Mo. House passes school police bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri House has passed a bill that would allow school districts to hire police resource officers. Sponsoring Republican Rep. Sheila Solon, of Blue Springs, says the...
View ArticleAnrio Adams leaves Kansas may consider UW
granted his release by Kansas and is possibly considering transferring to Washington. The 6-3, 190-pound combo guard played just one season for the Jayhawks. He averaged just 1.1 points in 3.5 minutes...
View ArticleMissouri not building database of peoples personal info Nixon says
This is the voting problem that lawmakers in Missouri and elsewhere should be tackling. Whether it's in municipal elections or presidential ...
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 ArticleChiefs Sign OL Tommie Draheim
The Kansas City Chiefs added depth to their offensive line, signing Tommie Draheim, the team announced Wednesday.Draheim (6-4, 309) originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Green...
View ArticleWoman in custody after children nearly drown
Self said she was one of the first people to get a call about the injured children. She said she called the father of the youngest child. He said he thought the woman was on her way to pick him up at...
View ArticleMan shot dead 2 men sought
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One person was shot dead Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo. The drive-by shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Wheeling Avenue around 3:30 p.m. The victim was found critically...
View ArticleShip breaks from mooring worker missing
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - One shipyard worker is missing after a Carnival cruise ship that had been disabled for days in the Gulf of Mexico broke away from its moorings in Mobile, Ala., officials say. The...
View ArticleGovernor denies claims that Missouri is sending private info to feds
This is the voting problem that lawmakers in Missouri and elsewhere should be tackling. Whether it's in municipal elections or presidential ...
View ArticleSantana Ks eight but few hits allowed prove costly
KC@CWS: Santana fans eight over six in Royals debut CHICAGO -- This is certainly not how the Royals envisioned their season would start, not after such an encouraging spring camp. Yet, besieged by home...
View ArticleOmaha firm expands into Kansas City market by acquiring Larkin Group engineering
Voters choose Mark Holland as KCKs next mayor Mark Holland, a United Methodist pastor and fourth-generation Kansas City, Kan., resident, takes over a county thats seen a string of economic...
View ArticleOLB Frank Zombo heading to Kansas City
Green Bay --- Injuries essentially drove Frank Zombo out of Green Bay. Since a promising rookie season, the outside linebacker has been decimated by one setback after another. And now, he's heading to...
View ArticleKCPD doesnt see link in recent Northland rapes
Angie Blumel of the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault said most rapes are never reported. She said it was courageous for the women in the two cases to go to police and tell them what...
View ArticlePair had history of anger issues
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Days after police took a battered and bruised 2-year-old girl from a Kansas City apartment, her mother and the man dating her mother face child endangerment charges. Court documents...
View ArticleFree tax help available in Kansas City as filing deadline nears
A new KCI is closer to takeoff A council committee unanimously gave the green light to continued planning for a new, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport. Despite public skepticism,...
View ArticleAnother small quake rattles southeast Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) - For the second time this week, residents in southeast Missouri felt the rumble of a small earthquake. But an expert says it's nothing to worry about - small quakes strike in the New...
View ArticleNo more age restrictions on Plan B pill
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are "arbitrary, capricious and...
View ArticleAfter charges KCK mom on suicide watch
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas mother accused of trying to drown her two young children was on suicide watch a day after being charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Johnna Green...
View ArticleFrancoeur Gordon leaders of young clubhouse
Email PHILADELPHIA -- With a relatively young team, Royals manager Ned Yost has the benefit of veteran players like Jeff Francoeur and Alex Gordon to fall back on in his clubhouse. It doesn't seem that...
View ArticleYost preparing for steady dose of Interleague Play
PHILADELPHIA -- With the Astros' move to the American League giving each league 15 teams, Interleague Play will be a season-long occurrence. It's something Royals manager Ned Yost understands, but also...
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