Site Map | May 2015 | May 6

May 6, 2015

• Civil rights leaders call for a vote on raising minimum wage to $10 an hour in Kansas City
• NeighborWorks helps seniors thrive in Kansas City
• Blue Valley Northwest wins Eastern Kansas League boys tennis team title
• Olathe Northwest ends SM East’s reign atop Sunflower League boys tennis throne
• High school results - May 6
• Fans call Tom Brady, Patriots cheaters after release of NFL DeflateGate report
• KC priest criticizes prosecution of Bishop Robert Finn, and prosecutor fires back
• Kansas City is set to settle a second MAST overtime suit for $1.5 million
• Kansas lawmakers are pondering a sales tax increase to fill budget void
• New grocery store planned for troubled development in KC’s ‘food desert’
• Mayor Sly James can stay on the ballot in Kansas City
• Bubba Starling, Royals’ No. 1 pick in 2011, homers for Class AA Northwest Arkansas
• Luke Hochevar expected to rejoin Royals this weekend in Detroit
• Royals put backup catcher Erik Kratz on D.L., recall Francisco Peña
• Alcides Escobar takes batting practice, grounders
• Royals reliever Luke Hochevar’s catcher in Omaha says he’s getting stronger
• Lorenzo Cain returns to Royals’ lineup Wednesday against Indians
• Hit-and-run driver leaves Kansas City pedestrian with life-threatening injuries
• Benchmarking offers new strategy for teaching reading
• TheChat: Pat Roberts takes aim at new in-home care paperwork requirements
• Around Tonganoxie, some buffalo roam where they shouldn’t
• NASCAR beefs up track safety measures
• Robust revenues in Missouri are a contrast to dire times in Kansas
• Texts from DeflateGate report suggest Tom Brady knew footballs were underinflated
• Kansas has now recorded 100,000 applications for concealed carry permits
• Fishing report for May 7
• Departure of World Cup players creates opportunity for former KC area high school players on FCKC roster
• Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson have a lot going for them at Kansas Speedway race
• New seating is planned around Bronco Buster statue in Barney Allis Plaza
• More child sex abuse charges are filed against former Johnson County music teacher
• Liberty teen is charged in Kansas City wreck that killed passenger
• New grocery store marks progress, but more projects are needed to revive the East Side
• Jack Sock loses in Madrid Open tennis tourney
• Readers share views on state lawmakers, postal workers and wind energy
• This weekend in Kansas City: Bob Dylan, Urban Potters Invitational, Lewis Black and the Kansas City Ballet
• Storms move into the KC area, and a wet weekend is on the way
• Royals’ bullpen works to compensate for struggling starters
• Winning lottery numbers for Wednesday, May 6
• Enterprise Center in Johnson County holds open house
• U.S. shale boom is changing energy economics, adviser tells Kansas City audience
• Seaboard Foods fires seven workers in response to animal cruelty findings at its pig farms
• Stocks fall after Fed chair Janet Yellen says share prices are high
• BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil derails in North Dakota
• Longtime KC-based mechanical contractor Foley Co. is acquired
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will headline Helzberg mentoring program celebration
• Assurant Employee Benefits reports a decline in net operating income
• Big 12 announces football tiebreaker procedures
• Danny Duffy stumbles, Royals can’t recover in 10-3 loss to Indians
• Forget oil — Iran is ready to shake up the world’s pistachio market
• Comcast introduces voice-controlled TV remote
• La Paloma updates: Terra Mexican Cuisine in, Frida’s Taqueria out
• Update: Andy’s Frozen Custard opening in Lee’s Summit
• Mizzou wins opener in SEC softball tournament
• Missouri hires former player Corey Tate to round out men’s basketball staff