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The Chiefs and coach Romeo Crennel have yet to find an offensive coordinator.

DAVID EULITT | The Kansas City Star

The Chiefs and coach Romeo Crennel have yet to find an offensive coordinator.

Chiefs still seeking final pieces for coaching staff

Feb 3, 5:58 PM

The Chiefs got a jump on other NFL teams looking for a new head coach or assistant coaches by promoting their defensive coordinator, Romeo Crennel, to the top job on Jan. 9. Almost a month later, the Chiefs are still looking for an offensive coordinator and position coaches for wide receivers and the offensive line. At the rate they’re going, the Chiefs might not have a full staff by the start of training camp this summer.

Border War in pictures | Kansas vs. Missouri

Feb 3, 5:17 PM

How far back does the KU-MU rivalry go? James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, coached the Jayhawks the first time the two teams met (he was 0-2 in his career against the Tigers). With Missouri moving to the SEC next season, the rivalry may end, so enjoy this look back at this heated rivalry.

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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.

KU heralds opening of new research center in Fairway

Jan 31, 1:37 AM

What can a one-eighth-cent sales tax buy in Johnson County? How about laboratories equipped with the latest high-tech instruments? And stylish accommodations with plenty of privacy for patients?

Local

Driver killed in Shawnee when his trash truck rolls over him

Feb 3, 4:35 PM

A trash truck driver was killed today when his unoccupied truck apparently rolled over him, Shawnee police said.

Body found in one of dozen vehicles burned in Platte City

Feb 3, 3:25 PM

A man’s body was found this morning in Platte City inside the last of 12 vehicles that authorities believe he set on fire.

‘Up to Date’ with Steve Kraske

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Mingle Your KC in photos

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

Community Faces | John F. Kennedy Recreation Center reopening

Feb 1, 11:21 PM

Members of the Harlem Globetrotters were on hand Wednesday to help reopen the John F. Kennedy Recreation Center in Kansas City, Kan. The “clown princes of basketball” led a mini-clinic, helping kids hone their hoops skills. The Globetrotters also donated 100 tickets so that local youths can attend their game Saturday at the Sprint Center.

Your Photos | How do you picture love?

Feb 3, 4:19 PM

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 | WWE at the Sprint Center

Jan 31, 4:58 PM

Fans of the WWE RAW SuperShow came to the Sprint Center Monday evening to cheer on their favorite pro wrestlers, with the entertainment including a RAW challenge match and a WWE championship title match.

Community Faces | Engaged at Union Station

Feb 1, 4:01 PM

Perfect Wedding Guide hosted this bridal show Sunday at Union Station, with local wedding professionals on hand to assist more than 750 brides and their friends and family.

Crime Scene

Crime Stoppers' most wanted

Jan 31, 3:21 PM

Updated Jan. 31: This man is wanted in Wyandotte County for first-degree murder. If you have information about him or any of these fugitives, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS, go to KCCrimeStoppers.com, or text TIP452 plus message and send to 274637.

Business

Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since '08

Feb 3, 5:06 PM

A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since May 2008, before the financial meltdown later that year. The Nasdaq composite index hit an 11-year high.

New locally owned restaurant coming to the Crossroads

Feb 3, 4:39 PM

A local partnership plans to open a new restaurant in the Crossroads Arts District. Gallerie is taking a space in a building at 2030 Central St. for a late spring opening.

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Party Pics | Taryn Manning at Lucky Strike

Feb 3, 11:53 AM

Lucky Strike on Saturday night featured SKAM artist Taryn Manning. Taryn Manning, related to the Manning family of football fame, has also starred in feature films such as "8 Mile" and "Hustle and Flow."

Review | 'Woman in Black' is full of elegant chills

Feb 2, 3:03 PM

"The Woman in Black," which is based on Susan Hill’s horror novel, is a successful hybrid of two disparate genres: the traditional English ghost story and the far more kinetic Japanese ghost story.

Fidget: The restless pursuit of Kansas City's best

ENTERTAINMENT

A child portraying Darth Vader uses the Force on a 2012 Volkswagen Passat in a 2011 Super Bowl ad

Volkswagen of America, File | AP Photo

A child portraying Darth Vader uses the Force on a 2012 Volkswagen Passat in a 2011 Super Bowl ad

Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game

Feb 3, 3:19 PM

Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year. The Super Bowl is an advertiser's biggest stage (more than 111 million fans are expected to tune in). It's also an advertiser's biggest gamble (a 30-second spot costs $3.5 million).

Mel Gibson may be witness in discrimination trial

Feb 3, 3:17 PM

Attorneys for the deputy who arrested Mel Gibson on suspicion of DUI want to call the actor as a witness during an upcoming trial to determine whether the deputy suffered discrimination.

Stargazing

Lifestyle

A map in the window of Gallup Map Co. draws the attention of David Torres of Springfield on a recent First Friday.

Allison Long | The Kansas City Star

A map in the window of Gallup Map Co. draws the attention of David Torres of Springfield on a recent First Friday.

Gallup Map finds a new path in a GPS world

Feb 3, 7:24 PM

In hindsight, Patrick Carroll thinks a city bus crashing through the back wall of his downtown store in 2004 probably saved his century-old Gallup Map Co. from extinction, and it wasn't because of a big payout. Because the caved-in back wall exposed the building to robbers and rain, Carroll had to clear out the attic.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Komen loses sight of the real mission

Feb 3, 7:20 PM

Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood — two of the foremost organizations dedicated to women’s health. I’ve written about both organizations for years. I participate in the Race for the Cure. And Planned Parenthood? I was a college student. I know firsthand the importance of having affordable health care.

Opinion

Yael T. Abouhalkah | Mizzou attacks vulgar MIZ-ZOU chant

Feb 3, 9:47 AM

Missouri officials responsibly are trying to tamp down the possibility that a vulgar variation of the tiresome “MIZ-ZOU!” chant will be heard during the nationally televised broadcast. MU officials realize this would be embarrassing for the university.

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