Freebirds opens in Overland Park
Freebirds World Burrito is now open in the Rosana Square shopping center at 7552 W. 119th St., Overland Park, just west of Metcalf Avenue at 119th ...
View ArticleMissouri River to jump above flood stage
Forecasters are predicting minor to moderate flooding in central and eastern Missouri as heavy rains cause the Missouri River to rise as much as 15 feet in coming ...
View ArticleHail cited in crash that hurts 8 near Russell
Eight people, including six students and their teacher from Clifton-Clyde High School, were treated and released at a Russell hospital after an accident in northwest Kansas on a hail-covered ...
View ArticleSuspect in tainted letters case charged
The man suspected of sending ricin-laden letters to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has been charged with making threats against the president and sending threatening...
View ArticleMan charged in ricin letter deliveries
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and...
View ArticleWitnesses describe impact of Texas blast
WEST, Texas (AP) - Witnesses are describing the impact of the explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas that left as many as 15 people dead and more than 160 others injured. Erick Perez was...
View ArticleKC-area homebuilding stays strong in March
Homebuilding in Kansas City stayed hot in March, the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City reports. In March, 335 building permits were issued for single-family homes in Cass, Clay, Jackson,...
View ArticleKC area home building stays strong in March
Homebuilding in Kansas City stayed hot in March, the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City reports. In March, 335 building permits were issued for single-family homes in Cass, Clay, Jackson,...
View ArticleMo. senators holding hearing on drivers licenses
Critics said it's an invasion of privacy that driver's license bureaus in Missouri are collecting personal information from concealed gun permits and turning it over to the ...
View ArticleHarrisonville teen charged with making school threat
Harrisonville police have arrested a high school student on suspicion of making threats to shoot himself and others at Harrisonville High School last ...
View ArticleDevelopers RACER Trust site perfect for manufacturing
The site of the old General Motors assembly plant in the Fairfax area of Kansas City, Kan., is an attractive draw for intense industrial and manufacturing uses, its developers said Thursday. Speaking...
View ArticleKansas City banks rankings drop in J.D. Power customer satisfaction study
Commerce Bank not only was knocked out of the top spot in the J.D. Power and Associates U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study for the Midwest Region, it dropped all the way to ninth place. The drop is...
View ArticleMcCarthy Building will open offices in Leawood
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. will open an office in Leawood in May, the St. Louis general contractor announced in a release on Thursday. McCarthy, which is working on the $1 billion National Bio and...
View ArticleUG Mayor-elect Holland shapes transition effort
Mark Holland Job one for Mark Holland, the incoming mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., will be to get the UGs Board of Commissioners on the same page. That...
View ArticleNearly 300 Missouri roads close because of flooding
Because of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, three Kansas City area runners were among those who could not cross it. On Saturday, though, they will get the chance to reach a finish line when they...
View ArticleKansas library to display George Washingtons copy of Constitution Acts of...
Because of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, three Kansas City area runners were among those who could not cross it. On Saturday, though, they will get the chance to reach a finish line when they...
View ArticleDrainage work to close some lanes of I-435 at Front Street Friday
Some lanes of Interstate 435 at Front Street will be closed Friday morning for urgent drainage work, according to the Missouri Department of ...
View ArticleFlooding closes nearly 300 state roads in Missouri
Ken Warbritton, a maintenance engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation, said 292 roads were closed as of early Thursday afternoon. Most of the closed roads were in the northeast but most...
View ArticleElderly woman charged in husbands death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An 80-year-old woman told police she was tired of her husband's verbal abuse and taking her clothes. Annie Oliver now faces a murder charge in the deadly baseball attack on her...
View ArticleAnti-meth campaign to target smurfers in Missouri
FAIR: As anyone who pays attention to the Legislature knows, in Missouri, you're never far away from the Civil War. Sometimes it's right ...
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