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No. 8 Kansas rallies to beat Texas 69-64, maintain Big 12 lead

Junior forward Perry Ellis finished with 28 points and 13 rebounds as the Jayhawks closed hard down the stretch and made enough crucial stops to pull out the crucial victory. What’s better? The Jayhawks can clinch a share a victory of an 11th straight Big 12 title with a home victory against West Virginia on Tuesday night.

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Snow causes lots of wrecks, but it may be tailing off

Police and emergency crews were bustling across the metro area Saturday, responding to dozens of accidents caused by the snow that began falling at midmorning and continued through the afternoon. An inch or two more of snow may be on the way.

Crime

Autopsy shows that mother of shooter in Missouri killing spree died of natural causes

Investigators and residents of Tyrone, Mo., a small town in southern Missouri, struggled to put the pieces together after a gunman killed seven people Thursday night. Soon after, he shot himself to death on a rural county road.

TV News & Reviews

Dan Henry, longtime WDAF-TV weatherman, dies at age 89

Dan Henry, longtime weatherman at WDAF, died Saturday at age 89, Fox 4 News announced on its website. Henry did weather at WDAF from the 1960s to the early 1990s, the station said.

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‘He has changed the world’: Area lawyer Gene Balloun marks his 1,000th adoption case

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No. 8 Kansas rallies to beat Texas 69-64, maintain Big 12 lead

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Kansas State rallies to upset No. 12 Iowa State 70-69

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Informed care picks up the pieces left by trauma

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Names of 2 KC shooting victims released

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Snow causes lots of wrecks, but it may be tailing off

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Someday the Area Transportation Authority could run much more than buses

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Replay: Updates, stats from Saturday’s Kansas-Texas game

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Kansas State University

Kansas State rallies to upset No. 12 Iowa State 70-69

K-State rallied from 14 down to beat Iowa State behind strong games from Nigel Johnson, Justin Edwards and Wesley Iwundu. Johnson led K-State with 17 points, Johnson added 16 points and Iwundu had 11.

Chiefs

Chiefs select former cornerback Gary Green for club’s Hall of Fame

Gary Green, the Chiefs’ first-round draft pick in 1977 and a Pro Bowl selection at cornerback during his final three seasons with the Chiefs, was introduced as the 45th member of the club’s Hall of Fame on Saturday night before the annual 101 Dinner at the Westin Crown Center.

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‘He has changed the world’: Area lawyer Gene Balloun marks his 1,000th adoption case

J. Eugene Balloun hasn’t pocketed a dime for any of them. Instead, he and his firm, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, put those state fees in a scholarship fund to help send those kids to college someday. So far, the fund has provided $625,000 to nearly 500 students.

High School Sports

James McGinnis shows progress from brain injury during appearance at Olathe East basketball game

In a halftime festivity initially intended to surprise James McGinnis and honor his homecoming from a rehabilitation hospital in Nebraska, McGinnis’ next move instead surprised those in attendance. With the aid of his father, he stood up from his wheelchair and took a step. Then another. Then another. In a matter of moments, Senior Night had transformed into James McGinnis Night.

Government & Politics

Someday the Area Transportation Authority could run much more than buses

The ATA is a government unto itself. It can sell revenue bonds to finance any transportation project it wants. It could build office buildings and roads. It could theoretically run Kansas City International Airport. Recent discussions about the ATA’s bistate compact have local officials brainstorming the possibilities.

Royals

Losing Tom Schweich: A setback for reform as a brave voice is stilled in Missouri

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Children’s Mercy performs its first pediatric heart transplant

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Billy Butler still adjusting to life with Oakland, away from Royals

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Owner reopens She’s A Pistol amid memories of the day that took her husband’s life

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Missouri-Georgia men’s basketball summary - February 28

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Barbara Shelly

Losing Tom Schweich: A setback for reform as a brave voice is stilled in Missouri

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich was a fragile candidate who held out a shining hope — that Missouri politics and government can be better than they are. Many of us who are sickened by what goes on in Jefferson City cherished that hope and appreciated the man who carried it. It is gone now, at least for the moment.

Barbara Shelly

Losing Tom Schweich: A setback for reform as a brave voice is stilled in Missouri

C.W. Gusewelle

Bugs, not bullets, caused a journalist’s head to spin

In my own newspaper travels, there have been no gripping war stories, no spectacular emergencies to relate. That’s not to say the journeys have all been uneventful. But for the most part, the crises have been of a medical nature.

Chow Town

Hayes Hamburger & Chili in KC, North serves hamburgers worth crying over

Hayes Hamburger & Chili, although small, offers a winner of a hamburger. Don’t visit when they cut onions on Mondays or Fridays unless you want to cry over your food.

For Pete's Sake

Kansas State fans make mock public service ad called ‘Stop Court Storming’

Kansas State fans made a video called “Stop Court Storming” in response to the brouhaha that took place following the Wildcats’ victory over KU on Monday.

Stargazing

Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and other stars weigh in on viral #whiteandgold, #thedress debate

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. On Thursday night, a picture of a dress was worth a million tweets as social media went berserk debating whether the dress was #whiteandgold or #blueandblack.

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