Judge approves $220 million Vioxx settlement
A settlement of as much as $220 million for Missouri consumers of the painkiller Vioxx won final approval Friday. In November, Merck & Co. Inc. settled on the eve of trial a class-action lawsuit...
View ArticleCalling all local apps KCBJ wants you
Attention local app developers, the Kansas City Business Journal is looking for your apps. Were trying to hunt down local applications for a future series highlighting apps that Kansas Citians use. We...
View ArticleYRC Worldwide stock hits 52-week high
Shares of YRC Worldwide Inc. stock are riding high as the company plans to tighten up its freight operations by consolidating terminals around the network. At around noon on Monday, shares in the...
View ArticleFederal Judge Overturns Missouri Law That Would Let Employers Deny...
has struck down a 2012 Missouri law that ';required insurers to issue policies without contraception coverage if individuals or employers objected because of religious or moral beliefs.'; The law was...
View ArticleKansas City organizations offer pet care assistance
In a time where times are tough and money is short, pet owners scramble to care for their animals. Sadly, a rough economy has directly impacted animal shelters across the country as more and more...
View ArticlePolice Kansas couple did heroin while child slept
It was cold, 34 degrees at the 11 a.m. start, with wind gusts and a few snowflakes blowing about. The day came near to a wintry mix of green and white. Still, a bundled crowd lined Broadway from...
View ArticleMissouri senator threatens block on EA administrator
Missouri Republicans have seen great legislative success in the early months of this years General Assembly, but work still remains for legislators to turn ideas into ...
View ArticleFatal victim of Friday wreck in Kansas City identified
It was cold, 34 degrees at the 11 a.m. start, with wind gusts and a few snowflakes blowing about. The day came near to a wintry mix of green and white. Still, a bundled crowd lined Broadway from...
View ArticlePolice Missing mom in danger called from Blue Springs motel
A 28-year-old central Missouri woman who's been missing with her young daughter since Thursday called authorities from a Blue Springs motel but was not there when police showed ...
View ArticlePolice identify victim of deadly crash on Winchester Ave.
Police said Thompson was making a u-turn in a red van when she was struck by a white pickup truck. The force of the crash caused Thompson's van to strike two parked vehicles. A woman standing by one of...
View ArticleMan loses both legs in workplace accident
A man fell into some sort of shredding machine at a Kansas City, Mo., business on Monday morning and lost both his legs, the Kansas City Fire Department ...
View ArticleMedical emergency creates large backup on I-70 East
Only one lane of traffic is getting through, causing the large backup. You're advised to avoid the area. An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the backup was on I-70 West. We...
View ArticleNYC tobacco Will out of sight=out of mind
After naming tall sugary drinks Public Enemy No. 1, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday unveiled another public health initiative. This one would force city retailers to keep tobacco products...
View ArticleCalif. teen turns hobby into business
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) - A young man from California is using his creativity and self-taught skills to help people all over the world. Through his own company, old photo albums are being spruced up...
View ArticleMissing Missouri mom calls boyfriend from motel gone when police arrive
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A central Missouri woman who has been missing with her young daughter since Thursday seemed to be reading from a script when she called her boyfriend and told him she was fine, but...
View ArticleWestChase Grill closes in Overland Park
Friends John Westerhaus and Chase Wilcox opened the “fine dining without all the fuss” restaurant in late 2008. They had been in the business for a combined 35 years and both are trained chefs.In a...
View ArticleMissouri wants to put last years NCAA upset in the past
Judge overturns Mo. law on birth control coverage A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control coverage because it conflicts with an insurance...
View ArticleWife of JJs explosion victim talks to KMBC 9 News
KMBC's Haley Harrison spoke exclusively on Monday to the wife of a Heartland Midwest worker that was injured in the massive explosion that destroyed JJ's ...
View ArticleBurned body found in partially submerged vehicle
A burned body was discovered in a partially submerged vehicle in the Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area in Cass County on Monday afternoon. These are pictures of the vehicle from NewsChopper 9 ...
View ArticlePoll GOP underwater Obama approval down
A new national survey confirms what a months long, top-to-bottom Republican Party review finds as well: That the GOP "is out of touch" and seen as the party of "stuffy old ...
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