Kansas governor Private GOP tax talks going well
Kansas City's 98.9 The Rock once again set the standard for music festivals with this year's Rockfest, with bands such as Seether, Alice in Chains and Papa Roach. Tens of thousands flooded the grounds...
View ArticleTougher abortion rules approved for Missouri
Taxpayers spend $1.5 billion a year to subsidize passenger train travel, and the federal government wants to move more of AmtrakÂ’s costs onto states and riders. That means Missouri faces important...
View ArticleLegislation would require consent for union member fee collections in Missouri
Taxpayers spend $1.5 billion a year to subsidize passenger train travel, and the federal government wants to move more of AmtrakÂ’s costs onto states and riders. That means Missouri faces important...
View ArticleMissouri lawmakers uncle pleads guilty in KC vote fraud case
Taxpayers spend $1.5 billion a year to subsidize passenger train travel, and the federal government wants to move more of AmtrakÂ’s costs onto states and riders. That means Missouri faces important...
View ArticleBurns and McDonnell CEO stresses fitness focus to employees
After Kansas City Mayor Sly James issued challenges to the business community to shed some pounds and help reduce the city's obesity rate, the CEO of engineering firm Burns and McDonnell has taken it ...
View ArticleSoaring Jackson County property assessments to get 2nd look
The county said that some of the large increases may be the result of a problem with the process. The county said it plans to re-evaluate some of ...
View ArticleFatal hit run survivors want answers
JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. - The survivors of a hit and run crash that killed two people Sunday are asking for help to find who did it. The incident happened on eastbound 50 Highway, just east of County Road...
View ArticleNew plan for Kansas judiciary selection emerges
The Kansas City area now has only one public filling station for cars or trucks that run on natural gas, but plans are afoot to change that and make it easier to own a vehicle that uses the cleaner,...
View ArticlePolice name suspect in New Orleans parade shooting
Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said Monday night that they were looking for 19-year-old Akein Scott. He says multiple people identified Scott as the shooter. CBS ...
View ArticleRoyals confident Butler will come out of lull soon
Email ANAHEIM -- It was during Spring Training this year that Royals manager Ned Yost, extolling Billy Butler's virtues, called him "the least streakiest player I've ever seen in my life." Elaborating,...
View ArticleKuntz shares memories of playing in Angel Stadium
ANAHEIM -- For Royals coach Rusty Kuntz, the return to Angel Stadium prompted a memory of one of his earliest games as a big league outfielder. It was 1979 and he was playing for Tony La Russa's White...
View ArticleKCI panel set to steer future course for airport
Kansas City Mayor Sly James and the Kansas City International Airport Terminal Advisory Group plan to take an important new step Tuesday concerning the future of the ...
View ArticleWoman sings Whitney is kicked off plane
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A passenger on a cross-country flight last Thursday may not have had a concert planned in Kansas City, but that didn't stop her from making a stop. An American Airlines flight last...
View ArticleLawmakers seek to reinstate local tax for vehicles in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers hope the third time will be the charm in their quest to reinstate local taxes on cars, trucks and boats purchased from out-of-state dealers or in private ...
View ArticleSchool winning battle against violence
KANSAS CITY - Smith-Hale College Preparatory Academy reported nearly 1,000 fights in the last three years, but new grant money and leadership is helping change the trend. In the 2010-2011 school year,...
View ArticleEnd of abstinence-only in Kan. district
LAWRENCE, Kan. - A discussion of the planned adoption of the National Sexuality Education Standards by the Lawrence public schools went off without a complaint or contrary word uttered Monday night,...
View ArticleNew York flight diverted to Kansas City to remove singing passenger
I will always love you. Unless you cause a ruckus and divert a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York to another airport. A customer on an American Airlines flight would not stop singing "I will...
View ArticleActress Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy
ANGELINA Jolie has revealed that she underwent a double mastectomy. The 37-year-old - whose mother Marcheline Bertrand died in 2007 at the age of 56 after battling ovarian cancer - made the decision to...
View ArticleMLB Kansas City 11 Los Angeles Angels 4
Billy Butler went 5-for-5 with five RBI Monday, triggering a 19-hit attack that carried Kansas City over the Los Angeles Angels 11-4. Butler drove in the Royals' first three runs with a first-inning...
View ArticleButler serves up five RBIs in rout of Angels
KC@LAA: Butler collects two more RBIs with a single ANAHEIM -- Not long before Monday night's game, Royals manager Ned Yost was discussing Billy Butler's recent slump. He made it clear he remained a...
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