First-place Impact look to stretch winning run to five in Kansas City
Coach Marco Schallibaum was a little testy this week as he put the undefeated Montreal Impact through their drills.A hint of cockiness, even complacency, may have seeped into the Major League Soccer...
View ArticleKansas jobless rate steady in February
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- New unemployment figures show the Kansas jobless rate held steady last month at 5.5 percent, the same as in January but lower than in February ...
View ArticleKansas Press Association recognizes Journal with Awards of Excellence
High Plains Journal has been awarded seven awards from the Kansas Press Association's annual Award of Excellence program. Amanda Johnson, graphic artist, was recognized with three awards. Johnson...
View ArticleIndoor Kansas gardeners claim marijuana search was illegal
Supporters say Prime Healthcare is the only possible savior for two debt-laden Kansas City area hospitals, but opponents call for other ...
View ArticleBoy 6 abandoned at KC fire station
Police said a man dropped off the boy at Fire Station No. 17 at 34th Street and The Paseo, telling firefighters that he could no longer care for the ...
View ArticleMarch 29 2013 -- 1976 GOP Convention
Talk in recent daysof trying to bring the 2016 GOP National Convention to Kansas City stirs memories of the summer of 1976, when Kansas City hosted the GOP National Convention. It was a time that...
View ArticleEPA to announce new rules on clean gas
The Obama administration is pushing ahead with a plan to require cleaner gasoline as a way to reduce smog, with the Environmental Protection Agency releasing preliminary rules Friday to reduce sulfur...
View ArticleCity gives up efforts to save Raytown YMCA Video
Autumn MorningSky | KCBJ A Raytown swimmer runs a drill during practice last Friday. The City of Raytown is throwing in the towel on its efforts to keep the Richard C. Green YMCA open. After a Friday...
View ArticleMoran Graves weigh in on sequesters hit to airports
While Johnson County airports prepare to close their air traffic control towers as part of across-the-board federal budgets cuts, congressmen from both sides of the state line are fighting to keep the...
View ArticleLocal congressmen weigh in on federal sequester
While Johnson County airports prepare to close their air traffic control towers as part of across-the-board federal budgets cuts, congressmen from both sides of the state line are fighting to keep the...
View ArticleKDA pleased with legislative action on Kansas corporate farming laws
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman issued the following statement after committees in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate took steps forward to addressing the corporate farming laws in...
View ArticleBucklin High students travel to Topeka to share their perspective on rural...
On March 18, students from Bucklin High School traveled to Topeka to meet with legislators to discuss the unique qualities of rural Kansas schools and urged lawmakers to keep the challenges facing...
View ArticleEyeballs found at Kansas City gas station not human police say
Supporters say Prime Healthcare is the only possible savior for two debt-laden Kansas City area hospitals, but opponents call for other ...
View ArticleChildress Job Title Explained
The question on everyones mind after Brad Childress was named a Chiefs coach on Thursday was "What exactly is a spread game analyst/special projects coach?" Perhaps an even easier way of saying, "What...
View ArticleAccident investigation briefly closes NB I-35 at Broadway
Kansas City police briefly closed northbound lanes of Interstate 35 at Broadway Street as they reconstructed a fatal accident from St. Patrick's ...
View ArticleReport details American versus foreign health care costs
Its commonly understood that U.S. health care prices have spiraled out of control, but a new report from the International Federation of Health Plans throws into sharp relief just how much more...
View ArticleReport Americans pay way more for health care than anyone else
Its commonly understood that U.S. health care prices have spiraled out of control, but a new report from the International Federation of Health Plans throws into sharp relief just how much more...
View ArticleKansas construction jobs report mixed
Kansas gained construction jobs from January to February, but lost them from February 2012, the Associated General Contractors of America reported today as part of its monthly jobs report. The state...
View ArticleFriday is last day for our all-call for local apps
If only there were an app for finding local apps. Friday is the deadline for the Kansas City Business Journals all-call for local apps. Were trying to hunt down apps that were developed by local...
View ArticleSurvey shows number of abortions decreasing in Kansas
The number of abortions performed in Kansas has dropped by more than 5 percent, according to a preliminary report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. A total of 7,457 abortions were...
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