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May 18, 2015

• High school results - May 17
• Some residents still displaced as Gov. Jay Nixon sees flood damage in Mosby, Mo.
• Report: Kansas job growth lags nation
• Sign or veto? Groups on all sides lobby Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on student transfer bill
• KC to consider expanding farmers market liquor sales
• Kansas Gov. Brownback says lawmakers working well on tax plan
• Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas lawmakers ‘working well’ on plans to raise taxes
• Jeb Bush: Gay marriage is not constitutional right
• Catcher Salvador Perez’s play makes needed rest a complicated issue for Royals
• Cold War missile site now a cozy underground home
• A Precious Moments Chapel and Barry Williams (aka Greg Brady) await visitors to Carthage and Branson
• Chiefs receiver Da’Rick Rogers reportedly reaches plea agreement in DUI case
• Rookie Sage Harold trying to make the Chiefs’ roster at loaded position, outside linebacker
• David Irving is grateful for opportunity to revive his football career with Chiefs
• NFL rules say Chiefs rookies Marcus Peters, Steven Nelson will have to miss next offseason workouts
• Two KC area counties listed among states’ most violent (with interactive maps)
• Beautiful outcasts: ‘Airline Highway,’ now on Broadway, celebrates fringe-dwellers
• Obama offers reasonable plan to reform police access to military-style gear
• KC man found guilty of murdering his 70-year-old grandmother
• Readers sound off on green energy, political ethics, texting shenanigans
• Therese Park: Sunny disposition says much about life
• Two-alarm blaze heavily damages Olathe T-shirt, trophy business
• KCK escapee surrenders to probation officer
• River recedes at Mosby; 12 houses badly damaged
• Fred Curls, last surviving founder of KC political club Freedom Inc., dies at 96
• KC man found naked by police stripped of his freedom for firearm violation
• Kansas City man charged in robbery of Commerce Bank in Brookside
• Sam Brownback and others in Kansas rush to disown ATM rule
• Broadway revival of ‘The King and I’ is impressive on all levels
• Passenger dies in single-car crash in Independence
• Another session, another disappointment when it comes to ethics reform in Jeff City
• Police identify man shot and killed at CoCo Key Water Resort
• Parts of Waco on lockdown after deadly biker gang shootout
• Oregonian who sought sex with two KC girls pleads guilty
• John Diehl voted for anti-sexting bill
• Miami Marlins hire manager whose only managing experience is with a high school team
• Officer cleared in fatal shooting of Gardner woman
• At Puppetry Arts Institute in Independence, you can see and make puppets
• Old ‘lunatic asylum’ is an informative museum in St. Joseph
• For Olathe teen, hospital service is a commitment — and a blessing
• One of the prettiest potties in the nation awaits visitors to Lucas
• Summer travel: Odd attractions in Missouri and Kansas
• When air travel was glorious: Airline museum at Wheeler Downtown Airport is a trip
• The devil is in the details in this Garden of Eden
• Calling all phone fans: The Museum of Independent Telephony has your number
• 5 food mashups to sample this summer in the Kansas City area
• Chicken-keeping kit kids finish in the money
• American Cancer Society to honor American Century, Stowers Institute
• Sprint Direct 2 You expands to consumers who switch to the carrier
• Under Armour pulls ‘Band of Ballers’ Iwo Jima shirts
• Wilson, Kansas, is egg-static about its giant Czech-themed egg
• Winning lottery numbers for Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17
• The Greyhound Hall of Fame keeps spirit of this fast-paced sport alive
• Remnants of German POW camp conjure Sunflower State’s WWII history
• Back to the future: All-Electric House in Shawnee shows 1950s’ dreams
• Enter The Star’s 2015 Summer Travel Photo Contest
• Kansas lands basketball commitment from shooting guard LaGerald Vick
• Reds and ace Johnny Cueto come to KC as Royals’ starting rotation is in flux
• New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi reflects on Ernie Banks and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• Is this a plant or weed?
• What can we do about poison ivy in a Euonymus bed?
• Lawrence police staff required to read Ferguson report
• Group wants Kansas State Fair to ban smoking