Providence Saint John sale hearing Key takeaways
Derek Schmidt Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the sale of Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. and Saint John Hospital in Leavenworth, Kan.,...
View ArticleBoulders Unseen Bean opening Lafayette roasting facility coffee shop
The Unseen Bean -- the "blind-roasted" Boulder-based coffee company with a shop downtown-- is expanding east. The Unseen Bean recently uprooted its roasting facility from 5765 Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder...
View ArticleRoyals team up with new sporting goods store
The Kansas City Royals signed a multiyear deal with Academy Sports + Outdoors, which will open two stores in the Kansas City area in the summer and create 300 jobs. Academy Sports offers team sports...
View ArticleMicd up Lenexa firm scores audio work for Final Four games
As March Madness reaches a fever pitch, Lenexa acoustic and audio visual consulting firm Coffeen Fricke & Associates Inc. will make sure the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournaments Final Four in Atlantas...
View ArticleNorth Kansas City slams hospital board for bylaw changes
The North Kansas City Hospital board of trustees changed its bylaws on the eve of a court ruling to stymie North Kansas Citys efforts to change the boards composition, city officials said Thursday. The...
View ArticleFormer Missouri police officer gets jail time for sex crime
Part of the former U.S. Quartermaster Depot near Hardesty and Independence avenues will be the site of a food hub that could make fresh produce more available to the urban ...
View ArticleDraft Spotlight - Day 5 Cordarrelle Patterson
The 2013 NFL Draft Spotlight series continues, as we preview one pro prospect per day, right up until the start of the draft, April 25-27. However, none of the reports in this series are indicative of...
View Article7K patients possibly exposed to Hep HIV
TULSA - Officials with the Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma State Department of Health are in the process of notifying around 7,000 patients of a local dental practice they may have been...
View ArticleEyeballs Found in Trash at Kansas Gas Station It Was Freaky Says Clerk
Eyeballs were found in a trash can at a gas station in Kansas City, and now authorities are trying understand how exactly the organs got there. The eyeballs were discovered inside a cardboard medical...
View ArticleKansas Bill Seeks To Quarantine HIV-Positive People
House Bill 2183 was originally created to serve first responders who might be at risk of contracting HIV through their work. But the Kansas Department of Health and Environment rewrote the language in...
View ArticleOverland Park man sentenced for sexual battery on teen boy
DEAR ABBY: As a law enforcement officer, I would like to comment on your reply to Overprotective Mom. I agree with your solution to have the boy who wouldnt wear his bike helmet because it was...
View ArticleAP ABCs Barbara Walters plans retirement in 2014
Someone who works closely with Walters says the plan is for her to retire in May 2014 after a series of special programs saluting her career. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter...
View ArticleFootball Hall of Fame exhibit coming to Missouri History Museum
No. 1 point: Adam Wainwright proves again that it's possible to remain thoroughly humble and resist the trappings of wealth, fame and ...
View ArticleEngage Mobile adds president co-owner
Engage Mobile has added Matthew Barksdale as president and co-owner. The River Market mobile technology and marketing firm, founded in 2010 by Cerner Corp. IT veteran Darrin Clawson, develops mobile...
View ArticleBrad Childress Joins Chiefs Coaching Staff
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Thursday that Brad Childress has joined the team's coaching staff to serve as its spread game analyst/special projects, reuniting him with Chiefs head coach Andy...
View ArticlePolice Mo. man used fake penis for drug test
Authorities allege that 34-year-old Sydney Levin was submitting a urine sample last week as part of his probation when an officer allegedly spotted him using a prosthetic known as a Whizzinator. The...
View ArticleBlue Springs bond issue would boost school security
School security has been a focus at nearly every school in the country since the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, but Blue Springs officials said their conversations...
View ArticleNew photo bill pay ...is it safe
John Fickle, regional manager of US Bank, explained "now you can take a picture of your bill, and can pay your bill at any time, any place, when it's convenient for ...
View Article3 lanes of EB I-435 closed in JoCo
LENEXA, Kan. - Three lanes of eastbound Interstate 435 at Lackman Road are closed after a two-car crash. The wreck occurred just before 5 p.m. Thursday. One person sustained minor injuries. Stay with...
View ArticleSouthwest employees protest outsourcing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Southwest Airline employees expressed their concern on Thursday about the company's proposals to outsource workers. Members of Transport Workers Union Local 555 took to the Southwest...
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