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February 12, 2015

• O’Hara boys basketball coach Mark Scanlon celebrates 600th victory
• This week in Kansas City: Barry Manilow, World of Wheels, Mardi Gras and many, many weddings
• Kansas City budget would freeze wages and produce layoffs, but it would boost Fire Department
• Missouri House approves ‘right to work’ bill and sends it to the Senate
• Jon Stewart on Kansas: ‘No place like homophobia’
• Kansas Senate panel hears arguments on bill lifting concealed-carry restrictions
• Famed Kansas City organist John Obetz dies at 81
• Court documents in Tamika Pledger case provide details of fatal KCK accident
• Blacks in Kansas City remain far behind whites in ‘equality index,’ report says
• $1 million winning Powerball tickets sold in Raytown and northeast Kansas
• New year brings same old wasteful border war over jobs
• Readers share views on targeting unions, Kansas, NASCAR
• Royals spent 11th-most money on free agents this offseason
• 88-year-old man threatens to charge the mound at fantasy camp
• Olympic champion Amy Van Dyken delivers inspirational message at WIN for KC ceremony
• Platte County woman accused of endangerment after 4-year-old drinks wine
• Water main break covers North Oak Trafficway with ice
• Police identify Kansas City woman killed in Northland vehicular accident
• Shawnee Mission School District announces four administrative hires
• James Shields introduced as newest Padre: ‘Colors look good on me’
• Artist creates Jumbotron portraits of famous Royals stars
• Man is convicted in killing outside Raytown education center
• Police make arrest in Overland Park homicide
• Tiger Woods says he won’t compete in tournaments again until his game is ready
• KC Star wins several first place awards in Missouri journalism contest
• Recall of Brownback is possible in theory, virtually impossible in practice
• Reward in 2010 KCK slaying grows to $15,000
• Roy Blunt to President Obama: 'What’s your plan?'
• Kansas Senate panel hears arguments on bill lifting concealed-carry restrictions
• Zacharias sees tough choices in dealing with county budget
• Police identify man killed in vehicle crash near Swope Park in Kansas City
• Filibuster complaints flip now that Senate control has changed (Updated)
• Midyear cut in funding puts Brownback, school districts at odds over use of reserve funds
• Police investigate shooting of woman in Independence
• F. Glenn Miller Jr. preliminary hearing still set for March 2
• Opening of another Ronald McDonald House will cut waiting list for anxious families
• Orman: politics ‘rigged’ for major parties
• Paul Davis re-emerges on Facebook, lashes out at Brownback
• Missouri man gets 11 years for impregnating young relative
• TheChat: Barry Grissom challenges Kris Kobach on voter fraud prosecutions
• Olathe’s Vanya Shivashankar is headed to national spelling bee for fourth straight year
• Royals purchase contract of Derek Gordon, Alex’s brother, from T-Bones
• Facility security gets a high-tech boost in Shawnee Mission School District
• Winning lottery numbers for Wednesday, Feb. 11, including Powerball
• Kansas City hosting the Folk Alliance International Conference this week
• Falling ethanol prices concern producers and corn growers
• Sprint, T-Mobile CEOs’ Twitter exchange takes comical turn
• Brightstar names next CEO, succeeding Sprint’s Marcelo Claure
• Bank of Blue Valley parent posts profit
• Now someone can manage your Facebook account after you die
• We’re out of luck: Winning Powerball tickets sold in Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico
• Royals, reliever Kelvin Herrera agree to two-year contract
• Kansas State rally comes up short in 76-72 loss at No. 21 West Virginia
• Kansas’ Perry Ellis nearing 1,000 career points
• KU basketball assistant Jerrance Howard suspended for two weeks after marijuana fine
• KU basketball assistant Jerrance Howard fined for marijuana misdemeanor
• KCMO Health Department temporarily closes two restaurants
• Restaurant & grocery store inspections for Feb. 12
• Missouri’s Wes Clark out for the season after elbow injury
• MU coach Kim Anderson calls emergency landing ‘a harrowing experience’
• Video: How to prune fruit trees