Wintry weather changes brides plans for outdoor nuptials
Sara Person was scheduled to get married Friday evening in Loose Park. Person said she is now contacting 140 wedding guests and letting them to not go to the park and instead go to where the reception...
View ArticleMan gets life sentence in knockout game attack
A St. Louis man was sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years Thursday for killing a Vietnamese immigrant as part of a so-called "knockout game" ...
View ArticleMd. governor repeals death penalty
The legislation goes into effect Oct. 1. In those cases in which the state has filed a notice to seek a death sentence, "the notice shall be considered withdrawn and it shall be considered a notice to...
View ArticleTMC Lakewood will break ground on Independence clinic
Truman Medical Center Lakewood COO Charlie Shields Truman Medical Center Lakewood will break ground Wednesday on the construction of the permanent Fairmount Family Medical Care Center. The event begins...
View ArticleExxonMobil cleaning up small leak in SE Missouri
ST. LOUIS -- ExxonMobil officials say cleanup is nearly complete after an oil leak from the Pegasus pipeline in southeast Missouri.The leak was discovered Tuesday near Doniphan, Mo., a small town just...
View ArticleSupport for Collins gets NFL star axed
Jason Collins #98 of the Boston Celtics takes a break in the game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center on November 15, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Photographer: Bruce...
View ArticleAG New Kansas law is unconstitutional
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has told Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback that a new state law attempting to block federal regulation of some guns is unconstitutional and that the...
View ArticleHCA Midwest bulks up KC-area holdings
Fleury Yelvington HCA Midwest Health System has added two more hospitals to its Kansas City-area holdings: Carondelet Health's St Joseph Medical Center and St. Mary's Medical Center. The financial...
View ArticleLenexa investment group finds investors of its own
Mid-America Angels Investments LLC is in fundraising mode. The Lenexa group, the investment arm of the Enterprise Center of Johnson County, raised more than half a million dollars in late April,...
View ArticleKC street crews prep for rare May snowfall
Some workers were sent home and told to come back in at 9 p.m. for a 12-hour shift. The city said there's plenty of salt left over from the winter season -- an estimated 16,000 tons. City officials...
View ArticleShawnee sets meeting to discuss Google Fiber
The Kansas City Star reported that the special Shawnee City Council meeting is set for Thursday night. If the Google Fiber agreement is approved, Shawnee would become the fifth Johnson County...
View ArticleStreetcar Authority delays selection of operator for line
Mohtkee Ahmad the Federal Transit Authoritys regional administrator for the Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa region speaks to the Kansas City Streetcar Authority's board of directors. Kansas City...
View ArticleFord shows faith in Missouri workers
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (left) and Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas, talk while walking the F-150 production line at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo. Not many...
View ArticleMissouri Medicaid program recovers $603000 from drug manufacturer
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster The federal government and several states including Missouri reached a $14.7 million settlement with drug manufacturer Amgen Inc. The governmental agencies...
View ArticleKing of the Game awarded after each Royals win
Email KANSAS CITY -- When the Royals win a game, a neon sign lights up on the clubhouse wall and is symbolically presented to the "King of the Game." "It's the Texas Heart Shot Award," pitcher James...
View ArticleViva Los Royals event to be held on Sunday
Email KANSAS CITY -- It's Cinco de Mayo -- and Viva Los Royals -- on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals will hold their annual celebration of Latino heritage starting before Sunday's Royals-White...
View ArticleGame starts as planned despite weather
Email KANSAS CITY -- It's late Thursday morning at Kauffman Stadium, the gray skies are spitting rain, the tarp covers the infield, it's 39 degrees and the flags on the right-field poles are pointing...
View ArticleIllinois Missouri dispute naming bridge for Musial
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Bickering between Missouri and Illinois over how to fund the sorely needed Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis stalled the $670 million project for years. Now that construction is...
View ArticleWyatt Townley named poet laureate of Kansas
U.S. attorney general tells Brownback new gun law is unconstitutional A new state law that says guns made in Kansas are immune from federal regulations inside the state is unconstitutional, Attorney...
View ArticleMissouri House OKs Nixons plan for mental hospital Capitol
After 10 months of refusing to release records in the case of a little girl found locked in a Kansas City closet, The Missouri Department of Social Services on Thursday sent a compact disc of documents...
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