Front Page Giving kids something to hold: Kansas girls’ blanket project wins national recognition Sseven girls from Heartland Elementary School in the Blue Valley School District, now mostly middle-schoolers at Harmony or Aubry Bend, for a few years had been competing in an international problem-solving educational program, Odyssey of the Mind. This time around, however, they decided to take on a side challenge — Odyssey Angels — and create a real-world project to help people in their own community.
News Hickman Mills school board stages a coup and ousts its president Breman Anderson Jr. is removed in a 4-3 vote after one of his allies defects.
Royals Royals’ Duffy to start rehab assignment Sunday in minors Here’s some much needed good news for the Royals as they look to pull out of their May slide: lefty Danny Duffy is ready to start his minor-league rehab assignment in his recovery from Tommy John surgery.
Royals Replay: Chat with Royals infielder Elliot Johnson Royals infielder Elliot Johnson answered fans' questions during a web chat earlier today.
Business Stocks barely budge; market ends week with loss Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
Business Demolition to make way for new Ikea store is set for Wednesday A 60,000-square-foot building in Merriam initially planned for a Circuit City electronics store will be razed and replaced by an Ikea home furnishing store that will be about six times as large.
JENEÉ OSTERHELDT It’s all downhill at Oceans of Fun’s new water slides You can bet your bikini bottoms I braved 66 degrees on an overcast Thursday to test drive the new slide park at Oceans of Fun. Why would I do that? For you. Because Saturday, rain or shine, marks the start of water park season.
DEAR ABBY Dear Abby | Trying to flirt can backfire DEAR ABBY: I’m a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I’m a “people person” and everyone says I’m easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend.
TELEVISION ‘Arrested Development’ keeps everyone — even the actors — guessing The cast members themselves still don’t fully understand what they shot, and any actors’ gathering includes requisite huddling sessions where information is shared and theories are floated.
Movies ‘Fast & Furious 6’: Dumb fun in the summer time | 2 stars Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these “Fast and the Furious” pictures. And make no mistake about it — they’re bad.
Editorial Hidden in suburbia: poverty A study found that poverty in the suburbs is growing more than twice as fast as in America’s urban cores, and Kansas City is no exception.
Editorial A summer of reading for low-income children Without books, low-income children get out of the habit of reading during the summer and struggle when school resumes. That’s why the effort this week to distribute 10,000 books to elementary children in Kansas City Public Schools is so critical.
