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Kansas center Jeff Withey had a game-high 25-points in the Jayhawks' 68-54 win over Baylor.

TONY GUTIERREZ | The Associated Press

Kansas center Jeff Withey had a game-high 25-points in the Jayhawks' 68-54 win over Baylor.

Kansas pounds Baylor, moves into tie with MU

Feb 9, 2:15 AM

Kansas coach Bill Self rolled out some eye-opening superlatives after his Jayhawks thumped sixth-ranked Baylor 68-54 on Wednesday, a few days after the Jayhawks suffered a crushing defeat at Missouri. The win returned Kansas to first place, where it resides with Missouri.

Maggie Meier goes from death's door to the basketball court

Feb 9, 2:13 AM

Three years after having her life thrown into chaos by a rare brain infection, Maggie Meier is back on the basketball court at Blue Valley Northwest, a versatile role player on a team that reached the Kansas 6A state tournament last season. The illness, the hospital stay and the hundreds of pills are just distant memories now, some blurrier than others.

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The arts thrive in unexpected places

Feb 8, 5:03 PM

The arts scene in Johnson County is both emerging and surging. It is occurring quietly in tiny and private suburban corners, like basement studios, and on a large, public scale, as evidenced by the growth of venues like the Epsten Gallery, part of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art and Village Shalom, and of the Nerman, whose collection recently grew to 1,000 pieces.

Steve Rose | Johnson County leads the metro area's economy

Feb 8, 9:56 AM

Johnson County's economy in 2010 was as bad as we have ever experienced, but now there is reason to be optimistic. That is according to Doug Davidson, president of the Johnson County Economic Research Institute, where Davidson has been an economist for 22 years.

Local

Union Station ends another year in the black

Feb 9, 1:20 AM

Union Station finished out a second year with an operating surplus, underscoring the financial turnaround for the historic depot that was on the brink of disaster as recently as 2009. The success was attributed largely to the popularity of the Princess Diana exhibit and to rent payments from tenants such as the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Internal Revenue Service.

Mary Sanchez | Backlash against Kobach on immigration is growing

Feb 9, 1:15 AM

Backlash built this week against Kris Kobach for gallivanting state-to-state, drumming up support for laws bent on driving illegal immigrants out. But the rebukes aren’t coming from his usual critics. Supporters of the Kansas secretary of state are barking back now.

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Community Faces | March for Babies Corporate Kickoff

Feb 8, 9:49 AM

The Greater Kansas chapter of the March of Dimes welcomed national and local sponsors to the Overland Park Marriott as the organization kicked off their 2012 campaign to recruit walkers and sponsors for this year’s March for Babies.

Community Faces | Daddy-daughter night at Cinderella’s Ball

Feb 6, 2:04 PM

The Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department held its 12th annual date night Friday at the Shawnee Civic Centre, with dinner, dancing, and music.

Your Photos | How do you picture love?

Feb 8, 1:25 PM

Children, chocolate, pets, friends — what says "love" to you? Valentine’s Day is coming up soon, and we want to see what love looks like. Take a look at reader submissions, and send us your own. The deadline for print publication has passed, but it's never too late to add to the online gallery.

Community Faces | Go Red For Women Red Dress Dash

Feb 4, 12:26 AM

The American Heart Association’s Midwest affiliate invited women and men to don red dresses Friday evening for a short dash across the Plaza. The event marked National Wear Red Day, held to raise awareness of women’s heart disease.

Community Faces | MDA Muscle Walk

Feb 5, 1:44 PM

Arrowhead Stadium’s indoor club level was the site of Saturday morning's Muscular Dystrophy Association benefit, co-hosted by KCTV5 anchor Matt Stewart and former Chiefs cheerleader Shanna Hilt.

Crime Scene

More students accuse Grain Valley teacher of sexual abuse

Feb 9, 1:28 AM

Four new victims have reported sexual abuse allegations against an already accused Grain Valley elementary school teacher, prompting authorities to file additional felony charges Wednesday. Matthew H. Nelson, 33, now faces eight felony charges.

Business

Debate over Internet piracy exposes deep divisions

Feb 8, 11:25 PM

The recent fight over two bills aimed at cracking down on online piracy threw a spotlight on the conflict between the Internet industry and the media giants of Hollywood and New York. Now the challenge is for the two sides to find common ground on how to combat the piracy problem — but they can’t even come to terms on how big a problem it is.

Demonstrations to protest conditions at Apple’s China factories

Feb 8, 11:17 PM

Protesters plan to descend on Apple stores around the world on Thursday to protest labor conditions in the company's manufacturing facilities in China. The issue has become a thorny one for Apple after the factories that make its products experienced explosions in 2011 and worker suicides in 2010.

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Party Pics | Patrick Lentz Band at The Well

Feb 8, 10:58 AM

The Patrick Lentz Band was at The Well over the weekend playing its covers of today's hits.

Meet Annie Cherry and Damian Blake, Kansas City’s sweethearts

Feb 8, 10:58 AM

Around town, Annie Cherry and Damian Blake are known foremost as performers, and it can be easy to assume that all the on-stage hoopla is nothing more than choreographed chemistry. Except that it isn’t.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Grant Fletcher Prewitt is Canadian World War I flying ace Billy Bishop in the production of “Billy Bishop Goes to War.”

Susan Pfannmuller | Susan Pfannmuller//Special to Th

Grant Fletcher Prewitt is Canadian World War I flying ace Billy Bishop in the production of “Billy Bishop Goes to War.”

Robert Trussell | Theater and museum become allies to stage ‘Billy Bishop’

Feb 8, 10:18 PM

The new production of “Billy Bishop Goes to War,” directed by John Rensenhouse, is the second collaboration among the National World War I Museum, the Kansas City Actors Theatre and the UMKC Theatre Department. It starts Friday and runs through Feb. 26 in the museum's J.C. Nichols Auditorium.

CNN suspends Roland Martin for 'offensive' tweets

Feb 9, 4:31 AM

CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for "offensive" tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-gay.

Stargazing

Lifestyle

The interior of Mestizo, at 5270 W 116th Place in Leawood.

DAVID EULITT | The Kansas City Star

The interior of Mestizo, at 5270 W 116th Place in Leawood.

Review | Mestizo offers mixed Mexican cuisine with mixed results

Feb 9, 7:40 AM

“Mestizo opened in November, and after our late December visit I wasn’t too eager to go back, so I gave it a few more weeks,” Steve Paul writes in his review of the Leawood nuevo Mexican restaurant. After a second visit, “Things seemed to have improved quite a bit, though our experience of the food and the place remained somewhat short of stellar.”

Phuzzle | Rolling in style

Feb 7, 9:54 AM

The RV show was in town recently, and there were some fancy rigs on display. Check out the interior of this one, but don't get too distracted — you have to spot the differences in this week's photo puzzle.

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