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The calling is gaining volume at Overland Park Bible college

You don’t know what happens at Kansas City College & Bible School, do you? For example, you may not know ...

Fixing sewage problem carries sticker shock

Preventing raw sewage from spilling into area streams is projected to cost $1.3 billion.

Columnists

Dave Helling | Past proves tax hikes aren’t automatic

May 16, 7:32 AM

For the most part, Kansas Citians are OK with higher taxes. But voters also want some specificity. What will the money go for? Will the tax eventually go away? And, most crucially, have you considered alternatives to taking more money from our pockets?

C.W. Gusewelle

Singing the praises of public television

One evening seven weeks ago, together in a distant city, my wife and I switched on the TV in our hotel room, thinking we might find a program to help pass the hours before sleep and our flight home the next morning. What we found wasn’t just a time killer but an unexpected joy.

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Mary Sanchez

A big step in the struggle for equal marriage rights

You would think that a president born to an interracial union in the 1960s would not need to undergo a tortuous “evolution” before expressing his support for same-sex marriage. But Barack Obama’s past reluctance also reflects what an awesome struggle it will take to secure marriage rights for all Americans.

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Mingle Your KC in photos

Community Faces | Village Crawfish Festival

May 13, 2:45 PM

This 11th annual festival, presented by the “Secret Order of Crawdaddies,” was held Saturday evening, outdoors at 72nd and Mission Road. The event was a benefit for the children’s charities Gillis and Kansas City Young Audiences.

Community Faces | Heritage Park Duathlon & Triathlon

May 13, 2:42 PM

About 300 athletes participated in Sunday morning’s duathlon and triathlon races at Heritage Park. Triathletes swam, cycled, and ran, while duathletes ran in two stages and cycled. The event’s proceeds benefited the Kansas City Blazers competitive swim team.

Community Faces | Rockfest 2012

May 15, 9:05 PM

Saturday at Penn Valley Park, in the shadow of the Liberty Memorial, radio station KQRC celebrated the 20th anniversary of Rockfest, the biggest outdoor festival in Kansas City and one of the biggest in the nation. This year's lineup featured 15 bands, including main-stage acts Chevelle, Slash, Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown.

Community Faces | Festival of Smoke at the Culinary Center of KC

May 12, 9:02 PM

This third annual Festival of Smoke, which educates attendees about smoking and grilling meat, was held Saturday at the Culinary Center of Kansas City in Overland Park and featured cooking demonstrations, live music, and a pork contest for the Culinary Center's chefs.

Community Faces | Mission Family Fun Festival Parade

May 12, 7:16 PM

The four-day Mission Family Fun Festival (formerly known as the Spirit of Mission Days) included a parade down Johnson Drive on Saturday morning.

Jackson & Cass Counties

South KC fire that killed father, two children believed to be accident

May 16, 12:00 PM

A father and his two children died early this morning when fire swept through their south Kansas City house. The children’s mother met arriving firefighters in the front yard outside the house near East 108th Street and Bennington Avenue. Police said the fire appears to be an accident. While they do not know the exact cause, police said it doesn’t look like arson.

Missouri driver killed at Valley Speedway

May 12, 9:47 PM

Sprint car racer Jeff Osborn died Friday night after his car hit a pole at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley.

Northland

Vietnam memorial wall to mark North Kansas City centennial

May 16, 9:47 AM

The traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is coming to North Kansas City.

Susan Vollenweider | Parenting: Got an app for that?

May 14, 12:21 PM

The coach took the device out of his pocket and flipped it with a flick of his wrist like he was turning a pancake. People standing around him looked down at the screen. One person said, “Heads!” and the ballgame began.

Watchdog

The Watchdog | Water bill is tough to swallow

May 11, 10:49 PM

Why pay for something you don’t use?

The Watchdog | New signs mark Chicago-KC route

May 9, 2:10 AM

Wait a doggone minute! This doesn’t look right to Allen Maty of Smithville. At Missouri 152 and Interstate 35 in Liberty he saw highway signs for Missouri 110. Above each was a “CKC” sign. “This is new to me. What exactly is Highway 110, and where does it go?”

Wyandotte & Leavenworth

Roof collapses in early morning fire that destroys vacant KCK house

May 15, 8:08 AM

Firefighters responding to an early morning fire found a vacant Kansas City, Kan., fully engulfed in flames.

Basehor man accused of hiring someone to kill his wife

May 15, 1:06 AM

A Leavenworth County man appeared in Kansas City federal court Monday to hear charges that he tried to hire a hit man to kill his wife. Prosecutors have charged Lee D. Smith, 37, of Basehor with agreeing to pay $1,800 for the murder, except the hit man was a police informant.

Nation and World

Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike

May 15, 7:12 PM

House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms to offset the increase.

UN team in Syria apparently stranded after attack

May 16, 5:12 AM

A team of international observers that came under fire in northern Syria was apparently stranded in the area overnight, and United Nations officials said Wednesday they hope to evacuate the group within hours.

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  • 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?
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