Study suggests moving casino to downtown St. Joseph
A consultant will propose that St. Joseph make a big bet on itself with a plan to move the St. Jo Frontier Casino downtown, The St. Joseph News-Press reports. The casino would buy and expand at the...
View ArticleKansas Legislators plan huge post-break push
Kansas legislative leaders return from spring break on Monday determined to complete nearly all of this sessions work by the end of the week, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Republican leaders want...
View ArticleMarillacs new CEO has history as builder collaborator
A native Kansan who has been leading a Tennessee nonprofit will return to the area as the new CEO of Marillac, the organization announced. Gerald (Jerry) Benson is the new president and CEO of the...
View ArticleLees Summit hires help to rebuild development approvals
Lees Summit hired a local businessman to help the city make its consideration of new development projects more efficient, The Lees Summit Journal reports. City Manager Steve Arbo said his office hired...
View ArticleFirst in Print Hospitals say Medicaid expansion vital
The expansion of Medicaid coverage plays a key role in the overall health care reform plan, but it means even more than that at the local level. Its the difference between survival and not, said John...
View ArticleBatter up Royals start season against White Sox
The Kansas City Royals will send Chris Sale to the mound Monday afternoon when the team starts the 2013 season against the Chicago White Sox. The Royals, which set a franchise record for Spring...
View ArticlePressey mulls move from Missouri to NBA
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri point guard Phil Pressey says he's weighing whether to return for his senior season or leave school for the NBA ...
View ArticleKansas Senate taking up sweeping anti-abortion bill
The unaccredited Kansas City Public Schools gets a chance to show improvement in state tests this month. Meanwhile, efforts to speed a possible state takeover have stalled in the General ...
View ArticleMissouri House panel to consider tax overhaul
More Americans than usual have waited until the last two weeks to send their tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. The latest IRS data showed there were about 4.5 million more taxpayers still...
View ArticleMissouri man killed in Myrtle Beach S.C. hit and run
Police say the man was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene early Sunday on the U.S. 17 Bypass.Horry County Coroner Robert Edge says the victim was 31-year-old Chadwick Michael Range of Maryville,...
View Article2nd prosecutor killing rocks Texas
Frayed nerves and a palpable tension cloak this quiet Texas county as half a dozen agencies hunt for the killer or killers apparently bent on taking out top criminal justice ...
View ArticleTerminal evacuated by suspicious package
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say they've evacuated part of the smaller of two terminals at Detroit Metropolitan Airport as a bomb squad responds to a suspicious item at a security checkpoint....
View ArticlePatrol needs help solving last years hit-and-run death of Missouri wrestler
We can thank four Cassville High School teenagers in Missouri for another contender of things you never imagine you would have to explain to ...
View ArticleMissouri to put old marriage records online
Baseball is back, finally. The regular season began on an entertainingly unpredictable note as the much-ridiculed Houston Astros put an 8-2 ...
View ArticleWellCare wraps up Missouri Care deal
WellCare Health Plans Inc. has up to 100,000 more members after completing the acquisition of Missouri Care Inc. WellCare did not say how much it paid to buy Missouri Care, which was a subsidiary of...
View ArticleTwo homes burning on Kansas City block
The unaccredited Kansas City Public Schools gets a chance to show improvement in state tests this month. Meanwhile, efforts to speed a possible state takeover have stalled in the General ...
View Article2 vacant homes catch fire on Morrell Avenue
Firefighters said the fire started in a vacant home that was under construction. Flames from the first house fire ended up catching a vacant home next door on ...
View ArticleFires reported at neighboring KC homes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fire crews in Kansas City, Mo., responded to the 3800 block of Morrell Avenue where two houses were on fire. Authorities were called a little before 8:45 a.m. Nobody was injured in...
View Article2 school buses involved in KC crashes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - School buses were involved in two separate minor crashes Monday morning in Kansas City, authorities said. The first happened at about 8:55 a.m. near 31st and Myrtle, where a...
View ArticleNational Advisors Trust names Combs as CEO
Jim Combs James Combs Jr. is the new CEO of Overland Park-based National Trust Advisors Co. Combs succeeds David Roberts, who worked on an interim basis after former CEO Ron Ferguson resigned in late...
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