Combining the two units was supposed to cut costs and improve coverage on Missouri waterways. But it hasn’t done either, many say. A monthslong Kansas City Star examination of records looks at what went wrong.
The Star's Robert Trussell found that theaters in and around the tourist mecca in southwest Missouri still offer plenty of country music, but some shows are looking for broader audiences as the city continues to evolve.
There’s no shame in Saturday’s 41-13 loss to No. 1 Alabama in the SEC championship, but there’s also no change from what’s become a certain status quo for MU — albeit one that anyone rational who followed the program for a lost generation darn well appreciates.
In the fifth year of the KC Challenge virtual food drive, The Star and Harvesters hope to push the total donated by readers to $1 million. All money goes to the food bank’s BackSnack program.
The 22nd annual parade of nearly 90 horses and horse-drawn vehicles clopped down Massachusetts Street on Saturday morning in front of a large and warmly dressed crowd.
Friends and family prayed Saturday for the soul of Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein, who was run down in the street by an SUV in front of his mosque. The service manager at the Islamic Center of Greater Kansas City said the 15-year-old’s death has drawn Kansas City’s Muslim community closer together.
The Park women’s volleyball team, competing in just its second-ever NAIA Tournament, finished off a 40-0 season Saturday night in Sioux City, Iowa, for the program’s first national title.
John Brown isn’t supposed to be here. Not in the NFL. Certainly not as a rising star, a man who one year ago was catching passes for Division II Pittsburg State and is now part of a deep group of talented rookie wide receivers with the Arizona Cardinals.
The deaths of American photojournalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkiein a special-forces rescue operation Saturday in Yemen were a reminder that such high-risk missions are as likely to fail as to succeed.
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Based on my tiny, unscientific poll of three undocumented immigrants (sorry, Mr. Kobach, but I can’t recall their names), the president’s “temporary” relief for some immigrants is not going over all that well.
Based on my tiny, unscientific poll of three undocumented immigrants (sorry, Mr. Kobach, but I can’t recall their names), the president’s “temporary” relief for some immigrants is not going over all that well.
Jenna Bush Hager was 19 years old when her father was first elected as president of the United States. She was attending University of Texas, Austin, at the time. She makes a little confession about her White House stay.