An aide to former Sen. Jack Danforth said she was talking with Tom Schweich on the phone when he handed the device to his wife. Moments later, the Missouri auditor’s wife said he had shot himself.
The NCAA’s investigation into the eligibility of Kansas freshman Cliff Alexander is related to possible impermissible benefits received by at least one member of Alexander’s family from a third party, a source has told The Star.
After 45 years and 3 million accident-free miles, Larry Saunders of Lenexa retired Thursday as a UPS driver. “I enjoyed my work,” Saunders said. “I found what I liked to do. I didn’t realize it was what I was going to do. It kind of found me.”
Spontaneously during a chat in January, Royals vice-president for international operations Rene Francisco broached the name of a prospect on the cusp of being the Next Big Thing for the Royals — 21-year-old pitcher Miguel Almonte.
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After first saying a backyard playhouse violated subdivision rules, a homeowners association board in Raymore reconsiders and approves the Make-A-Wish project for a little girl with leukemia.
A lobbyist who used to work as Gov. Sam Brownback’s chief of staff is defending his confrontation with a Topeka teacher he claims was unprofessional in referencing the governor in her speech at a Model UN competition.
If you want to know what institutional racism looks like, Ferguson is a perfect case study. Bedrock principles of policing, the constitutional necessities of reasonable suspicion and probable cause, were often cast to the winds.
This guy made the mistake of telling Ronda Rousey that she wasn’t strong enough to compete with a man. Rousey then flipped him to the ground and he broke some ribs.
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“Your hope, when you see something this jarring, is that (Ferguson) is an outlier. But deep inside you, you know there are still challenges throughout our state,” said Nixon, who was in Kansas City to promote a summer jobs program.
“Your hope, when you see something this jarring, is that (Ferguson) is an outlier. But deep inside you, you know there are still challenges throughout our state,” said Nixon, who was in Kansas City to promote a summer jobs program.
Touring without a backing band will allow Elvis Costello to highlight his lyrical and melodic gifts Thursday at the Uptown Theater. Helmet will perform the game-changing 1994 album “Betty” in its entirety on Sunday. More than two dozen locally based rock bands will perform in the the Homegrown Buzz Showcase on Saturday in the Power & Light District.
Full 90 blogger Charles Gooch and NBC Sports blogger Andy Edwards discuss Sporting Kansas City’s offseason overhaul and the upcoming Major League Soccer season.
