June 19
Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts
Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks.
June 18
Pie Five Pizza Co. to enter the market with an Overland Park location
The Pie Five Pizza Co. — which sells individual pizzas made to order and cooked in five minutes — has picked a place for its first area location. Pie Five plans to open later this summer at 13366 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park.
June 18
Man goes on forklift joyride, runs over worker at Kansas business
Police are looking for a man who broke into a south Wichita business, took a joyride on a forklift and ran over one of its employees at approximately 1:50 a.m. Tuesday.
June 18
Afghan Taliban claim they killed 4 US troops
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war.
June 18
Kansas Department of Education says Legislature's school funding is $650 million short
June 18
Former soldier wants custody of child he conceived with 14-year-old Missouri girl
A central Missouri couple is concerned that a former soldier will be granted visitation or custody of the child he conceived with their 14-year-old daughter.
June 18
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.
June 18
Clay County jury finds Missouri man guilty in Cole Camp murders
The death penalty is recommended for Robert Blurton in the 2009 deaths of Donnie and Sharon Luetjen and the Luetjens’ teenage granddaughter, Taron Luetjen.
June 18
Athletic director Tim Hall leaving UMKC
UMKC has made several moves in its athletic program in the last few months, and the person who orchestrated them is on the move himself. Athletic director Tim Hall is leaving to take a similar position at Maryland-Baltimore County.
June 18
Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship
A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy.
June 18
KC-based firm Populous to design new arena in Las Vegas
The Kansas City architectural firm Populous will work on a 20,000-seat project that is being co-developed by AEG, the Los Angeles-based operator of the Sprint Center, and MGM Resorts International.
June 18
Obama hints Bernanke likely to leave Fed in January
President Barack Obama has given the clearest signal yet that Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely leave the Federal Reserve when his term ends in January.
June 18
Some KU basketball games will air on Metro Sports under new deal with Time Warner
KU athletics and IMG College, which holds multimedia rights for KU sports, announced Tuesday a long-term television partnership with Time Warner Cable Sports to distribute 300 hours of original KU sports programming annually, including live games, other coverage and replays. That means KU men’s basketball games carried by Jayhawk Television and aired on KSMO-TV Channel 62 in Kansas City last season will move to Metro Sports. Last season, Jayhawk Television aired six KU basketball games, including two exhibitions.
June 19
Missouri adds Mark Phelps as assistant basketball coach
Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith announced the hiring of former Drake coach Mark Phelps as an assistant Tuesday. “I had some other opportunities and this was, by far, an absolute no-brainer,” Phelps said. “I would have run to Missouri on two feet for the opportunity.”
June 18
Wrongful-death lawsuit filed in fatal fall from party bus
The lawsuit was filed in Wyandotte County District Court against Midnight Express, a company recently ordered by federal regulators to cease operation because of allegedly unsafe practices. The suit also names the company’s three operators and the driver of the bus. It was filed on behalf of the infant daughter of 26-year-old Jamie Frecks.
June 18
Dish Network fails to meet Sprint Nextel’s bid deadline
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 Dish’s “best and final offer” after rejecting an earlier proposal from Dish as one it could not act on.
June 17
K-State grad student sentenced for crash that killed 2
A Kansas State University graduate student has been sentenced to 60 days in jail plus three years' probation for head-on crash that killed two people last year.
June 18
McCaskill endorses Hillary Clinton presidential effort
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, an early backer of Barack Obama in 2008, on Tuesday announced her backing of Ready for Hillary, a group encouraging the former secretary of state to run for president in 2016.
June 18
Joco lawyer is Kansas House speaker’s new legislative director
Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick has hired an attorney in the secretary of state’s office as his new legislative director.
June 18
Mizzou golf course to be named for former curator
An $8.3 million contribution has earned a former University of Missouri curator naming rights for the school’s golf course at a Columbia country club.
June 18
Lawrence officials take aim at bed bug problem
Lawrence officials are taking aim at a bed bug problem that’s emerging at apartment complexes with new rules allowing the city to tell people how and when to exterminate the critters.
June 18
Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson
Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.
June 18
KC terrorist supported plan to bomb New York Stock Exchange, FBI tells Congress
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.
June 17
Oak Grove couple sentenced for $800K in tax refund fraud
An Oak Grove couple will go to prison for a scheme that netted them about $800,000 in federal income tax refunds they didn't deserve.
June 18
Lansing looking for minimum security inmate
The Kansas Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Paul D. Cohagen was discovered missing from the prison Monday evening.
