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest (the self-proclaimed Royals fan) took a shot at the Patriots star.

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