Construction students at two colleges and a high school are spearheading a project to make the southeastern Kansas community of Pittsburg a more welcoming place for hundreds of cross-country bicycle riders who stop in the city each year.
Jackson County authorities charged two more persons Thursday for their alleged role in a triple homicide last week in Independence.
Two Jackson County men are charged with first-degree murder in what officials describe as a home invasion for drugs and money that turned into a triple killing at an Independence residence early Friday morning.
A man suspected of shooting a woman in the head in a Grain Valley parking lot earlier this week apparently committed suicide after a police chase in San Diego.
With more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the country — many depending on end-of-year giving to keep their financials in the black — competition for your generosity can be fierce. And among the players, consumer advocates warn, could be scammers seeking creative ways to make a buck.
Five people including a child died after a fire broke out early Thursday at an apartment building in southwest Missouri, authorities said.
Start with a lawyer who became a U.S. senator.
Here’s how much Missouri Republicans oppose Obamacare. GOP lawmakers are reluctant to spend one dollar in state money for every 19-plus dollars of new federal money if that means expanding Medicaid eligibility in line with the president’s health care overhaul.
As fate would have it, Debbie Laidler and Kayla Kutz had known each other for years as soccer moms. As fate would have it, Debbie’s daughter, Katie, and Kayla’s son, Koy, were dating. As fate would have it, Kayla suffered a stroke that left her brain dead. And as fate would have it, Debbie, diagnosed with liver cancer, was on the transplant list at University of Kansas Hospital.
Richard Nash’s hefty 6-foot-1 frame towers over the baby fruit and nut trees planted on two plots at 29th Street and Highland Avenue. Even so, when this big man was first asked to care for the saplings this past summer, he worried the little trees might be more than he could handle.
