Tom Schweich, the Missouri auditor who died of an apparent suicide last week, was eulogized Tuesday. His longtime mentor, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, said Schweich was a victim of dirty politics.
The Jayhawks’ conference championship winning streak — now at 11 after Oklahoma fell to Iowa State on Monday night — has taken on a life of its own. The players change, but the one constant is coach Bill Self, who manages to get Kansas to the top every year.
The federal government has kept Kansas City’s downtown office market alive for decades and now is relocating 900 more workers to the central business district.
The Royals have reached agreements for 2015 contracts with eight players, including pitcher Yordano Ventura for $535,675. Royals pitching ace Yordano Ventura signed a one-year deal, as did eight other Royals. Every player on the Royals’ 40-man roster is signed for 2015
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A year after a flare-up over a sex education poster in the Shawnee Mission School District, the issue still reverbrates in the halls of the Kansas capitol as lawmakers push bills aimed at giving parents more control over what is taught in the classroom and protecting children from pornography.
To remember the great Leonard Nimoy, who died last week at age 83, the Screenland Crossroads is presenting a Spock Tribute, a double feature of two of his best “Star Trek” movies this week.
Citizens academies — an outreach of police departments — have been around in the United States for more than 20 years. But after the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the ensuing demonstrations and the murders of two New York police officers, this avenue for police-civilian interaction seems all the more crucial.
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.
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In the wake of the loss of Oriol Rosell during the 2014 season, Peter Vermes and Sporting Kansas City turn to a returning fan favorite to swing the midfield back into high gear.
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.
