UPI Sports Calendar for Friday May 3
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View ArticleKansas school apologies to Airman barred from escorting sister to prom policy...
In this April 20, 2013 photo, Courtney Widener, right, walks up the red carpet with a friend as her brother, U.S. Airman Casey Widener, left background, out of focus, watches their arrival at Liberal...
View ArticleMay snow shower pelts Kansas City | Baseball Notebook
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rain started to fall at first pitch, and by the time the Kansas City Royals' game against the Tampa Bay Rays was postponed Thursday afternoon, Kauffman Stadium resembled a snow...
View ArticleKids call out Kansas Citys kindest people
Wyatt Townley is the new poet laureate of Kansas The Leawood resident and founding board member of the Writers Place will serve a two-year term, succeeding Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg of ...
View ArticleMay 3 2013 -- Royals Dream Child
For the 21st consecutive season, we have kicked off the Royals Channel 9 Dream Child program to the delight of kids who get to have special days at Kauffman Stadium throughout the baseball season. It...
View ArticleKansas gov Holder spar over new state gun-rights law
TOPEKA, Kan. – 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 federal...
View ArticleOutrage greets body of Boston bombing suspect
Two weeks after his death, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, ignited the passions of Massachusetts residents, who protested the presence of his body as it...
View Article1 hurt when car crashes into creek bed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One person was taken to an area hospital after a car rolled off of a Northland bridge early Friday into an empty creek bed. It happened around 4 a.m. near NE 55th Terrace and N....
View ArticleBlast of winter breaks May snow record for metro
Watch KMBC 9 News live right now at KMBC.TV Thankfully it appears the bulk of the snow has moved out of the metro and to the east. Any remaining flurries will continue to wind down as the morning moves...
View ArticleVehicle flips into median off roadway along North Brighton
Three people miraculously walked away from a very bad crash at North Brighton Avenue and Northeast 55th Street early Friday morning. The vehicle flipped into the median and off the roadway, almost...
View ArticleMissouri moving to protect parental rights from federal tyranny over medicine...
(NaturalNews) A number of Missouri lawmakers are supporting an amendment to the state constitution that essentially formalizes the fundamental right of parents to raise their children as they see...
View ArticleGoogle Fibers next stop Shawnee Kansas
The next city to get Google Inc.'s Fiber internet service is Shawnee, Kansas, though the company did not say when the service would go live. The next city to get Google Inc.'s Fiber internet service is...
View ArticleExxon readies pipeline repair in Missouri
Federal approval was given for Exxon Mobil to repair part of the Pegasus oil pipeline that leaked about a barrel of oil in Missouri, the company said. Exxon acknowledged about 42 gallons of oil spilled...
View ArticleThieves net $30K worth of electronics in Northland smash-and-grab
The heist happened just after 2 a.m. Kansas City police said the thieves crashed a Jeep into the store near Interstate 29 and Tiffany Springs Parkway and began grabbing computer equipment. Authorities...
View ArticleNo injuries in Grain Valley fire
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - No injuries were reported in a fire that burned a Grain Valley, Mo., home to the ground just before 9 p.m. Thursday. Central Jackson County, Lake Lotawanna, Prairie Township, Lone...
View ArticleCops probe smash-and-grab at KC Best Buy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police are investigating a smash-and-grab burglary at a Northland Best Buy. It happened at about 2:20 a.m. at the store in the 9100 block of Skyview Avenue. Police investigators did...
View ArticleFormer Chief named to KS Turnpike board
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former Kansas City Chiefs player and businessman to the board that oversees operations of the state's only toll ...
View ArticleLatest Boston Marathon bombing updates Attack initially planned for July 4th...
Garrett Plath, right, holds a sign and Toni Zagami, left, wears a "Boston Strong" shirt as they stand outside the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home in North Attleborough, Mass, where a vehicle believed to be...
View ArticleRepublicans would again delay Missouri electric surcharge bill
Republican senators who this week successfully stalled a bill that would allow power companies to charge consumers for infrastructure improvements say that they'll stall it again if it comes up for a...
View ArticleYRC sees first positive Q1 income in six years
James Welch, CEO of YRC Worldwide Inc. YRC Worldwide Inc. saw first-quarter revenue decline 2.7 percent from last year, but operating income increased by $58.7 million the first time in six years the...
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