Government & Politics

Too many debates? Not when it comes to state and local campaigns

5:29 PM

Thrown drink may have sparked road rage killing in Independence, police say

2:34 PM

A time to build up, and a time to tear down: Churches in transition

12:00 PM

Area federal prosecutors charge four men as part of FBI sex trafficking investigation

4:45 PM

Social Security benefits are increasing. What will you do with your extra $4 a month?

6:49 PM

In a news conference limited only to questions about the changes to the Big 12 Conference, Lew Perkins said,

Lew Perkins, former KU athletic director, returns to the public eye with USA Boxing

9:45 PM

Ghostly diners visit familiar haunts around Kansas City

11:16 AM

Latest News

Hill outpitches Arrieta; Dodgers beat Cubs 6-0 for NLCS lead

2:46 AM

Havana lashes out against Obama directive on friendlier Cuba policy

10:51 PM

Police investigate shooting death of man in Belton as a homicide

9:53 PM

Chinese astronauts enter space station following docking

9:54 PM

‘Quid pro quo’ allegations ‘a reach,’ says FBI agent at center of Clinton email case

11:25 PM

Put the ladder away! Laser Light Splash Holiday Light Projector

$100 $44

Government & Politics

Too many debates? Not when it comes to state and local campaigns

5:29 PM

Thrown drink may have sparked road rage killing in Independence, police say

2:34 PM

A time to build up, and a time to tear down: Churches in transition

12:00 PM

Area federal prosecutors charge four men as part of FBI sex trafficking investigation

4:45 PM

Social Security benefits are increasing. What will you do with your extra $4 a month?

6:49 PM

In a news conference limited only to questions about the changes to the Big 12 Conference, Lew Perkins said,

Lew Perkins, former KU athletic director, returns to the public eye with USA Boxing

9:45 PM

Ghostly diners visit familiar haunts around Kansas City

11:16 AM

Sports

Chiefs trade running back Knile Davis to Packers

The Chiefs traded running back Knile Davis to the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday, netting a conditional late-round draft pick in return. Davis, 25, was chosen by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He spent the first two seasons of his career as Jamaal Charles’ backup before ceding that role to Spencer Ware and Charcandrick West.

Sports

Lew Perkins, former KU athletic director, returns to the public eye with USA Boxing

KU hoops notes: Sophomore guard Lagerald Vick emerges as a candidate for more playing time

Hill outpitches Arrieta; Dodgers beat Cubs 6-0 for NLCS lead

Local

Thrown drink may have sparked road rage killing in Independence, police say

A 39-year-old man has been charged in the Sunday night road rage killing of a 22-year-old Independence woman. Witnesses said that a passenger inside a minivan driven by Whitney Gray allegedly threw a drink onto the window of a nearby SUV before the fatal shot was fired.

Too many debates? Not when it comes to state and local campaigns

Area federal prosecutors charge four men as part of FBI sex trafficking investigation

Kansas GOP executive director says Trump campaign is ‘drag’ on candidates

Nation & world

Retaken villages show IS increasingly driven underground

This farming village east of Mosul was turned into a bunker during more than two years of Islamic State rule: A network of tunnels and cramped living quarters betrays an extremist group increasingly forced to operate underground by a punishing air campaign and mounting territorial losses.

Success spoils program that saves thousands of wild horses

Havana lashes out against Obama directive on friendlier Cuba policy

In Colorado, Trump calls for congressional term limits

Opinion

Lee Judge cartoons: July-December 2016

Check out our collection of sharp political and cultural jabs by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge.

Republican senators’ obstruction of justice continues

For many people, the fight for a $15-an-hour minimum wage is a matter of life and death

In defense of the religious right

In Depth

Success spoils program that saves thousands of wild horses

Blogs & Columns

Local Columnists

Frank White, Sly James and the perils of rookie politicians

Lew Perkins, former KU athletic director, returns to the public eye with USA Boxing

For many people, the fight for a $15-an-hour minimum wage is a matter of life and death

Videos

Poltergeists roam Harvest Caenen Castle in Shawnee

Oct 18, 2016

Renee Kelly, chef-owner of Shawnee’s Renee Kelly’s Harvest, describes the numerous ghosts and other poltergeists she believes haunt her Shawnee business, in Caenen Castle.

Allison Long and Monty Davis The Kansas City Star

View More Video

Top Photos

View All Galleries

Entertainment

Movie News & Reviews

With a new 330-acre site to create his dreams, Tyler Perry is in the driver's seat

Performing Arts

Comedian Maria Bamford navigates the weirdness to find her happy places

Music News & Reviews

How does it feel? Nobel judges can't reach Dylan

Movie News & Reviews

With a new 330-acre site to create his dreams, Tyler Perry is in the driver's seat

Performing Arts

Comedian Maria Bamford navigates the weirdness to find her happy places

Music News & Reviews

How does it feel? Nobel judges can't reach Dylan