Out of faith in new right fielder Alex Rios, KC Royals manager Ned Yost says he won’t use Jarrod Dyson as a late-game defender at the start of the regular season. That’s one reason the Royals believe Rios will be a defensive upgrade over Nori Aoki.
Diverging diamond interchanges are up there with the proliferation of roundabouts, flashing yellow turn arrows, and intersections where traffic lights have vanished, replaced in some cases by two-way stop signs that blink red. But traffic engineers say those intersection stumpers all have been thought out.
F. Glenn Miller Jr. is charged with capital murder in the killings last April of William Corporon, Reat Underwood and Terri LaManno. His preliminary hearing, which will determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to a trial in the death penalty case, began Monday morning in Olathe.
A year ago, the Chiefs could have saved themselves a lot of time, trouble and money by signing linebacker Justin Houston to a long-term contract. Had they done so, they’d today have more cap space, longer control over a premier pass rusher and more flexibility to fill other needs on their roster.
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Independence officials hope the new Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center, which opened Sunday, brings new momentum to the Crackerneck Creek development. The 200-acre district is at the southwest corner of Interstate 70 and Interstate 470/Missouri 291.
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich’s suicide last Thursday has prompted an outpouring of grief and remorse. But if the Missouri Republican Party sincerely wants to honor Schweich’s memory, beginning with his funeral on Tuesday, it will take a hard look at the way it conducts its business.
“Angels in America,” Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, may show its age, but it remains an a singular work of deep anger, harsh humor and theatrical imagination. The Kansas City Repertory Theatre performs the two plays that comprise the work, “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika,” in repertory through March 29 at the Copaken Stage.
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After his six years in office, we know President Barack Obama is Mr. Spock: detached, information-driven and undoubtedly big-eared. For the last six years, Republicans have taken Capt. James T. Kirk as their model: rash, emotional, passionate. But the best way forward, “Star Trek” told us, is to use the head and the heart.
After his six years in office, we know President Barack Obama is Mr. Spock: detached, information-driven and undoubtedly big-eared. For the last six years, Republicans have taken Capt. James T. Kirk as their model: rash, emotional, passionate. But the best way forward, “Star Trek” told us, is to use the head and the heart.
Despite her new status as a wife and mother, the former “American Idol” hasn’t discarded the formulas that have made her a multi-platinum star for more than a decade. But she has tweaked them a bit.
After the New York Daily News blasted William Shatner as “Captain Jerk” for not attending Leonard Nimoy’s funeral, Shatner used Twitter to host a touching Q&A.
