The Kansas City Jingle in July is coming July 19
5K that takes place completely underground. The Meritex Lenexa Executive Park is home to the Jingle in July as well as the Arthritis Foundation's ...
View ArticleCocaine-carrying Greyhound passenger convicted
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri said in a release Tuesday that 32-year-old Rene Alexandor Meras was found guilty of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. Prosecutors...
View Article91-year-old Fla. veteran picks up trash
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - C.S. Lewis once said, "Integrity is doing what's right, even when no one is watching." Wally Kusenko, a 91-year-old veteran, has been spending countless hours doing what he...
View ArticleVIDEO Massive fight breaks out at frat
Police said it started after a person went to the party and was beaten up by members of the frat. He then left and returned with his friends, who were armed with baseball bats, hitting the frat...
View ArticleNORTHLAND NOTEBOOK Platte County golfer has postseason mission
Changes ahead for libraries in Johnson County Johnson County library officials are discussing ways to reach more people. One good idea could be addition of space in Lenexa’s City Center, which city...
View ArticleSP 500 has best win streak since 2009
2. Home prices jump, consumers feeling better: The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose a slightly-higher-than-expected 9.3% in February, marking the biggest gain since May 2006, near the...
View ArticleVolunteer fireman charged with arson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A volunteer Reno County firefighter is charged with 14 felony counts of arson after investigators alleged he set more than a dozen grass fires last fall. Nineteen-year-old Cody...
View ArticleNew child porn charges against coach
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee's Summit youth soccer coach accused of secretly recording several minors while nude faces three new child pornography charges. Joel White, 41, was charged with three counts of...
View ArticleEx-SEMO coach accused in car theft ring
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A former Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach who is now coaching at a northeast Kansas community college was arraigned Tuesday in a multi-state car theft...
View ArticleKansas school apologies to Airman in prom dispute
In this still image taken from an April 20, 2013 video provided by Tammy Garth, Airman Cassey Widener salutes as his sister, Courtrney Widener, arrives for prom at Liberal High School in Liberal, Kan....
View ArticleDefendant in Kansas City triple-murder case sentenced for illegally...
The weather roller coaster continues this week as the Kansas City area will experience summer-like and then winter-like temperatures. Tuesday will be sunny with highs in the lower 80s. A southerly wind...
View ArticleCourt martial begins for Cass County soldier charged with murder
Johnson County library officials are discussing ways to reach more people. One good idea could be addition of space in Lenexa’s City Center, which city officials recently promoted to the library ...
View ArticlePolice Blue Springs couple killed in KC shooting
Qwentelia Vanzant and Jaron Syrus, both 25, were in the parking lot of a convenience store at Blue Parkway and Hardesty Avenue about 9 p.m. when someone shot ...
View ArticleAffidavit Dust mask tied to suspect positive for ricin
A dust mask linked to 41-year-old Mississippi resident James Everett Dutschke, among other samples, tested positive for ricin, according to an affidavit unsealed ...
View ArticleLees Summit soccer coach faces new child porn indictment
A Lee's Summit youth soccer coach has been indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to producing child pornography by secretly videotaping members of his soccer ...
View ArticleWoman shot outside Westport nightclub speaks out
The woman and police confirm that there had been an argument inside the nightclub just before the shooting. She said she saw two men fighting with a woman before one of them punched her and were kicked...
View ArticleMo. House considers clergy sex bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri House committee is considering legislation that would make it a crime for clergy to have sexual contact with adults whom they are counseling. It would be a felony...
View ArticleAge limit lowered for morning-after pill
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Tuesday, the FDA lowered...
View ArticleFDA makes access easier to morning-after pill
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved the availability of the Plan B One-Step emergency contraception pill without a prescription for women 15 and ...
View ArticleMan battles BPU over water meter repair problems
Michael Hobson had a dispute over the BPU's new water meter system. His water meter is inside his home, but most homeowners now have theirs on the ...
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