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'A lively time' for the city of Gardner

Back in 1863, William Quantrill's band of guerillas passed through Gardner, Kan. , on the way to burn down Lawrence.

Three Kansas students advance in spelling bees

KANSAS Three students advance in spelling beesThree excellent spellers are moving on to represent the Kansas side of the metropolitan ...

Politics

Kansas tax plan creates questions

Feb 13, 10:57 PM

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants your trust. He’s asking you to give up some of your most cherished tax credits and deductions. In return, he’s promising to lower your income taxes.

Columnists

Alan Bavley | Numbers make you wonder

Feb 10, 9:01 AM

How is a proposed oil pipeline like a cancer research center? They both come with glowing predictions of bountiful jobs and economic development — predictions that may come from the very same people.

C.W. Gusewelle

In literary Paris, a light goes out

On the left bank of the Seine in Paris, just across the river from the Cathedral of Notre Dame, there’s a unique little store that is as much a shrine as it is a place of commerce.

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Mary Sanchez

It’s 2012 and we’re still debating birth control?

Oh, dear, what is that baying? It sounds like the religious right has let slip the dogs of culture war. Listen to Pat Buchanan: “In forcing the (Catholic) Church to violate its own principles, Obama has committed an act of federal aggression, crossing the line between church and state to appease his ACLU and feminist allies, while humiliating the Catholic bishops.”

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Mingle Your KC in photos

Community Faces | Monster Truck Jam: Saturday

Feb 13, 5:15 PM

A huge crowd turned out for Saturday afternoon's show at the Sprint Center.

Community Faces | Dead Girl Derby: Night of the Loving Dead 3

Feb 12, 11:15 PM

The Dead Girl Derby women's roller derby team opened its third season with a sold-out match Sunday night at Riverside's River Roll Skate Center. The Royal Pains were matched against the Shotgun Sheilas. The Deadly Sirens took on the Lovely Lethals.

Community Faces | Sunday at Naka-Kon in Overland Park

Feb 13, 11:04 AM

Fans of Japanese animation, or anime, flocked to the Overland Park Convention Center as Naka-Kon ended its three-day run Sunday. The convention celebrates the influence anime has in the Midwest and around the globe by educating people about the many diverse facets of popular and traditional Japanese culture.

Community Faces | SPCA builds pet shelters

Feb 11, 4:28 PM

The Humane Education Resource Officer (HERO) program of the Heartland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals invited volunteers to its Merriam medical center on Saturday to help build 25 doghouses for pets in need.

Community Faces | Friday at Naka-Kon in Overland Park

Feb 12, 8:48 PM

Fans of Japanese animation, or anime, flocked to the Overland Park Convention Center as Naka-Kon began its three-day run Friday. The convention celebrates the influence anime has in the Midwest and around the globe by educating people about the many diverse facets of popular and traditional Japanese culture.

Jackson & Cass Counties

Metropolitan Community College begins classes in Cass County

Feb 13, 10:41 PM

For the first time, Metropolitan Community College is offering instruction in Cass County that could result in an associate degree.

Courts struggle with spike in cases of child abuse, neglect

Feb 11, 10:31 PM

In courts on both sides of the state line, judges and social workers are facing a grim puzzle: What’s behind a spike in the number of child abuse and neglect cases?

Northland

Semi involved in wreck that injured pregnant woman is located

Feb 13, 4:19 PM

Authorities in Kansas have found the semi-trailer that was involved in a two-vehicle wreck last week south of Olathe.

Gunman robs bank in KC, North

Feb 13, 4:24 PM

A gunman robbed a Northland bank today and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to federal authorities.

Watchdog

The Watchdog | Prairie Village panache puzzles new resident

Feb 13, 12:21 AM

Joanna Harbison is new to the area and wonders about the unusual overhead street sign that northbound Nall Avenue drivers see as they approach 95th Street in Johnson County. It’s blue and white with “a sort of round, flower-shaped” design, the Overland Park resident said. “Since most street signs are green, what does this mean?”

The Watchdog | Caught on camera at broken light

Feb 11, 9:52 PM

Northland reader Greg Bausch reports that he once sat through several traffic light changes while waiting for a left-turn signal light to turn green at Vivion Road and North Oak Trafficway.

Wyandotte & Leavenworth

More than 100 dentists will provide free care to those in need in KCK

Feb 13, 12:24 AM

More than 100 other dentists — along with 1,300 dental hygienists, nurses and other volunteers — will set up shop in a vacant Walmart in Kansas City, Kan., for Kansas Mission of Mercy, a giant free dental clinic for adults and children that has been held at different venues across the state every year since 2003.

Google to start hanging Internet cables today in KCK

Feb 6, 12:54 AM

Google Inc. will begin construction today in Kansas City, Kan., on its long-awaited, much-coveted ultrafast Internet service. The company planned to make the announcement this morning in a blog post by Kevin Lo, the Google executive heading up the project.

Nation and World

Obama's budget would shrink annual deficits, but national debt still explodes

Feb 13, 6:52 PM

President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget would shrink annual deficits over 10 years, but it would fall far short of taming the nation's exploding federal debt.

Washington gov signs gay marriage bill into law

Feb 14, 2:42 AM

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure that makes Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage, but opponents almost immediately filed a referendum to challenge the new law, meaning voters likely will have the final say.

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  • Arrowhead anxiety: Turnover off the field causes concern Secrecy, intimidation, fear and a watchful eye have become hallmarks of working for the Chiefs, say some current and former employees.
  • The altar boys' secret A three-part series based on two new lawsuits that capture the turmoil that has occurred in many lives ever since allegations first began coming to light about abuse by priests three decades ago.
  • Bad medicine Kansas and Missouri doctors with long histories of malpractice payments often go undisciplined by the states' licensing boards, The Star found. Following our report, the government closed the database to the public. After protests, it was reopened, but with new limits.
  • The Joplin tornado When an EF-5 tornado cut through Joplin on May 22, thousands suffered. Read their stories and more from our comprehensive coverage of the devastating tornado.
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