How and why is still a mystery, but a missing elderly Garnett, Kan., couple headed to Illinois has been found in upper Michigan. They were found in Mio, Mich. 410 miles north of Dwight, Ill., their original destination.
Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu that it's hoping will eventually be hit with its core audience - young men. The menu represents the first products to stem from Taco Bell's announcement in April that it would work to provide more balanced options. Fast-food chains across the industry have been touting healthy new eats in hopes of losing their junk food image.
On the surface, the antiquated gravel track and absence of field amenities at Penney High School in Hamilton, Mo., make baffling what blossomed from here earlier this month in Eugene, Ore: Lindsay Vollmer, a sophomore at Kansas whose hometown training hinged on what she playfully called strange stuff, won the NCAA heptathlon championship to help stake the Jayhawks to the first womens national title in school history.
Jennifer Kerr was looking for a way to improve her family’s future in 2009 when she decided an education at Vatterott College would be her key. But the Lee’s Summit single mother said the college deceived her. A Jackson County jury found in favor of Kerr and found that Vatterott Educational Centers Inc. had violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
One of Johnson Countys stellar students, Olathe Northwest High School's Cassie Wang is now headed to Harvard, but Harvard is getting more than a scholar. It is getting a philanthropist, an athlete and a young woman who is on a mission to make the world a better place.
A rare bullpen hiccup and a base-running blunder Tuesday kept Kansas City from climbing above .500 and instead dumped them back into third place in the American League Central Division as the Royals lost 4-3 to the Indians on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
Former investigators on Wednesday called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.
Westport's Summer Beer Festival, presented by Sporting KC, took place in the street right outside the doors of McCoy's where patrons got to sample nearly 100 beers from 37 breweries.
Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder. The 67-year-old singer who has spent most of her life in the spotlight offered this advice to young artists on navigating the world of paparazzi attention: "You're screwed."
Federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who awaits sentencing in Missouri next month on terrorism-related charges, as part of the scheme, Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce told the House intelligence committee.
The commission is to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to pick a new commissioner who could swing the balance between a panel controlled by Mayor Mark Holland or one led by Ann Murguia, who lost to Holland in the April mayoral election. With finalists Don Budd and Nathan Barnes both delinquent in recent years, Holland said the commission should consider reopening the selection process.
LeBron James shrugged off a poor start and got 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game six of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
Tommy Thompson, health and human services secretary under President George W. Bush, and pharmacist Sarah Sellers said they founded the Working Group on Pharmaceutical Safety to ensure that all the medications taken by U.S. consumers are safe and effective.
The satellite television company blamed Overland Park-based Sprint and its revised agreement to be acquired by SoftBank Corp. Sprint had set the deadline for Dishs best and final offer after rejecting an earlier proposal from Dish as one it could not act on.
Kris Kobach is a menace to the passage of reasonable and necessary changes to immigration law. But Kobach is also a father and a husband. There is no condoning the actions of the nearly 300 people who stomped onto his private property Saturday for a protest.
Updated June 18: This woman is wanted for possession and distribution of dangerous drugs. If you have information about any of these fugitives, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (816-474-8477), go to KCCrimeStoppers.com, or text TIP452 plus message and send to 274637. All calls are anonymous.