MAP tests puts pressure on KCPS teachers
The Kansas City school district could move one step closer to regaining accreditation Monday as students begin taking the MAP test. Results will impact where the district stands with the state of...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombing suspect charged in hospital
The White House says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will not be tried as an enemy combatant in a military tribunal. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will ...
View ArticleRain Prompts Flood Worries in Missouri Illinois Iowa
The Mississippi River, so low for much of the winter that barge traffic was nearly halted, could reach up to 10 feet above flood stage by the middle of next week in parts of Iowa, Illinois and...
View ArticleKansas woman meets tiger in bathroom
A petition effort challenging the Kansas City Councils plans for a new airport terminal is invalid, city officials said today. A committee of petitioners had turned in preliminary signatures to the...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in van in KCK
The federal government filed two charges against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday, counts that could result in the death penalty if he's ...
View ArticleFederal charges filed for Boston bomb suspect
The federal government filed two charges against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday, counts that could result in the death penalty if he's ...
View ArticleMarathon suspect charges detailed
BOSTON (AP) - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged Monday with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and could face a death sentence, the U.S. Attorney General...
View ArticleKeselowski shows toughness with ride at Kansas
Brad Keselowski (2) avoids Kyle Busch (18) and Joey Logano (22) as they wreck during a NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin ...
View ArticleQA Kansas Insurance Department names new Explainer in Chief
Those tasked with implementing the Affordable Care Act and its hundreds of pages of rules and regulations have a considerable challenge on their hands. But Linda Sheppard may have an even more...
View ArticleMissouri Medicaid expansion looks unlikely for 2013
Sen. Clair McCaskill: Incredulous of efforts to block Medicaid expansion. With just four weeks left on Missouris legislative calendar, its unlikely Medicaid expansion will pass, the Associated Press...
View ArticleApp-ril 22 See what the Local Ruckus is about in KC Startup Village
Kansas City Startup Village has drawn a slew of application developers to the first local neighborhood that saw Google Inc.s Internet network go live last year. In the heart of this neighborhood, which...
View ArticleKC narrows streetcar vendor choice
Kansas City has narrowed its search for a streetcar vehicle to two options, which officials plan to procure through existing agreements with the cities of Salt Lake City, Utah and Cincinnati. The...
View ArticleTeamsters will decide soon on YRC network changes
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is expected to decide whether to adopt YRC Worldwide Inc.s sweeping change of operations request by the end of the week after meeting with union leadership in...
View ArticleDish claims its Sprint offer is superior to SoftBanks bid
Dish Network Corp. on Monday described its merger bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. as superior to SoftBank Corp.s proposal. The comment came in a written response to Sprints (NYSE: S) Monday announcement...
View ArticlePetition to block single-terminal KCI lands with a thud
A challenge to Kansas Citys proposal to convert Kansas City International Airport to a single-terminal design landed with a thud on Monday, as the city quickly dismissed the challenge on legal grounds....
View ArticleBernanke to skip Kansas City Feds summer Jackon Hole conference
Petition challenge to new KCI terminal cant move forward A petition effort challenging the Kansas City Councils plans for a new airport terminal is invalid, city officials said today. A committee of...
View ArticleDraft Spotlight - Day 30 Luke Joeckel
The 2013 NFL Draft Spotlight series continues, as we preview one pro prospect per day, right up until the start of the draft, April 25-27. However, none of the reports in this series are indicative of...
View ArticleState agrees to turn over records in KC abuse case
Missouri's child welfare agency has agreed, after nine months, to release documents in the case of a Kansas City girl who was found malnourished, dehydrated and in a locked ...
View ArticleKansas governor signs bill to create stem cell center
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation creating a new center at the state's medical school for researching potential cures using adult stem ...
View ArticleTougher human trafficking bill signed into law in Kansas
A new law that is designed to strengthen efforts in Kansas to combat human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of young women has been signed by Gov. Sam ...
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