It was an uphill struggle most of the night, but Iowa State finally prevailed, topping Baylor 74-65 in a memorable Big 12 championship game in front of a packed and partisan Cyclones crowd at the Sprint Center. Where the Cyclones' triumphs over Kansas State and Kansas were carved in offense, this one had to be captured on the defensive end.
Since the Feb. 18 murder of Hailey Owens and the arrest of Craig Michael Wood, attention has turned to why it took more than two hours for an announcement of her abduction to air across Missouri. Legislators and law enforcement officials are considering ways to streamline the notification system.
This past November, just before my son turned 25, I got hooked on an MTV docu-series called “Generation Cryo.” It featured a teenage girl who was conceived by artificial insemination using donor sperm. The girl was searching for possible half-siblings and wanted to find her sperm donor, too. When I switched off the television after the last episode, I picked up my laptop and began writing this essay; I wanted to share my story and celebrate my marvelous son.
With Midwestern hospitality on his mind, Richard Carrothers, president and co-artistic director of New Theatre the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, purchased four modest, older homes in Johnson County and renovated them with the help of theater staff to create sanctuary-like living spaces for visiting celebrities such as “Cheers” star George Wendt.
Star Shots | March 15, 2014
Horton, Kan. prepares for CNBC personality Marcus Lemonis
Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 1
Big 12 tournament championship: Iowa State 74, Baylor 65
Kansas 6A Boys Basketball Championship | Blue Valley Northwest 73, Blue Valley North 46
Kansas 5A Boys Basketball Championship | Lansing 48, Highland Park 27
Brookside St. Patrick’s Warm-Up Parade
Planet Comicon
Heart of America Kennel Club Dog Show
Westport St. Patrick’s Day Run
Naka-Kon 2014
Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair
Fashion Week Kick Off at Standard Style
Big 12 Spirit Rallies: Thursday
Sporting KC vs. Cruz Azul
25 Under 25 awards banquet
West Bottoms Warehouse Weekend: Saturday
Gala of the Royal Horses attendees
Kansas coach Bill Self coaxed a collection of talented possibilities to a 10th consecutive conference championship. But as evidenced by their early exit from the Big 12 Tournament, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the Jayhawks.
Nobody really goes away on the World Wide Web, and that provides great comfort to many grieving families. But to others, online accounts that linger in perpetuity only serve to remind that someone dear no longer occupies the real world.
“Pretty much every race, from U.S. Senate to the city council, Obamacare is on people’s minds,” said Republican consultant Aaron Trost. Republicans see it as a winning issue in 2014. Democrats worry that it has become a broader critique of a federal government that many voters distrust, to their party’s disadvantage.
St. Patrick’s Day is a big event for many Kansas Citians, Irish and non-Irish alike. In North Kansas City, the revelry began Saturday with the annual Snake Saturday Parade. In Kansas City’s Brookside neighborhood, it was time for the annual St. Patrick’s Warm-Up Parade.
At the bottom of a heap, Stan Jurga Jr. of All Star Sporting Goods found a group of decade-old catcher’s masks. They were Kelly green, solid steel and about a quarter-pound heavier than hollow steel masks — potentially ideal, in other words, for the Royals’ ongoing quest to protect Salvador Perez.
At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Najib Razak said that investigators have determined that the Beijing-bound flight was deliberately diverted from its planned route, with its communications turned off. But he avoided saying it had been hijacked.
In a frantic multitude they began arriving at first light, swarming to the tubes of fine grain and Niger seed and cakes of suet that hang in the gnarled redbud tree just outside the breakfast room window.
In Sporting Kansas City’s MLS home opener, Aurelien Collin drew first blood with goal in the 81st minute, but FC Dallas tied it up late in the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw Saturday night at Sporting Park.
Tom Watson will celebrate a birthday in September that many folks view as a milestone, but don’t look for him to slow down anytime soon. Watson, a Kansas City golf legend, is set for a busy year of competition on the Champions Tour as well as the regular PGA Tour. And, if that isn’t enough, he will be captain of the U.S. team in the biannual Ryder Cup competition Sept. 26-28.
In his CNBC show, Marcus Lemonis uses his own money to enter into deals with struggling small businesses to turn them around. Now Horton, population 1,776 and dropping, wonders whether his prescription for change can affect the fortunes and future of a community that, like thousands of tiny towns nationwide, has been in slow decline for 100 years.
The music industry needs more provocateurs, more artists daring to take risks. That was one of the messages delivered by CeeLo Green Saturday morning inside the Austin Convention Center in a one-hour interview with NPR music editor Frannie Kelley.
Does your dog have a house in the backyard that rivals Martha Stewart’s home in the Hamptons? Does your cat have a custom-made jungle gym that takes up the better part of a room in your home? Have you spent more money creating a space for your pet than most people do on rooms for their children? If so, we’d like to hear from you.
Costumed visitors were plentiful at Planet Comicon, the pop culture and comic book convention featuring sci-fi and fantasy actors and comic book artists, on the show’s second day at Bartle Hall.
