Common Core provision muddies Kansas budget talks
Outfielder Jarrod Dyson is expected to miss two-to-four weeks after being diagnosed Friday in Kansas City with what trainer Nick Kenney termed “a mild high ankle sprain.” Dyson, 28, suffered the injury...
View Article2 hurt when go-kart collides with SUV
The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m. Police said the go-kart clipped the back end of a passing SUV. Authorities said a 12-year-old was operating the go-kart. A 7-year-old boy, who was a passenger,...
View ArticleSchool celebration injures 10 in Independence
Nancy Lewis, a school district spokeswoman, said the students were hurt during a field-day celebration when an inflatable slide tipped over. The students suffered mostly cuts and bruises, according to...
View ArticleJohn Force tops NHRA Kansas Nationals qualifying
The 64-year-old Force earned the 141st No. 1 qualifying position of his career and his 11th at Heartland Park Topeka with a pass of 4.043 seconds at 313.22 mph in a Ford Mustang. The 15-time NHRA...
View ArticleKansas City museum plans to fly ‘Connie’
KANSAS CITY -- The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and re-create multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes'...
View ArticleCanadian Press NewsAlert Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes
Lisa Scotti, of Baltimore, reads hhere program before the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. The 138th Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP...
View ArticleTodays MLB starting lineups May 18
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona...
View ArticleMan dies in crash south of Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Kan. - A 21-year-old Leawood man died Friday night when he ran a stop sign and collided with another SUV at the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and County Road 458, just south of ...
View ArticleIncreased tornado probabilities Sunday for Wichita Kansas City Oklahoma City...
The possibility of winning a record Powerball jackpot was a big draw Saturday for area stores selling lottery tickets. Early Sunday, officials with the multistate lottery said that one winning ticket...
View ArticleConflict-ridden Missouri legislative session could lead to more Nixon vetoes
GOP leadership touted other victories, such as an income tax cut that could save Missouri businesses and individuals more than $700 million a ...
View ArticleKansas Oklahoma Iowa Missouri are in bulls-eye
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to...
View ArticleObama to give promised speech on terrorism drones
President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the...
View ArticleReport Party bus in fatal wreck lacked full registration
A party bus was operating illegally when a bachelorette party attendee tumbled out of it in Kansas City, Kan., and was killed. The Kansas City Star reported that the Midnight Express party bus in which...
View ArticleTornado watch issued for KC metro until 10 p.m.
Click here for live updates The watch includes much of central and eastern Kansas as well as northwest Missouri and parts of Iowa and Nebraska. Storms were expected to form west of the Kansas City...
View ArticleParty bus in fatal ax operated illegally
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A party bus was operating illegally when a bachelorette party attendee tumbled out of it in Kansas City, Kan., and was ...
View ArticleVIDEO Tornadoes across central Kansas
PAWNEE COUNTY, Kan. (NBC) - Several tornadoes hit central Kansas Saturday night, damaging at least one home. It started with thunderstorms in Pawnee County in the afternoon. As the storm moved east, it...
View ArticleVideo Severe tornadoes move across Kansas
Severe weather moved through the Plains states over the weekend, bringing high winds, heavy rains and tornadoes. Two twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in...
View ArticleLawrence police investigate double shooting
Lawrence police said they are looking for several people they want to question in connection with shootings early Sunday that left two men with life-threatening gunshot ...
View ArticleEmergency officials monitor Wichita-area tornado
Click here for live updates The National Weather Service is describing the twister as "large, violent and extremely dangerous." Meteorologists say it was located on the southwest side of Wichita around...
View ArticleTornado touches down in Kansas
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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