Kansas City Star: Local
- New Roots for Refugees offers help to those who need a chance to grow
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:00 AMOn Saturdays at the Lenexa Farmer’s Market, grower and vendor Ibrahim Dugudu sells his produce from a stall that shares much in common with others in the area. Baskets of … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police investigating double homicide following Midtown shooting
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 11:09 PMPolice are investigating a double homicide following the death of two men Monday evening. The shooting happened at about 8:20 p.m. on the 3600 block of Wabash Ave, according to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bernie Sanders wades into race against Yoder, endorses former delegate Welder
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:30 PMU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders waded into a congressional race in the Kansas City suburbs Monday, officially endorsing a candidate who had served as a delegate for him in 2016. Sanders, … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ripple effects from Kander's candidacy felt down KC ballot as two drop council bids
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:09 PMMatt Staub and Jared Campbell, two urban core residents who filed to run for Kansas City's 4th District council seat, both said on Monday they are withdrawing their candidacies. Their … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kansas City teen, sought in Amber Alert, charged with robbing girl's grandfather
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 12:44 PMThe flight of an 18-year-old Kansas City man who was part of a two-state Amber Alert ended Saturday night as he tried to hide from officers in a McDonald's bathroom.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- KCK school spokesman hired away by Shawnee Mission district
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 12:13 PMFor 13 years, David A. Smith has served the Kansas City, Kansas School District as spokesman, head of the communications department and a lobbyist. On Monday, the Shawnee Mission School … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Aerial footage captures implosion of former Park Place Hotel
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 04:40 PMThe former Park Place Hotel, consisting of two eight-story towers at 1601 N. Universal Ave., in Kansas City's East Bottoms, was imploded Sunday by 500-pounds of dynamite embedded in 2,200 holes drilled throughout the buildings.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hundreds gather at the Plaza to protest the separation of immigrant children from the parents
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 09:19 PMMayor Sly James rallies a crowd of hundreds that gathered Sunday, June 14, at the J.C. Nichols fountain in the Plaza against the separation of immigrant children from their parents.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Kander confirms bid for Kansas City mayor in a move already shaking up the ballot
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:30 AMJason Kander, the former Missouri secretary of state whose growing nationwide profile as a Democrat led to speculation about his presidential ambitions, confirmed on Sunday his unexpected decision to run … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Demolished hotel played part in Kansas City mob history, 1970s Las Vegas casino case
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 05:09 PMWhen 500 pounds of dynamite detonated early Sunday morning in Kansas City, the explosions obliterated a once-posh hotel — and with it, a piece of Kansas City organized crime history.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Shoes are evidence that we can rationalize anything
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:00 AMMaybe it’s age or just a nugget of wisdom finally smacking me in the head, but I can say with confidence most “dressy” shoes for women have become more painful … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police ask for help identifying Liberty Memorial vandals
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:25 PMKansas City police are asking for the public's help in identifying two women who vandalized the Liberty Memorial on June 7. The damage, which included spray painting the historic memorial's … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - With 100 teddy bears and toothbrushes, KCPD social workers hope to comfort kids
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:20 PMTeddy bears give a child what a Kansas City Police Department social worker can't: a friend to cuddle and hold when scared. Six social workers with the Kansas City Police … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - KCPD social workers have a new way to comfort traumatized children
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:07 PMSocial workers with the Kansas City Police Department will now have backpacks with essentials thanks to a partnership with Motorola Solutions and the Kansas City Police Foundation. The backpacks will be handed out to kids in traumatic situations.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trial ordered in 2016 rape and murder of Overland Park woman
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 01:11 PMA Johnson County judge on Monday ordered an Ottawa, Kan., man to stand trial for the 2016 killing of an Overland Park woman. Korrey Raine White Rinke is charged with … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Witness describes semi truck's crash off overpass in KCK
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 06:17 PMWitness Bill Newcamp describes how a semi truck crashed and fell off of an overpass on Interstate 670 in Kansas City, Kan. Newcamp was waiting for a work crew near the overpass when the wreck occurred on Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Semi careens off Interstate 670 in Kansas City, Kan
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 07:58 PMEmergency crews were on the scene of a wreck that involved a semi truck that careened off of Interstate 670, near Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kan. The driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘It takes five minutes, or less.’ Court ruling means new Kansas voters sign up easily
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:30 AMFour days after a federal judge threw out a Kansas voting restriction, 72 newly naturalized Americans became registered voters in the same courthouse where the landmark voting rights trial took … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'It is inhuman': Hundreds rally in KC against separation of immigrant children
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 08:29 PMHundreds came, maybe more than a thousand. But one Mexican immigrant who stepped out in front of Sunday's rally at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City spoke for thousands … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Semi truck falls off highway overpass in Kansas City, Kan.
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 05:39 PMEmergency crews in Kansas City, Kan., are responding to a wreck after a semi truck apparently drove off of an overpass on Interstate 670. The wreck occurred about 4 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- When the porch decor comes out of winter storage, the magic begins
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:00 AMIt’s a rite of spring when we haul the porch decor out of winter storage. The outdoor carpets go down, the hanging baskets go up, the side table gets put … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kansas removes lawsuit fear for rescuers of children, pets trapped in hot cars
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:54 PMBeginning Sunday, good Samaritans in Kansas won't have to think about getting sued for busting out the window of a hot car to save a child or pet trapped inside.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Protesting Trump, artist adds immigrant child to Kansas mural. It lasts only 3 days
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 07:00 PMA mural commemorating the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case was almost complete when one of its artists painted in a last-minute addition: an immigrant child clinging to her … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amerigroup to contest decision to give KanCare contract to another company
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 01:53 PMAmerigroup, one of three insurance companies that has run KanCare since former Gov. Sam Brownback started the privatized Medicaid program in 2013, says it will contest the state's decision to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Independence teen charged with murder in shooting of driver who nearly backed over him
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 01:02 PMA teen who allegedly shot a driver who nearly backed over him at an Independence gas station over the weekend has been charged with murder. The Jackson County prosecutor charged 19-year-old … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mayor Sly James rallies the crowd in the Plaza in support of immigrant families
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 07:10 PMHundreds rallied in the Plaza against the separation and caging of immigrant children … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Raw Video: Semi plummets off I-670 overpass in KCK
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 05:45 PMRaw Video: A semi truck on Sunday fell off of an overpass on Interstate 670 near Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kan. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - "My brother is an Eagle and I want to be an Eagle too" — girls join Cub Scouts
Saturday - 06/23/2018 - 01:14 PMAn all-girl den of Cub Scouts worked on their advancement during their meeting at Antioch Park. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Miracle he's alive': Driver hospitalized after semi truck falls off overpass in KCK
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 08:01 PMThe driver of a semi truck that crashed and fell from a highway overpass Sunday in Kansas City, Kan., survived the wreck and was hospitalized in serious condition, according to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Short argument sparks fatal shooting at Independence gas station, owner says
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 02:40 PMA fatal shooting at an Independence gas station Saturday apparently was sparked by a short argument after a car almost backed into a man entering the store, according to the … Click to Continue »
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