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 Demolition set for Wednesday in Merriam for new IKEA store The 60,000-square-foot building, which was 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. The IKEA store is scheduled to open in fall 2014.
Business Sprint’s wireless network fares poorly in test The website TechHive ranked Sprint last among the four largest carriers based on tests in 20 markets, including Kansas City. A Sprint spokeswoman attributed the results to the company’s as yet unfinished network upgrade.
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.
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.
Front Page Kansas City Ballet names a veteran dancer and choreographer as its artistic director Devon Carney is expected to take the creative reins of one of the city’s most important performing arts organizations in July. He succeeds William Whitener, who retired this month.
Commentary India buys helicopters while its children starve The state is so badly neglecting its young, the next generation of the nation’s business and political leaders, that India is threatening its very future.
Midwest Voices FBI plan puts our privacy at risk Technology is moving faster than before, and laws must move equally fast if they are to keep up with ever-changing reality. But this is not the way to do it: leaving your emails, IMs, etc. deliberately available at all times for law enforcement (or others) is an overreaction, a move of desperation.
