Forget commuter rail along Interstate 35 in Johnson County for now.
The Airline History Museum at the Wheeler Downtown Airport did not have to search long for an appropriate place to conduct its first USO-style hangar dance.
Thursday’s winning numbers: •Missouri Pick 3 Midday: 8-0-3 Evening: 3-7-2 •Missouri Pick 4
For four years, Kansas City has limped along with a limited housing program. But a federal judge on Thursday may have signaled its return.
Kansas City’s historic Cliff Drive goes motor-free this weekend in a new program to encourage pedestrians, cyclists, pets, families and healthy lifestyles.
Eddie George said he didn’t plan the murder of his best friend’s mother, but he admitted that he was the one who stabbed her multiple times, killing her.
A fellow inmate noticed something different about Heather McBee on Wednesday. “You’re smiling,” she said.
OLATHE | An Olathe baby sitter appeared in court Thursday on a charge of child abuse. Suzanne Nicole Simpson, 24, was charged Tuesday after a 7-month-old boy was seriously injured while in her care on or about May 6, according to a court document. Simpson waived a reading of the charge against her, and a magistrate judge scheduled her next court appearance for Thursday.
OTTAWA, Kan. | Franklin County prosecutors have charged school superintendent Jim Reece of Ottawa with child abuse, aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation of a victim. The case involves a 14-year-old girl.
JEFFERSON CITY | Lawmakers begin the last day of the legislative session this morning amid maneuvering, bickering and delaying tactics that leave many of the biggest issues hanging in the balance.
The Overland Park City Council has approved tax incentives for two projects. The council voted this week to form Transportation Development Districts, or TDDs, for the projects that are planned north of Interstate 435 between Mission Road and Nall Avenue. Retailers in the districts will charge an additional 1 percent sales tax on purchases, with the proceeds used to pay for public and private infrastructure related to the developments. The revenue will fund a $2 million bridge over Indian Creek and...
Overland Park’s Mike Fitzpatrick wonders what’s going on at the Overland Park Marriott near Interstate 435 and Metcalf Ave. The entire building is covered with what looks like plastic.
Find yourself another highway if you need to use eastbound Interstate 435 through Overland Park late tonight or Saturday night.
Will Phill Kline run, or won’t he? Johnson County’s district attorney announced eight months ago that he would not be a candidate for the post this year. But with the June 10 filing deadline looming, some supporters are urging him to run.
Whether it was a matter of taste, business pragmatism or corporate shame, Hallmark supposedly opposed a public memorial to victims of the Hyatt skywalk collapse.
A Kansas City Star investigation into problems with auto airbags has won the Golden Wheel Award from the Detroit Press Club Foundation.
ST. JOSEPH | The Missouri Western State University Foundation on Thursday received the largest individual gift in the university’s history. Shopping center developer Steven L. Craig pledged a $5.5 million gift to support the creation of a school of business at Western, to be known as the Steven L. Craig School of Business.
State child-abuse workers repeatedly investigated the home of a Blue Springs girl who prosecutors say was groomed from age 12 to be a dominatrix and then sold for rough sex, the girl’s father said Wednesday.
TOPEKA | Kansas’ four-year universities want to raise tuition for the fall, some by more than 6 percent, frustrating some members of the Board of Regents.
King Solomon only ordered the baby split two ways. In response to Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s request to switch a defamation lawsuit by a former staff attorney from Jackson County to the capital, a judge has gone him three venues better.
