The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. Nikita is also being fed a diet of boiled beef in the holding area behind the exhibit.
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 concert-goers
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
Although food forests are still unusual, the idea of growing food in the suburbs is not. Phil and Cheryl Kimmi of Lenexa are part of a food-not-lawns movement that has been gathering steam in urban areas but is only beginning to take root in the Johnson County suburbs.
Democrats are the third-largest block of voters in Johnson County, outnumbered by Republicans roughly two to one, but that hasn't deterred the party faithful. “Some of us win and some of us don’t,” says Mary Hoffman, who organizes a monthy breakfast for local Democrats. “But I think you win just by running.”
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.
People are confused about what constitutes self-defense. What many people term self-defense is really just the last act in an argument gone out of control, a situation that escalates until one or both parties reach for a gun.
The two knife-wielding beasts who recently beheaded a young British soldier on a public street in London were not the face of Africa, or the face of Islam. They were the face of an ancient barbarism loose in the world — an evil that knows no nationality or creed, no race or place, but which must be defeated by whatever means of persuasion or degree of force is required if civil life is to remain a possibility anywhere on Earth.
Furred housemates may not be the stuff of prize-winning journalism, but it suits my column better than chronicling the triumphs and casual pairings of the entertainment elite, the hopeless ineptitude of Congress or the seamy offenses of two-bit hoodlums.
Kansas City’s charter review committee must balance in-district needs with the city’s overall health. The answer? Take away the mayor’s city council vote.
Mayor Sly James of Kansas City in recent weeks has appointed two panels. One will review the city charter and the other will look at local control of the Police Department. Changes on both fronts would transform weak mayor Sly into something closer to the great and powerful Oz.
The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office because of his links to a former militant group that killed scores of people in a 1997 attack in the ancient city and devastated Egypt's sightseeing industry.
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.
Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Lakewood, a private lake community in Lee’s Summit, will put up gates next month to control access as one measure to prevent zebra mussels from invading.
Parks officials hope to expand programming and upgrade area facilities.
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.
The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. Nikita is also being fed a diet of boiled beef in the holding area behind the exhibit.
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the operators of a party bus from which a young mother fell to her death in May. The suit was filed in Wyandotte County District Court against Midnight Express, a company recently ordered by federal regulators to cease operation because of alleged unsafe operation.
Leawood’s new Saturday Morning Fresh even offers a more upscale Farmers’ Market experience. Retail and restaurant updates for Prairie Village, Leawood and Overland Park.
The death penalty is recommended for Robert Blurton in the 2009 deaths of Donnie and Sharon Luetjen and the Luetjens’ teenage granddaughter, Taron Luetjen.
A Kansas City business owner supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday during a Washington hearing on intelligence gathering.
The FBI’s 10 most wanted list reaches a milestone
A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy.
All four residents escaped safely before firefighters began cutting through a wall with a chainsaw to clear debris from a burning bedroom.
Board of Public Utilities officials are investigating why a downed power line remained unattended for more than 11 hours before it killed a 27-year-old Shawnee man early Sunday. The utility has launched an internal investigation as to when it first was notified that a strong Saturday afternoon storm knocked down the power line at Rosedale Park in Kansas City, Kan.
Lawrence officials are taking aim at a bed bug problem that’s emerging at apartment complexes with new rules allowing the city to tell people how and when to exterminate the critters.
The Kansas Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Paul D. Cohagen was discovered missing from the prison Monday evening.
Kansas City’s charter review committee must balance in-district needs with the city’s overall health. The answer? Take away the mayor’s city council vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require voters to show proof of citizenship. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the ruling won’t affect a similar law in his state, but the American Civil Liberties is considering a challenge of that law.
Historic home was damaged by the drought.
Instead of 18,000 suspect assessments, Jackson County officials acknowledge problems could have affected three times as many properties that came up for review this year. County Executive Mike Sanders announced extended hours to file appeals of notices, which will begin appearing in mailboxes Thursday and online Wednesday.
Politico offers round-up of confusing politics, while McCaskill -- and Dems -- push for House action.
A truck struck a woman Monday morning on Broadway at Southwest Boulevard, pinning her ankle under a tire. The accident occurred about 10:30 a.m. as the woman tried to cross Broadway from east to west. A northbound heavy-duty pickup truck struck her.
A statue of a pioneer woman at the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence was apparently stolen over the weekend.
After he resisted and struggled with police, an officer used a stun gun against his shoulder.