Boulevard customers now can drink beer for charity
Boulevard Brewing Co.'s latest marketing campaign gives people a great for drinking its pilsner: Its for charity. The Kansas City-based craft brewer has rebranded Boulevard Pilsner as "KC Pils," an...
View ArticleDish chairman wants to personally buy majority of Sprint stock
Charlie Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network Corp. Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charles Ergens pursuit of Sprint Nextel Corp. got personal on Monday. Dish (Nasdaq: DISH) made an unsolicited...
View ArticleKansas reviewing McLemore-related allegations
Kansas athletic officials are reviewing allegations that the former AAU basketball coach of Ben McLemore received cash payments aimed at steering the player to a sports agent. AAU coach Darius Cobb...
View ArticleKansas mum on McLemore allegation
Jamie Squire/Getty Images LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas athletic officials are reviewing allegations that the former AAU basketball coach of Ben McLemore received cash payments aimed at steering the...
View ArticleExotic cats rescued in Kansas to live at Big Cat Rescue
TAMPA -- Big Cat Rescue will soon be home to some big cats that were abandoned in Kansas. A volunteer veterinarian and two staff members went to Kansas last Saturday to pick up three bobcats, two lynx...
View ArticleOlathe man pleads guilty in child porn case
An Olathe, Kan., man has pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography after investigators said they found more than 12,000 images and 26 videos in his ...
View ArticleInvestigators seek cause of fatal party bus fall
Investigators closed down part of Interstate 35 in downtown Kansas City for several hours Monday while they tried to figure out what happened Saturday night when a woman fell out of a party bus and was...
View ArticleKC customers face rising water rates
KMBC 9's Micheal Mahoney said the process of cleaning Missouri River water so that it's safe to drink means pulling clay and silt from the water, adding lime to clean it, chlorine to disinfect it and...
View ArticleCancer warnings on tanning beds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight, under a proposal unveiled Monday by the Food and Drug...
View ArticleDrivers come forward in deadly bus fall
Investigators spent Monday afternoon back on the scene of a deadly accident where a woman fell out of the side of a party bus and was run over by three separate vehicles. They're looking for any other...
View ArticlePolice Body found on Ottawa farm
OTTAWA, Kan. - Police are investigating a suspicious death in Ottawa County Monday afternoon. Franklin County authorities said they were called out just after noon to a rural farm on Georgia Road on...
View ArticleFriend released in Boston bombing case
Boston police officer clears Boylston Street following explosions at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Boston, Massachusetts Photographer: AP Graphics ...
View ArticleMan hopes to win contest to get new car
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man without arms hopes that with your help, he could win a contest for a new vehicle designed just for him. In 2008, we brought you the story of Colton Porter. Our crews watched...
View ArticleNew portals boost NICs first-quarter earnings
CEO and Chairman Harry Herington A number of new portals kept NIC Inc. busy in the first quarter, boosting its revenue for the three months ending March 31. The Olathe-based company (Nasdaq: EGOV)...
View ArticleLawsuit keeps NICs fourth-quarter earnings flat
CEO and Chairman Harry Herington A number of new portals kept NIC Inc. busy in the first quarter, but its revenue remained flat. The Olathe-based company (Nasdaq: EGOV) launched a redesign of...
View ArticleShields flirts with no-no before Royals fall in extras
CWS@KC: Butler's double scores Gordon in the first KANSAS CITY -- James Shields chased a no-hitter, a shutout and a victory. In the end, he and the Royals got none of the above. Jordan Danks pounded a...
View ArticleKC business leader finds time for fitness
Business leader Jeanette Prenger is among those who answered Mayor Sly James's call to focus on fitness in the Not So Big KC Challenge. She said she's been able to keep her fitness level growing right...
View ArticleAir Force officer accused of sexual battery
An Air Force officer who served as a branch chief for the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program was arrested and charged with sexual battery over the ...
View ArticleSenate approves Internet sales tax proposal
The Senate approved a long-anticipated Internet sales tax proposal on Monday, moving the legislation one step closer to enactment and paving the way for shoppers to pay sales tax on the majority of...
View ArticleSantana faces Os going for career win No. 100
It's been so far, so good for the Orioles as they make their way through a difficult portion of their schedule. The O's will look to keep it going on Tuesday night, when they kick off their brief stop...
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