May 3
District honors streets that Harry Truman once roamed
Independence on Saturday will dedicate an expanded historic district where the president lived and learned.
May 3
JJ’s owner files suit against Missouri Gas Energy and three other companies
The other defendants are Heartland Midwest, Time Warner Cable Midwest and USIC Locating Services Inc. The lawsuit is the third filed since the Feb. 19 explosion.
May 2
Details of LP’s plight emerge as Missouri releases records on girl locked in closet
More than 1,000 pages of court records, medical reports and caseworkers’ notes reveal tragic details in a case that riveted this community for months and caused child advocates and state lawmakers to demand more openness.
May 2
Kansas gun law is under fire
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently wrote to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, saying the new law conflicts with the U.S. Constitution by potentially putting federal authorities in a legal bind.
May 2
To avert layoffs, public defender retires early
Hoping to spare his colleagues from the sequester, Ray Conrad — who has led the office for three decades — steps down.
May 2
For some downtown KC streets, it’s time for a change in direction
To reduce confusion and improve traffic circulation, the city is changing some one-way streets to two-way traffic. “The primary motivation is threefold: easier access, traffic calming and local business support,” said Rick Hughes, the president and CEO of the Greater Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association.
May 2
Some in Missouri hesitate on planned gun amendment
In pushing new state constitutional protections for gun rights, Missouri lawmakers have managed to stir fear they could also inadvertently cause a flood of lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of current criminal laws regulating gun possession.
May 2
Independence man is charged with sex crimes against girl
Morgan Lee Littleton, 31, so dominated his household that he insisted everyone call him “master,” according to criminal charges.
May 2
Art museums get new chairwomen of their boards
Shirley Helzberg adds Nelson-Atkins to her long list of leadership posts, and a Kemper daughter steps into her father’s shoes at museum.
May 2
MU’s first African-American professor dies at age 82
History professor Arvarh Strickland started his career at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1969, a time when the nonviolent resistance portion of the civil rights movement had begun spreading across the country. Today, MU has 57 African-American faculty members.
May 2
Man gets life sentence in killing of college student at KC apartment
Marcus D. Smith, 31, of Kansas City, North, was also sentenced to prison terms of 15 years for unlawful use of a weapon and 50 years for each of two counts of armed criminal action. Smith was found guilty in February by a Clay County jury of the Aug. 16, 2011, slaying of Samir Clark.
May 2
Leavenworth woman is convicted of child endangerment and drug charges
Elizabeth Michaud pleaded no contest to charges that she abandoned her baby in a stroller and possessed illegal drugs.
May 1
Olathe student is Kansas winner of Doodle 4 Google competition
On Wednesday, Brendan Porter, a senior at Olathe North High School, was named the Kansas winner for his underwater-themed doodle. He was honored during a class assembly. His artwork will displayed with the other 49 state winners in a special exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
May 1
Revenues up in Kansas, sales tax prospects down
Strong tax revenue figures for April could be the last straw for already struggling efforts to extend a higher sales tax in Kansas. But Gov. Sam Brownback and the Republican-led state Senate aren’t buying.
May 1
Don’t be fooled by recent warmth — winter hasn’t left the area
Last year winter barely showed up. This year it won’t go away. It’s more than a month into spring, and National Weather Service forecasts for Thursday are predicting ... you guessed it, cold temperatures, rain and maybe even a little snow mixed in.
May 1
Court-martial begins for Cass County soldier charged with murder
Justin Cannon, 22, an Army specialist who had been deployed to Afghanistan, is charged with premeditated murder in the death of Michael Griggs, whose body was found in Truman Lake.
May 1
Blue Springs couple killed in KC parking lot fight
The couple was involved in a fight in the parking lot Monday night when one of their rivals pulled a gun and opened fire. The victims’ children were inside a vehicle nearby.
May 1
Shauntay Henderson loses appeal in KC manslaughter case
Henderson, once one of the FBI’s top fugitives, contended that her lawyer should have called another witness at her 2009 trial in the death of DeAndre M. Parker. Appeals judges found that the testimony would not have changed the trial’s outcome.
May 1
Suspect freed after Northland toddler’s death ruled accidental
The Kansas City, North, man told authorities a bookcase fell on Quentin C. Oliver. Dallas J. Bogard still faces an assault charge.
May 1
Court allows KC attorney once accused of murder to practice law once again
Richard Buchli II sought the return of his law license after prosecutors announced that they no longer would prosecute him for his law partner’s death. Judges had thrown out all evidence against Buchli after hearing complaints that prosecutors had failed to turn over some evidence to his attorney.
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