Missouri executed Allen Nicklasson on Wednesday night for killing a Good Samaritan who stopped to help him and his friends after their car stalled on Interstate 70 in 1994. It was the state's second execution in three weeks. Nicklasson, 41, was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
Coach Frank Haith’s team is further along at this stage than last season’s talented-but-erratic group, which was less than the sum of its parts. And it has the apparent mesh, versatility and defensive mind-set to give it a chance to become a team to watch instead of one to fret over if the attitude is as good as Haith thinks it is.
By the end of November, about 365,000 Americans had selected a health insurance plan through HealthCare.gov, the government reported. Health and Human Services had estimated that by now 1.2 million users would have registered. But HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House subcommittee in a hearing that she was encouraged.
Dec. 31 will be here before you know it, and almost every nightclub, bar, tavern or restaurant will have something going on. Here are some of the biggest celebrations and select others so you can make plans — and reservations — for New Year’s Eve.
Acoustic Christmas concertgoers
Roller Warriors Girls Flat Track Derby
Pipefitters union Local 533 Christmas Party
Ugly Sweater Run
Merriam’s Santa Arrival and Christmas Dinner
Red Stocking Breakfast
Mission’s Holiday Lights and Festive Sights
Prairie Village Tree Lighting 2013
Red X Wine Tasting
Kanye West concertgoers at the Sprint Center
Chiefs vs. Broncos tailgaters
Toys and crafts shows at KCI Expo
Soccer, volleyball and football national championships are coming to the Kansas City area from 2014 to 2018, including the Division I men’s College Cup, soccer’s final four, at Sporting Park in the fall of 2015, and the Division II football championship beginning next December through 2017 at Sporting Park.
Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat. If the drug companies sign on, using those antibiotics to promote growth in animals would be illegal.
Eighteen thousand arena seats. Sixteen thousand first-class hotel rooms. Three hundred fifty air-conditioned buses. Five thousand volunteers. Those requirements — and scores of others — are included in a document recently sent to Kansas City and more than a dozen other cities. Kansas City convention officials say the to-do list is long but not impossible to meet.
Chiefs inside linebacker Derrick Johnson has had a knack for making impact plays early in games that have been instrumental in the Chiefs’ 10-3 record and moving to within a victory of clinching a playoff spot. That freedom must be earned, and the coaching staff believes Johnson, 31, deserves it. “He’s a great player, time tested,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “I’ve been lucky enough to be around some great players, and … when you need a play, they somehow make a play. He’s done it year after year.”
In this issue, we’re looking at some of the best food and drinks featured in our pages this year. We’re talking fat food-truck cheeseburgers, rainbow-colored vegan nachos, sugar-coated scones, crazy-good mac and cheese, quenching and flavorful beer and icy Moscow Mules that kept us cool on the hottest days of summer. Enjoy the feast — because we sure did.
The questions keep nagging: What’s appeasing a middle-class itch to “give back” and what’s substantially helping? Does the broader picture even matter when the wind chill is 9 degrees?
Keeping the status quo at Kansas City International Airport isn’t a viable option. The mayor’s task force needs to recommend the best ways to make KCI more attractive to airlines so more flights will come in and leave this region. And voters eventually should get to say whether they like any final plan.
If the Jimmy John’s restaurant and drive-through, planned for the in the 900 block of Broadway, becomes reality — or doesn’t — life will go on. With all of downtown’s challenges, fighting a drive-through should be low on the priority list.
It’s easy to get caught up in the buzz of the holiday shopping season even as the baseball industry begins dispersing Thursday from its annual Winter Meetings. That includes the Royals, of course, even with their limited payroll flexibility. They remained linked to several free agents, including infielder Omar Infante and right-handed pitcher Jason Hammel.
Talk about an airing of grievances. In protest of a Nativity scene at the Florida Capitol, Chaz Stevens drove 450 miles from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee and put up a Festivus pole with beer cans around it. "Festivus for the rest of us" is a nonsecular holiday made up by the television show "Seinfeld."
We’re fairly certain that supermodel Gisele Bundchen, wife of NFL quarterback Tom Brady, didn’t expect this kind of backlash to her Instagram photo. On Tuesday, she posted a photo of herself breastfeeding her 1-year-old daughter, Vivian, while having three people work on her hair, makeup and nails before a photo shoot.
So, is Taylor Swift leggy enough, busty enough, tall enough and pretty enought to be a Victoria’s Secret underwear model? You should know by now if you caught the lingerie company’s annual fashion show Tuesday night.
The Acoustic Christmas concert Wednesday night at the Midland theater, sponsored by country music station WDAF-FM, drew fans of Tate Stevens and other performers by offering tickets in exchange for donations of unwrapped presents to the Salvation Army.
