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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.