Missouri Senate Backs $15M of Aid After Joplin Tornado
Missouri senators have backed a plan that could provide $15 million to Joplin to rebuild street curbs and gutters damaged as a result of a deadly 2011 tornado. The legislation given initial approval...
View ArticleMissouri state senator Brian Nievess bonkers email exchange goes viral
19 April 2013 Brian Nieves, a state senator from Missouri, has hit the headlines in the US after his vicious and bonkers exchange with a constituent went ...
View ArticleCars 4 Heroes gives veterans free wheels
The group Cars 4 Heroes gave away eight vehicles on Thursday, changing lives for people like Watson. To shift the event into high gear, NASCAR driver Martin Truex took ...
View ArticleEx-KCPD detective describes FBI pressure in Boston bombing
A retired Kansas City homicide detective said it was surprising that the FBI was able to hone its search for suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing down to photos and videos of two men in just three ...
View ArticleFrom patient to doc Cycle of gratitude
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At Cabot Westside Medical and Dental Center, it's not uncommon to see doctors consulting in the hallways. Dr. Alberto Varela started there just after graduating last spring. "It was...
View ArticleExtra Speedway security for NASCAR race
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Diehard NASCAR fans said whatever the weather - or extra security measures - nothing will stop them from having a great time out at the Kansas Speedway this weekend. "It's NASCAR,...
View ArticleMIT police officer killed gunman sought
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A police officer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot dead on campus Thursday night, and law enforcement officials are still searching for the ...
View ArticleExpert shares signs of terror attack
"There are threats out there that are daily that most Americans would be shocked to know exist," he said. Hawkins would know. As part of the office of anti-terrorism assistance for the State...
View ArticlePolice officer shot and killed on MIT campus near Boston reports
A building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is lit up in red, white and blue as a tribute to those who were killed or injured in the explosions at the Boston Marathon, in Cambridge, Mass.,...
View ArticleChiefs Sign LB Orie Lemon
The Kansas City Chiefs added a linebacker to it's roster, signing Orie Lemon, the team announced on Thursday. Lemon originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in...
View ArticleKansas States Sams looks to diversify his skills
Brownback’s fight for sales tax plan isn’t over The Kansas governor faces a stiff test in persuading a legislature controlled by conservative Republicans to go along with his plan to keep a sales tax...
View ArticleOfficer killed on MIT campus
A university police officer has died after being shot on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge late Thursday, said state police spokesman Lt. Mark ...
View ArticleApril 19 2013 -- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Auction Ball
Black and gold as far as the eye can see! That'll be the scene Friday evening, April 12, in the main ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel on the Country Club ...
View ArticleReports One Boston Marathon suspect in custody
One suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings has been captured, the Boston Globe reported citing an official with knowledge of the investigation. Another remains on the loose in Watertown after a...
View ArticleTeens sought in Independence break-ins
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was killed early Friday morning, while the second suspect was being sought following an attack on police officers in Watertown that involved explosives and...
View ArticleReports Marathon suspect killed 2nd sought
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was killed early Friday morning, while the second suspect was being sought following an attack on police officers in Watertown that involved explosives and...
View ArticleNew pic Suspect No. 2 in Boston attack
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Police in Boston have released a new photo showing the man believed to be a suspect in the marathon bombings, shown in earlier footage in a white hat. In the new photo, he's...
View ArticleWest toll a mystery but not to locals
WEST, Texas (AP) - The neighborhood surrounding a Texas fertilizer plant that erupted in a thunderous explosion is gone, and the residents here know they've lost more than the buildings that went up in...
View ArticleKan. governor to sign sweeping anti-abortion bill
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is scheduled to sign a bill declaring that life begins at fertilization while also blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of...
View ArticleReport Bombing suspects are brothers
They've become known as Black Hat and White Hat, two mysterious figures weaving through the Boston Marathon crowds, carrying instruments death. One suspect is dead, one still at large. But who are...
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