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Judges allow AG to join in redistricting case

May 24, 4:28 PM

Kansas’ Republican attorney general will be allowed to participate in a redistricting lawsuit, three federal judges ruled Thursday, but only to weigh in on fees lawyers will seek after the case ends.

Columnists

Joe Robertson | Evaluating teachers is tricky

May 24, 8:13 PM

Imagine all the complexities of your job reduced to a single measuring point. Imagine your score displayed with the click of a mouse to anyone in the world. “I felt my heart stopping,” said Alicia Herald, who spent two years as a teacher in Los Angeles.

C.W. Gusewelle

Jeans now tell us who wears the pants

The promotional material says the wearing of jeans projects authority, confidence and a willingness to live on the cutting edge. But when I read that, I do not find myself described.

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Mary Sanchez

‘Hate’ finally goes to prison

The term “rot in prison” was assigned a poster boy this week by an Arizona judge.

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Mingle Your KC in photos

Community Faces | Chance Myers autograph session

May 24, 10:05 AM

Sporting Kansas City defender Chance Myers was at the Kansas Sampler store in Mission on Wednesday for an autograph session.

Pets in need of loving homes

May 23, 12:50 PM

Meet Taffy, a playful and bright Lab mix who likes to play with toys. Find out more about Taffy and other pets in need of good homes in our gallery.

Community Faces | Van Halen fans in KC

May 24, 12:32 AM

Fans of the arena rockers Van Halen and R&B/funk band Kool & The Gang showed up in droves at the Sprint Center for this Tuesday night concert.

Community Faces | Taste of Kansas City

May 22, 1:08 PM

This annual Kansas City food and drink festival was Sunday in the Power & Light District with more than 20 restaurants offering samples. In addition, six chefs competed Iron Chef-style for the Gold Fork, with Chef Charles D’Ablaing of the Raphael Hotel taking the prize.

Community Faces | Dead Girl Derby: Mustache May-Hem

May 20, 10:57 PM

The Dead Girl Derby teams held its fourth match of the season Sunday evening at River Roll Skate Center. At halftime, there was a derby-style wedding for skater Ida Watchit and her fan man Yoshi.

Jackson & Cass Counties

The Bay, south Kansas City’s new aquatic center, opens Saturday

May 24, 6:02 PM

After years of feeling slighted, residents of the Hickman Mills/Longview area of southeast Kansas City have a public pool of their own.

DUI checkpoint planned at start of holiday weekend

May 24, 7:27 AM

The Independence Police Department traffic safety unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint and saturation patrol on Friday.

Northland

A priceless journey: Friend’s birthday poem turned into a children’s storybook to help those dealing with cancer

May 23, 1:04 PM

It began as a birthday present—a poem written by Laura Myer for her good friend Lori Lober, who at one time had been given only a 2 to 3 percent chance of living five years.

Susan Vollenweider | How Rube Goldberg gave me a precious memory

May 23, 1:02 PM

One thing stood between the lad and eighth grade. Some may call it a time-honored tradition or a rite of passage, but he knew that he must master it to achieve greatness.

Watchdog

The Watchdog | ‘Speed of lights’ seems slow near stadiums

May 23, 10:54 PM

When most of the interchange construction was finished where Interstate 70 meets Interstate 435 near the sports complex, south Kansas City resident John Kiesendahl wondered why some overhead lights were slow to come on.

The Watchdog | Relief may come for Penn Valley poles

May 22, 11:28 PM

If you look closely, you’re likely to see wildlife in the lush expanse of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park. Then there are the sitting ducks.

Wyandotte & Leavenworth

5 hurt, 20 displaced in KCK apartment fire

May 24, 1:15 AM

A two-alarm fire swept through a Kansas City, Kan., apartment building late Tuesday, injuring five people and displacing 20 residents. Firefighters pulled two of the injured people from their upper-floor apartment — one critically hurt and the other seriously injured.

Firefighters battle apartment fire in KCK

May 23, 9:47 AM

Firefighters late Tuesday night were battling a fire in Kansas City, Kan..

Nation and World

Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz

May 24, 6:37 PM

A New Jersey man who confessed to choking a 6-year-old New York City boy to death in 1979 was arrested on a murder charge on Thursday, police said, the first arrest in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement.

Brotherhood claims lead as Egypt vote count begins

May 25, 12:28 AM

The Muslim Brotherhood has quickly staked a claim for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him leading in Egypt's landmark presidential election to succeed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.

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Friday: Five things to do

  • Free Military Entrance to National Parks Begins
  • Sprint Family Fun Days
  • Various Free and/or reduced Cost Events
  • Downtown Art Fair
  • Rainbow Colored Creatures

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Special Reports & Projects

  • Boilermakers union leaders receive lofty pay, benefits An international union based in KCK rewards its officers with big pay and top-flight perks. The Boilermakers say they're just like other unions, but labor watchdogs disagree, asking: Should a nonprofit spend like that?
  • Arrowhead anxiety: Turnover off the field causes concern Secrecy, intimidation, fear and a watchful eye have become hallmarks of working for the Chiefs, say some current and former employees.
  • The altar boys' secret A three-part series based on two new lawsuits that capture the turmoil that has occurred in many lives ever since allegations first began coming to light about abuse by priests three decades ago.
  • Bad medicine Kansas and Missouri doctors with long histories of malpractice payments often go undisciplined by the states' licensing boards, The Star found. Following our report, the government closed the database to the public. After protests, it was reopened, but with new limits.
  • The Joplin tornado When an EF-5 tornado cut through Joplin on May 22, thousands suffered. Read their stories and more from our comprehensive coverage of the devastating tornado.
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