Small Exxon spill reported in Missouri
About 42 gallons of crude oil was released in a Missouri neighborhood from a section of the Pegasus pipeline, Exxon Mobil confirmed. A section of the Pegasus pipeline ruptured in March in Mayflower,...
View ArticleAppetite for teacher reviews drives hiring at Netchemia
Netchemia CEO Carlos Antequera A company thats in the business of helping school districts grade teachers is building up a brag-worthy report card of its own. And the progress is translating into...
View ArticleLeawood woman is new Kansas poet laureate
For some downtown KC streets, its time for a change in direction To reduce confusion and improve traffic circulation, the city is changing some one-way streets to two-way traffic. The primary...
View ArticleAccumulating snow possible for Friday
It would seem that the calendar year is merely a suggestion to Mother Nature at this point because why else would we be talking about the chance for snow in ...
View ArticleKC man accused of 2 deaths in drug deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 18-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in the shooting deaths of two people in what authorities say started out as a drug ...
View ArticleFord adding 900 jobs at Missouri plant
Ford Motor Co. plans to hire 900 workers and add a third shift at its Claycomo, Mo., plant to meet demand for its best-selling F-150 pickup trucks. The new jobs are to be announced this morning at the...
View ArticleDowntown one-way KC streets get overhaul
Kansas City's confusing one-way streets downtown are getting a makeover this month as the city plans to convert most of them into two-ways, The Kansas City Star reports. Walnut Street will begin going...
View ArticleFed continues stimulus campaign despite KC bank presidents dissent
Esther George In a move maintain its stimulus campaign, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City voted Wednesday to continue adding a monthly $85 billion to its holdings of Treasury and mortgage-backed...
View ArticleHCA acquires St. Joseph Medical Center St. Marys Medical Center
An acquisition of two area hospitals is boosting HCA Midwest Health System's presence in the Kansas City area, The Kansas City Star reports. HCA will buy St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City and...
View ArticleIKEA picks JE Dunn to build Merriam store
The IKEA store will sit atop the "Great Wall of Merriam" off Interstate 35. The Swedish furniture retailer made the announcement on Thursday, saying the selection of Kansas City-based JE Dunn...
View ArticleDish CEO to SoftBank Sprints overhaul needs Americans not you
Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen dismissed SoftBank Corp.'s pursuit of Sprint Nextel Corp., saying the Overland Park-based company needed modernization that could only be done by Americans,...
View ArticleBrownback names judges in KCK and southwest Kansas
To reduce confusion and improve traffic circulation, the city is changing some one-way streets to two-way traffic. The primary motivation is threefold: easier access, traffic calming and local...
View ArticleSchools in Johnson Wyandotte counties share biggest Kansas green grants
For some downtown KC streets, its time for a change in direction To reduce confusion and improve traffic circulation, the city is changing some one-way streets to two-way traffic. The primary...
View ArticleTODAY 2000 new jobs coming to Claycomo
CLAYCOMO, Mo. - Ford will add more than 2,000 jobs to its Claycomo plant, the company will announce at a news conference Thursday. The company says it will add the jobs to keep up with high demand for...
View ArticleMo. bill would limit unemployment aid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - People fired for missing work and not following company rules could have a harder time claiming unemployment benefits under a bill sent to Gov. Jay ...
View ArticleMissing Pa. mom appears 11 years later
LITITZ, Pa. (AP) - It's been 11 years since Brenda Heist walked away from her two children, her job and her life in central Pennsylvania to hitchhike with strangers to Florida. Police said Wednesday...
View ArticleJudge orders attacker to pay victims
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A 50-year-old man convicted of attacking four employees at a Topeka TV station has to pay restitution in the case. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County District...
View ArticleWoman pleads to leaving baby in alley
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A 28-year-old Leavenworth woman who left her baby alone in an alley pleaded no contest to endangering a child and drug charges. Prosecutors say Elizabeth A. Michaud entered the...
View ArticleFederal grand jury indicts Kansas doctor
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment against a Kansas physician accused of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, the U.S. attorney's office said ...
View ArticleTexts led to new Boston terror arrests
BOSTON (AP) - Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a series of text messages with a friend...
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