One of Johnson County’s stellar students, Olathe Northwest High School valedictorian Cassie Wang is now headed to Harvard, but Harvard is getting more than a scholar. It is getting a philanthropist, an athlete and a young woman who is on a mission to make the world a better place.
On the surface, the antiquated gravel track and absence of field amenities at Penney High School in Hamilton, Mo., make baffling what blossomed from here earlier this month in Eugene, Ore: Lindsay Vollmer, a sophomore at Kansas whose hometown training hinged on what she playfully called “strange stuff,” won the NCAA heptathlon championship to help stake the Jayhawks to the first women’s national title in school history.
Jennifer Kerr was looking for a way to improve her family’s future in 2009 when she decided an education at Vatterott College would be her key. But the Lee’s Summit single mother said the college deceived her. A Jackson County jury found in favor of Kerr and found that Vatterott Educational Centers Inc. had violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
A rare bullpen hiccup and a base-running blunder Tuesday kept Kansas City from climbing above .500 and instead dumped them back into third place in the American League Central Division as the Royals lost 4-3 to the Indians on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
Heat's overtime escape to defend title
Cher through the years
Star Shots | Best photos from June 18
Indians 4, Royals 3
International cat and dog shows in Germany
Burberry fashions at London spring summer 2014 show
Nigella Lawson through the years
Entertainment Greg Louganis, Eva Longoria, Roselyn Sanchez, Yoko Ono
Hillary Clinton: Decades in the public eye
Updated June 18: Kansas City Crime Stoppers' Most Wanted
Steve Gleason through the years
Planes of all kinds at Paris Air Show
House packed with ammo, fireworks, clutter burns in Overland Park
Sporting Kansas City players participate in Exotic Driving Experience
Deck collapses at Shuckers restaurant
KU program teaches children with autism how to swim
Shakespeare Festival presents As You Like It
Raw Video: Dominator 3 makes appearance at Kauffman Stadium
Royals first-round pick Hunter Dozier address the media
High angle rescue
Tanker explosion closes I-70 near I-435, Manchester
Royals comments on Hunter Dozier
Tour of the Jackson County Truman Courthouse in Independence
Chiefs owner Clark Hunt excited about team
Monday night at the T-Bones game
Mary J. Blige concertgoers
Parkville River Jam
Mid-Continent Regional Convention and Train Show
City Market on Saturday morning
Kenny Chesney concertgoers
Eighth annual Juneteenth celebration in Kansas City, Kan.
Run The Good Race
Fast Fridays at KC Trends Motorsports
Jazz in the Woods
National Flag Day Korean War Memorial
Urban Scouting BBQ
The Pedaljets stay grounded while keeping the good vibes alive and aloft
Party Pics: Saving Abel after party at Angel's Rock Bar
Party Pics | Westport Beer Festival 2013
Party Pics: Saturday nights at Ernie Biggs
Party Pics: Crawldo Waldo 2013
Party Pics: Waldo Crawldo at the Well
Party Pics: Blue Corner Battles at VooDoo Lounge
Party Pics: Waldo Crawldo at Tanner's
Party Pics: Jazzoo 2013
Scenes of Summer: What’s onstage at 13 theaters across KC
A Gilded Summer: The West 18th Street Fashion Show
House packed with ammo, fireworks, clutter burns in Overland Park
Sporting Kansas City players participate in Exotic Driving Experience
Deck collapses at Shuckers restaurant
KU program teaches children with autism how to swim
Shakespeare Festival presents As You Like It
Raw Video: Dominator 3 makes appearance at Kauffman Stadium
The Pedaljets’ early history is a trail of acclaim, brushes with fame, battles with disappointment and admission of defeat. For the past several years, however, the plot has changed, to one of revival and revision.
A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster to youths. On Tuesday the American Medical Association, in a vote at its annual policy meeting in Chicago, endorsed a policy that called for limiting how the caffeinated beverages are sold to those younger than 18.
Federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who awaits sentencing in Missouri next month on terrorism-related charges, as part of the scheme, Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce told the House intelligence committee.
The commission is to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to pick a new commissioner who could swing the balance between a panel controlled by Mayor Mark Holland or one led by Ann Murguia, who lost to Holland in the April mayoral election. With finalists Don Budd and Nathan Barnes both delinquent in recent years, Holland said the commission should consider reopening the selection process.
LeBron James shrugged off a poor start and got 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game six of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
Tommy Thompson, health and human services secretary under President George W. Bush, and pharmacist Sarah Sellers said they founded the Working Group on Pharmaceutical Safety to ensure that all the medications taken by U.S. consumers are safe and effective.
A surveillance camera captured people of interest in the theft of a pioneer woman statue.
The satellite television company blamed Overland Park-based Sprint and its revised agreement to be acquired by SoftBank Corp. Sprint had set the deadline for Dish’s “best and final offer” after rejecting an earlier proposal from Dish as one it could not act on.
Kris Kobach is a menace to the passage of reasonable and necessary changes to immigration law. But Kobach is also a father and a husband. There is no condoning the actions of the nearly 300 people who stomped onto his private property Saturday for a protest.
Updated June 18: This woman is wanted for possession and distribution of dangerous drugs. If you have information about any of these fugitives, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (816-474-8477), go to KCCrimeStoppers.com, or text TIP452 plus message and send to 274637. All calls are anonymous.
Angel's Rock Bar was rockin' this weekend with the Saving Abel after party Friday night.
The lawsuit was filed in Wyandotte County District Court against Midnight Express, a company recently ordered by federal regulators to cease operation because of allegedly unsafe practices. The suit also names the company’s three operators and the driver of the bus. It was filed on behalf of the infant daughter of 26-year-old Jamie Frecks.
Food professionals with food allergies face a unique hurdle when confronted with an illness, allergy, intolerance or other disorder because they can’t escape the very thing that triggers symptoms. Instead of quitting, many use their talents to create foods that are safer for both themselves and their customers.
