North Kansas City delays agreement to study northern expansion of streetcar...
The tax was first approved in 2005, but it failed north of the Missouri River at that time and succeeded only with big support south of the river. This time, it passed decisively both north and south...
View ArticlePolice Robbery shooting leads to crash in east KC
Officers said they responded to the crash near Blue Parkway and Eastwood Trafficway about 7:30 p.m. Police said in addition to the two cars involved in the head-on collision, a third vehicle rear-ended...
View ArticleJesus portrait comes down after 66 years
CINCINNATI (AP) - A Jesus portrait that has hung in a southern Ohio school district's buildings since 1947 has been taken down, because of concerns about the costs of a federal lawsuit. The...
View ArticleWalmart considering Raytown food store
RAYTOWN, Mo. - A longtime vacant lot in Raytown's downtown area could soon be home to a Walmart Neighborhood Market. The lot, which sits at East 62nd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard., was once home to...
View ArticleKCMO to amend ethics policies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City, Mo., city council's finance and ethics committee met Monday to amend its ethics policies following a $15,000 payout for an event that never happened. It was about a...
View ArticleJay Leno announces Tonight Show exit
"Congratulations Jimmy," Leno said. "I hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're the old guy. If you need me, I'll be at the ...
View ArticleYMCA settles suits as it makes downtown push
On March 12 the day the YMCA of Greater Kansas City announced its plans to build a downtown location and close three other facilities a wrongful termination lawsuit from the former director of the Ys...
View ArticleFerrellgas acquires Utah propane company
Ferrellgas Partners LP has acquired the propane operation of Western Petroleum of Roosevelt, Utah. The acquisition, the fifth of the fiscal year for Overland Park-based Ferrellgas, gives the company...
View ArticleBlack Veatch CEO Rodman will retire
Steve Edwards (left) and Len Rodman Len Rodman will step down as CEO of Black & Veatch at the end of 2013, the Overland Park engineering giant announced Wednesday. Steve Edwards, formerly an...
View ArticleMissouri Botanical Garden one of the best gardens
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The Missouri Botanical Garden comes in at number three on the list of the 10 best public gardens in the U.S. TripAdvisor bases the top ten lists on the TripAdvisor Popularity Index...
View ArticleCancer pain conference starts Thursday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Top Neurosurgeons from across the country will be in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday to discuss new ways to treat cancer pain. The panel is led by Kansas City Neurosurgeon Dr. William...
View ArticleMom arrested in KCK near-drowning
The mother of two young girls hospitalized after an apparent near-drowning has been placed under arrest, police in Kansas City, Kan., said. Emergency responders arrived to a home in the 2900 block of...
View ArticleHM Risk Taps Horack as Executive VP in Missouri
Steve Horack has joined St. Louis, Mo.-based HM Risk as executive vice president of business development. Horack has more than 22 years of insurance industry experience. He began his career with Aetna...
View ArticleNationwide bank lending drops in first quarter
Commercial bank lending nationwide declined in the first quarter for the first time in seven quarters. Lending was down 0.89 percent in the first quarter of 2013, according to a report by Sterne Agee....
View ArticleApp-ril 3 in KC Lanterns mobile deal finder
As daily deals inundate consumers with email coupons, a section of the market is trying to cater to mobile users convenient sensibilities without flooding their inbox. Wednesdays installment of...
View ArticleKansas frosh G Anrio Adams transferring
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas freshman guard Anrio Adams had been granted a release to transfer to another school. Coach Bill Self says he met with Adams and believes it is in his best interest to look for a...
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 ArticleFormer central Kansas football player pleads to reduced charge in rivals death
Mark Holland, a United Methodist pastor and fourth-generation Kansas City, Kan., resident, takes over a county thats seen a string of economic development successes but also mounting concerns over...
View ArticleNKC High School lockdown over
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. - School officials put North Kansas City High School on a precautionary lockdown just after noon Wednesday. The lockdown was lifted just before 2 p.m. Police said someone at the...
View ArticleW.Va. sheriff shot suspect arrested
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - A state official says a West Virginia county sheriff has been shot to death and a suspect is in custody. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's chief of staff, Rob Alsop, says state police...
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