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Burglary suspects fled from police tonight in a high speed chase through the Northland, ending when their vehicle crashed near Interstate 435 and Truman Road. Claycomo police were called to a home in the 200 block of Randolph Road about 7:40 p.m., when officers observed a man and woman exiting the residence and run to their car. They fled, exceeding 100 mph during the chase, police said.
FAYETTE, Mo. | A mid-Missouri man has received a four-year sentence for tampering with evidence in a 2008 murder case.
The pregnant woman killed Friday while she sat with her boyfriend in a parked car on Armour Boulevard was identified today as Ashley D. Thomas. Thomas, 25, of Kansas City was shot in the head, while sitting in her car parked in front of an apartment building at 1301 E. Armour Blvd. Her 19-year-old boyfriend remained in critical condition this evening, police said.
Two suspects have been taken into custody this afternoon after Kansas City police surrounded a northeast area apartment building in connection with a nearby robbery and fatal shooting. Police tactical officers converged on the building in the 3200 block of East 11th Street late this morning after witnesses told officers that suspects from the robbery and shooting may have gone into the building.
An Overland Park man is being treated for critical burns after a fire broke out this morning in his home.
Kansas City police are awaiting autopsy results to determine what caused the death of a man found this morning in a parking lot near Westport. Officers were called about 9:30 a.m. to the apartment building parking lot in the 4400 block of Jarboe Street. The man was found dead near a retaining wall and police said there were no obvious signs of foul play.
Two people were killed overnight in separate traffic crashes in Independence, and police say alcohol was probably a factor in both.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says a 20-year-old Independence man was killed in a Friday afternoon traffic crash in central Missouri.
TOPEKA | It's beginning to look a lot more like the holidays at the governor's mansion.
A Wichita man has been sentenced to six months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release for embezzling more than $335,000 from the pharmacy he managed.
Four persons were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at Kansas City police checkpoints overnight.
TOPEKA | Police are looking for a "person of interest" in a shooting last weekend in northeast Topeka that left one woman dead.
A pregnant woman died this evening after she was shot in midtown Kansas City, and rushed attempts to save her 9-month-old fetus failed.
A man was stabbed behind an abandoned school in Kansas City late Friday, police said.
A Lawrence man was charged this week in a hit-and-run accident on Oct. 16 that killed a 20-year-old bicyclist , Rachel Leek, who grew up in Olathe.
A Basehor man who pleaded guilty to sex charges involving children was sentenced today to 120 months in prison.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Ole Miss beat Kansas State 86-74 Friday night in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-off tournament.
A federal judge today sentenced three people who concocted a bizarre scheme to stage a sexual assault in Waldo to boost the payoff of a civil lawsuit.
WICHITA | Prosecutors are opposing a change of venue for the trial of the man who has publicly admitted killing George Tiller to save "unborn children."
Authorities returned to an Independence home today to search a backyard shed for more evidence in the Mohler child sex abuse case.
JEFFERSON CITY | A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
KENNETT, Mo. | A black school teacher who claimed white police officers abused and assaulted her agreed Friday to a plea deal convicting her of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
Former U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft said Friday that prosecuting terrorists in federal court in New York rather than a military tribunal jeopardizes the safety of Americans. At a news conference in Overland Park, Ashcroft, a former two-term Missouri governor and senator, said information coming out of a future trial could provide important intelligence to terrorists.
A major storm may affect the beginning of next week's holiday travel. This weekend looks cloudy but nice. And the sun should come out a bit Sunday.
A new on-ramp opened shortly before 2 p.m. today for motorists traveling from Levee Road to northbound Interstate 29/35. It is the fourth of 16 new ramps to open in connection with the Paseo Bridge project, which also includes the widening of I-29/35 northeast of the downtown loop.
Reality: 21,000 extra teens downtown — plus the massive buses that brought them here — means fewer spaces than usual for the rest of us to park. Suggestion: Pay attention to signs.
TOPEKA | The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld Benjamin Appleby’s murder conviction and Hard 50 prison sentence for killing Leawood teen Ali Kemp in 2002. But the court reversed a second conviction — and a 19-year sentence — for attempted rape, saying it would be unconstitutional to convict Appleby twice for the same offense.
Authorities today charged a teen who allegedly shot and killed 20-year-old Taylor Holman on a Midtown Kansas City street. Nathaniel A. Brown, 18, of Kansas City is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Sept. 13 homicide.
Buying art is Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art director Bruce Hartman’s favorite pastime. On Thursday he learned he can pick up the pace, thanks to a million-dollar gift from Johnson County philanthropist and art collector Mary Cohen.
A bystander called police after hearing a gunshot and seeing a man limping out of a Northeast area carwash stall Thursday afternoon. When officers arrived, according to their report, the victim said he had been shot in the knee but refused to say who shot him or why.
Facing a budget shortfall, the North Kansas City School District will decentralize its leadership and reduce the number of administrators in its central office, including top management positions. The school board approved the district office reorganization Thursday night at a special meeting called to address budget concerns.
Following an online media report that the University of Kansas was reviewing the performance of Athletic Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said today that no such review was underway.
TOPEKA | Labor officials say the Kansas unemployment rate declined to 6.4 percent in October, though an analyst cautions the job market remains weak.
LAWRENCE | The Lawrence Human Relations Commission has voted not to recommend adding gender identity to the city's anti-discrimination policy.
JEFFERSON CITY | A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor was sent to a mental hospital after her attorney said she showed signs of severe depression and anxiety.
Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon has been named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, the honor given to the best linebacker in college football.
If you were going to the Elton John and Billy Joel concert Dec. 1, hold on to those tickets. The Sprint Center show has been rescheduled to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
A dump truck driver was found dead Thursday afternoon after his truck veered off a rural, southwest Missouri highway and came to rest in a pond. The crash that killed Ronnie Kimbrough, 67, of Stella was discovered several hours after it happened on Missouri O near Stark City, according to a preliminary report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
An armed robber ran off with money from a Jackson County convenience store Thursday night — but his newfound wealth and freedom didn’t last long. Quick-acting Sheriff’s deputies caught him within two minutes of the 911 call, then took the stolen money back.
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.
Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings.
A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate.
Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
During his first 10 months in office, as global trade contracted sharply, President Barack Obama avoided pursuing free-trade pacts and limited his public moves on the trade front to high-profile and often politically popular retaliatory actions.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.
A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown.
A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said.
A low-pressure system that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico the past few days, bringing rain to the Gulf Coast, was expected to finally move inland into the Southeast on Sunday. This was likely to translate to widespread rain and even a few thunderstorms in the area even as the system weakens while moving toward the Southeast coast.
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.
A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.
Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.
The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed to be employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred.
When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.
In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.
Authorities say five male students have been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery after two ninth-grade girls were attacked at a Long Beach high school.
WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.
The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday to clear the way for consideration of historic legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, but reluctant Democratic moderates sent strong signals that the bill has an uncertain future.
Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.
The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.
Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.
Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.
A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.
A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
Authorities arrested a Sacramento fisherman Saturday in connection to shooting a sea lion in the head.
When Sarah Palin made her first trip to western Pennsylvania as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's fresh-faced running mate, the Arizona senator warned locals that she "doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down."
The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate.
A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said.
Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all.
Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George Krimsky sensed he had a sensational Cold War scoop on his hands and he pounced.
A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.
