As Kansas City, Kan., Detective Susan Brown lay inside an ambulance two years ago, wounded from a shooting at Kansas Speedway, she heard a colleague say a prayer.
The northbound lanes of U.S. 169, north of the Broadway Bridge in Kansas City, are closed because of a wreck that critically injured a driver.
CLAYTON, Mo. | First-degree murder charges are filed in the October shooting death of a suburban St. Louis police officer.
Kansas City police arrested a murder suspect Tuesday night who allegedly was carrying the murder weapon in his pocket.
A 23-year-old woman escaped injury Tuesday night when someone shot out the window directly behind her as she played a computer game in her home office in south Kansas City.
TOPEKA | The Kansas attorney general's office is asking a federal court to dismiss Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s lawsuit against the state for denying an air quality permit it needs to build two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.
The Unified Government in Wyandotte County has thrown The Woodlands under the state’s gambling bus. The city’s lobbying priorities for next year, recently and unanimously adopted by UG commissioners, include opposition to any rekindling of the statewide debate on casino gambling that some hope would lead to a reopening of the pari-mutuel dog and horse racing track that closed in August.
Some Kansas City Council members are outraged at the funding allocation they may get from the state of Missouri to help deal with the foreclosure crisis.
Tow truck owners and their attorneys turned out in force today to oppose proposed regulations against predatory towing practices.
A Kansas City police officer suffered a cut to her head during a scuffle this morning with an alleged shoplifter at a Wal-Mart store. She needed 20 to 30 stitches to close the wound, police said.
ABILENE, Kan. | An Abilene child care center has been closed after video footage showed toddlers tied to chairs, one child flung against a wall and another child stuck under a sink for not being quiet during nap time.
Douglas County prosecutors today charged a woman with 10 counts related to a Tuesday burglary and police chase in which she allegedly hit a Lawrence officer with her vehicle.
A Blue Springs man was charged with second-degree robbery for a purse snatching early this morning in Lee’s Summit.
A southwest Missouri husband and wife are accused of smoking marijuana and watching pornography with their teenage son.
A site in Manhattan, Kan., has emerged as the top contender following an intensive examination by federal officials reviewing more than two dozen locations across the country for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, according to documents obtained by The Kansas City Star.
State lawmakers have been told that the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System lost almost 27 percent of its value in 2008, a record decline.
Temperatures will stay in the 30s the next few days.
Firefighters responded early this morning to a report of a fire in a flue at International Paper Co.
Kansas City’s Public Safety and Neighborhoods Committee will hold a public hearing today concerning a proposed ordinance prompted by complaints about towing of parked cars downtown.
The economy is taking a toll on local governments, including the largest county government in Missouri.
By the time Missouri had thrown in its final basket of a 95-41 win against the Big 12’s favorite patsy — 0-6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff is now 0-4 at Big 12 arenas this season — well, whatever little had been ailing the Tigers was not causing further consternation.
A possible reward of $11,000 is now available for information leading to an arrest in the Nov. 5 slaying of Cara Jo Roberts in Harrisonville.
There's a good chance of snow tomorrow, but we might not get much in KC. Those farther north could get an inch or more. High 38.
A 27-year-old Raytown man was charged today in connection with an October shooting that left another man wounded.
Crews are expected to complete repairs on a 4-inch water main break in the Northland by this evening’s rush hour.
RICHMOND, Va. | A federal appeals court in Virginia is considering whether a Kansas church was protected by the First Amendment when it protested at a soldier’s funeral.
A bullet smashed through an ATA bus window this afternoon and grazed a rider, Kansas City police said.
A man who was working at Kansas Speedway the evening an off-duty police detective was shot testified this morning that he took refuge in a vault as two would-be robbers tried to break in.
A U.S. District Court judge in Kansas has issued a stay in the scheduled execution of an Army soldier convicted of murders and rapes in the 1980s.
The budget adviser for Gov.-elect Jay Nixon said Missouri was heading for a $340 million shortfall. And that means midyear spending cuts are likely.
Dave Christensen, the architect of the offense that vaulted Missouri back to national prominence and helped make quarterback Chase Daniel the school's first Heisman Trophy finalist, is the new head coach at Wyoming.
A Harrisonville teacher and assistant football coach faces two sexual assault charges in Illinois. Harrisonville-Cass school district officials said today they are investigating allegations against Geoff Dalton and cooperating with law enforcement.
Olathe citizens can use a new internet site to see what crimes are happening throughout the city, police said this morning.
An 8-year-old Shawnee girl who choked Monday when her necklace got caught as she jumped off a bunk bed is expected to make a full recovery, police this morning.
Kansas City police have identified a gunshot victim who died this morning as Amir A. Muhammad, 21, of Kansas City.
Overland Park police are looking for a lone gunman who robbed an Overland Park bank about 9:20 a.m. this morning.
Federal regulators have renewed the operating license for Kansas' only nuclear power plant through 2045.
The former chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for violating probation on a pornography conviction.
There could be an inch of snow on Wednesday.
The show is April 2 at the Sprint Center. The presale is on right now; it ends at 10 p.m. Friday.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says an opposition plan to topple his government is a threat to Canada's democracy.
Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to make concessions to the struggling Detroit Three, including all but ending a much-derided program that let laid-off workers collect up to 95 percent of their salaries.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Thursday, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Watching Antonio Pierce in the New York Giants linebacker meeting on Wednesday morning, fellow linebacker Danny Clark didn't sense anything was wrong.
Treasury yields, some of the most sensitive barometers of investor sentiment, keep dropping to new record lows as a torrent of bad economic news continues. But as investors send yields down, they're also influencing the economy - driving interest rates so low that savers get punished and borrowers get a break.
Flyers center Danny Briere will be sidelined four to five weeks with a severe groin strain.
Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three.
A group of managers and employees has won an auction to buy Lehman Brothers Holdings' prized investment management unit, which includes the Neuberger Berman money management business.
The Atlanta Falcons expect Grady Jackson to be available for Sunday's game at New Orleans after the defensive tackle was not one of the players suspended by the NFL for violating the league's anti-doping policy.
The Minnesota Vikings' Kevin and Pat Williams have gone to court to block their suspensions for violating the NFL's anti-doping policy.
Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data.
In golf terms, prize money on the PGA Tour could be going from a birdie to even par - at best.
The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver.
A season after finishing one game shy of the Super Bowl, the San Diego Chargers are only one game better than the Oakland Raiders.
The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels.
Financial industry lobbyists are urging the Treasury Department to take steps to lower mortgage rates and help stabilize the battered U.S. housing market.
Search teams slogged up a muddy, densely-wooded mountainside on Wednesday to locate a small plane with three people on board - including two American tourists - that crashed into a fog-shrouded forest east of Puerto Rico's capital.
His future in doubt, Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage is moving ahead with plans for 2009 without knowing if he'll be around to see them through.
With little fanfare and even less to say, Michelle Wie took an important first step Wednesday toward earning an LPGA Tour card by opening with a 3-under 69 in the 90-hole qualifying tournament.
This has to be the best week in the history of Cincinnati Bearcats football.
Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers says the school is negotiating a contract extension with Mike Leach, amid reports that the Red Raiders coach has met with the University of Washington about the Huskies' top job.
The New York Giants expect Antonio Pierce to play in Sunday's game against Philadelphia while the team gathers information on the linebacker's involvement in a shooting that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress.
Joe Sakic thought long and hard about returning for a 20th NHL season after missing 38 games following hernia surgery last year.
The Dallas Cowboys will get a better idea Sunday what Tony Romo's return from a broken pinkie has done for their Super Bowl hopes.
A prosecutor alleged Wednesday that Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry his estranged wife - the singer's sister - was dating another man.
The country's economic picture has darkened further as Americans hunkered down heading into the holidays, forcing retailers to ring up fewer sales and factories to cut back on production.
The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four men charged in the October stabbing death of a college student, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
Dustin Pedroia has a Rookie of the Year award, an MVP, a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger and, of course, a World Series ring. And now he's got the big-bucks contract befitting one of the most decorated young players in baseball. The Red Sox second baseman, who earned $457,000 last season while winning the AL Most Valuable Player award, agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract that could keep in Boston through at least 2014.
The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans.
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