Even from more than 700 miles away, the sound of Missouri’s NCAA Tournament bubble bursting could be heard loud and clear Saturday after a sluggish 72-45 loss at Tennessee. Missouri, 21-10 overall and 9-9 in the Southeastern Conference, was a nonfactor after the opening 7 minutes as its recent cold-shooting trend continued.
After becoming international sensations, Kush and fifth-grader Sophia Hoffman met again Saturday for a chance to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call.
Iowa State students teased Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart on Saturday by doing a "mass flop" in the stands at Hilton Coliseum when the Cowboys' star was introduced by the public address announcer before the game.
Leprechaun Lane 5K/10K
First Friday in the West Bottoms
2014 KC Gem & Mineral Show
Greater KC Int'l Auto Show
Network After Work: March 6
Sporting KC Takeoff
Beads, Beans & Beer
Johnson County Home & Garden Show
Hotel & Lodging Association Recognition Dinner
‘First Nations’ Diplomatic Ball
Crossfirst Bank PJ 5K run/walk
Jason Aldean concertgoers
KU's Andrew Wiggins scored 41 points and had eight rebounds and five steals to help lead a comeback from 25 points down in the second half, but the No. 8 Jayhawks fell short in a 92-86 loss to West Virgina in Morgantown.
The reading of Miranda rights is a procedure generally reserved for suspected criminals, not their victims. The Nodaway County prosecutor did just that with then-15-year-old Daisy Coleman, whose allegations of sexual assault and child endangerment two years ago in Maryville, Mo. — and the lack of legal action that followed — created a national furor.
Pitcher John Lamb, who early in camp emerged as one of the Royals’ reasons for optimism, responded with a distressing effort in a 7-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. He allowed four runs and could not finish the first inning. His pacing was scrambled and his pitches ineffective. One scout clocked his velocity at 86-89 mph.
Seattle newcomer Chad Barrett scored a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time Saturday to give the Sounders a 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City in both teams’ season opener.
Much of his compensation package — more than four times his total compensation of a year earlier — was tied to the company’s buyout last summer by Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp. It easily was the most compensation ever reported for a chief executive of an area public company.
The Leprechaun Lane 5K and 10K run/walk, the second event in 2014’s Healthy Holiday Run series, started in front of Blue Springs City Hall on Saturday morning.
Depending on your point of view, either the Kansas Supreme Court brought sanity to the issue with its decision that cuts in education funding since 2010 led to an unconstitutionally imbalanced playing field between rich and poor schools, or it dodged the issue. Either way, the question of the adequacy of funding Kansas schools has hit the reset button.
Marcus Foster made seven three-pointers and scored 29 points Saturday but Kansas State fell to Baylor 76-74 in their Big 12 regular season finale at Manhattan.
When Royals manager Ned Yost arrived at the team complex Saturday morning, he made his first decision to fill the void created by Luke Hochevar’s season-ending Tommy John surgery. Yost removed Wade Davis from the No. 5 starter competition and inserted him into the back of his bullpen.
The high court ruled that cuts in education funding since 2010 led to an unconstitutionally imbalanced playing field between rich and poor schools. Its decision means lawmakers by July 1 must close the gap or a panel of three district court judges will decide how to do it for them. On a grander scale, the court put off a decision on whether Kansas was spending enough on schools to meet its constitutional obligation to suitably finance public education.
Lammily the “Normal Barbie” is said to be the next big thing in the toy aisle. But what is normal? What if you don’t fit her mold either?
In February, New York film director Zach Lowry’s hunt for the perfect barn in Kansas elicited more than 2,500 responses. We also want to see these beautiful barns — both in Kansas and Missouri. Do you have a fully functional century farm barn? Or a picturesque red barn? Does your barn have a great story?
Welcome to The Kansas City Star’s annual summer camps and programs guide. This year, we partnered with The Family Conservancy to present the publication, which is included in the March 7 edition of the Star and features information from local organizations about their summer activities for children.
