Mom fights distracted driving by police
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Kim Schlau is standing in front of an auditorium full of police officers, speaking candidly and emotionally about her daughters. For anyone who knows the story of the St. Louis...
View ArticleUnidentified fungi found in Capri Sun
Fans of the delicious and nutritious German drink brand Capri Sun look away now. A microbiologist has found that the price we pay for preservative-free deliciousness comes in the shape of five...
View ArticleJudge OKs house arrest for friend of bomb suspect
As one bombing suspect recovers in a prison hospital and cemeteries reject the body of the other, a whirlwind of new developments are swirling around the investigation into the Boston Marathon ...
View ArticleAnother Cerner executive finds home at Netsmart
Dr. Ian Chuang, chief medical officer at Netsmart Technologies Inc. Netsmart Technologies Inc. has named another former Cerner Corp. employee to its executive team. On Monday, Overland Park-based...
View ArticleRoyals picking their spots on basepaths
Email KANSAS CITY -- Even though the Royals were ranked third in the American League with 24 stolen bases -- just two behind the Red Sox -- entering Monday's action, they're not particularly interested...
View ArticleHolland back to dominating in ninth-inning role
Email KANSAS CITY -- Greg Holland is back to being his normal obstinate self. Which means slamming the door in the face of the other guy. Bang. Or bang-bang, as it was in the case of the split...
View ArticleMissouri bucks national casino revenue growth trend
Lumire Place Casino and Hotel in St. Louis Gross gaming revenue at commercial casinos nationwide rose 4.8 percent from 2011 to $37.34 billion in 2012, according to a study released today by the...
View ArticleStreetcar challenge fouls financing but not planning
A state appeals court ruling won't stop planning for Kansas City's downtown streetcar project, but it could derail some of the city's financing plans. Missouri Appeals Court Judge Ahok Aluja ruled on...
View ArticleInergy founder wont suffer from empty nest syndrome
John Sherman Inergy LP founder John Sherman feels pretty good about the decision to merge his company with Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, despite the fact that hes about to give up control of the...
View ArticleOverland Park Police Department reaches out through Community coffee klatch
Four regional companies make Fortune 500 list Four regional companies, including three headquartered in the Kansas City area, were ranked in this years Fortune 500 listing of the nations largest...
View ArticleMan robs bank inside St. Joseph Walmart store
Agents said a man in his 50s came into the Academy Bank in the store on South Belt Highway about 9:45 a.m., gave a note to the teller and showed that he had a ...
View Article2 KCK middle schools evacuated due to bomb threats
Students had to evacuate at both Rosedale Middle School along Springfield Street and Central Middle School along Ivandale Street. Students were eventually allowed to return after police swept both ...
View ArticleIs Assad behind chemical arms use
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House asserted Monday that it's highly likely that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, not the rebel opposition, was behind any chemical weapons use in Syria. Responding...
View ArticleCalif. limo had too many passengers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Investigators trying to determine why the back of a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five women inside, say the...
View ArticleBoston Bombing Suspects Friend Given Bail
A judge has released one of the friends of Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on $100,000 bond while awaiting trial. U.S. citizen Robel Phillipos is to be released to home confinement and...
View ArticleWhite Sox pitcher Floyd to have season-ending surgery
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Gavin Floyd, shown in an April 21 game, will have elbow surgery that will end his season, the White Sox said Monday. UPI/Brian ...
View ArticleBing Heads To Google Kansas
Bing is at it again with another ';Bing it On'; challenge. Actually, it’s pretty much the same challenge, but they’re challenging people again. Bing says ...
View ArticleKansas Medicaid Expansion Likely To Be Delayed In Legislative Maneuver
Legislative maneuvering in Kansas will likely postpone a decision on Medicaid expansion, if the state ever decides to enter the program. Gov. Sam Brownback (R), a leading Obamacare opponent, has punted...
View ArticleTeam History Movin on Up
The aches of getting organized behind them, the AFL by year two could count more consensus All-American rookies than the NFL, by a count of two-to-one. Moreover, by the start of the 1961 preseason,...
View ArticleBody found in rural Ottawa barn
Sheriff Jeff Richards said it was being investigated as a suspicious death at this point and didn't offer any information about the identity, age or gender of the body. He said the body was still at...
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