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The first phase of a paycheck audit neared completion Monday, with the Kansas City School District reporting that it did not expect to uncover more errant checks.
Tony Gonzalez may not play football in Kansas City anymore, but a piece of him remains here. As everyone knows, Gonzalez now lives in Atlanta, where he plays tight end for the Atlanta Falcons. But Gonzalez still operates his business, Extreme Clean 88, out of Lenexa.
Lorraine Grayson’s neighbors described the 77-year-old woman as a “beautiful person” — kind, generous and like a mother to the 3400 block of Jackson Avenue. They were appalled to learn that one of their own was charged in her violent death, but elated on Monday when that man was convicted.
Kansas City’s widely dispersed population and auto-oriented development are doing no favors for pedestrian safety. A study released Monday ranked the Kansas City area as the 20th most dangerous place for pedestrians nationwide.
Randy Knight, a spokesman for the Johnson County Park and Recreation District, said the first phase of the park’s deer harvest has ended and the herd will be surveyed later this month to determine whether more deer should be killed.
KANSAS CITY | Man found shot in vehicle A man was shot in a neighborhood east of Rockhurst University early Monday evening.
The Kansas City Police Crime Lab must correct 13 essential shortcomings or risk losing its accreditation, according to an inspection report. Auditors found instances in which the lab failed to handle criminal evidence according to standards set by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.
Monday’s winning numbers: •Missouri Pick 3
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ATCHISON COUNTY | Woman may have been abducted Authorities are looking for a woman feared to have been taken from her rural Atchison County home.
When is a tree that acts like a tree not a tree at all? When it’s a metal tower that absorbs, transforms and stores carbon dioxide and is made by two teenage math and science whizzes as a research project on climate change.
ST. LOUIS | Chuck DeProw had job offers from the Police Department and the U.S. Steel plant in Granite City. He chose the higher-paying factory job because he needed the money.
WICHITA | When kids at Truesdell Middle School hustle to class in the morning, they do it to “The Hustle.” North High students speed up when they hear the “William Tell Overture.”
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt | China’s premier on Sunday promised $10 billion in new low-interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing’s motives in Africa are far from altruistic. Wen Jiabao’s promise at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit was warmly received by African leaders and officials.
The spider The spider that’s crossing
Nice try, Mr. Defense Attorney. The pitch last week in a Johnson County court was for judicial leniency in regard to a young woman’s addiction. Cut the $100,000 bond in half, went the lawyer’s plea. Let her drug treatment continue.
Angi Hejduk has taken a common dilemma of parenting and created a nonprofit program that has helped more than 600 area youths already this year. And this week the Give What You Got program is launching a donation drive called Happy Bottoms in hopes of collecting 7,000 diapers in seven days.
COLUMBIA | Tour of Missouri organizers are seeking host cities for the 2010 race. Whether the race can collect enough money to hold its fourth annual event remains unclear.
Kyle Snow marched out onto Laws Field in Eudora on a recent Friday night. He wasn’t wearing a band uniform.
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