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Tornado among strongest storms to hit US
The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...
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Scam artists take aim at post-storm goodwill
The devastation in Oklahoma has prompted many to try to help, but scam artists are hoping to seize and opportunity to take advantage of this ...
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Expert shares tips for talking to kids about Oklahoma storm
Dr. Kathy Harms of the Crittendon Children's Center shared advice for parents about talking to their children about the disaster, especially since the tornado made a direct hit on two elementary ...
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Kansas lawmakers give final approval to gun bill
The Kansan’s proposal to cut the program by more than $30 billion over 10 years, proposed as an amendment to the Senate farm bill, was defeated ...
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Brett to represent Royals at 2013 MLB Draft
Email HOUSTON -- Kansas City Hall of Famer George Brett will be the Royals' representative at this year's First-Year Player Draft. Brett and one or two representatives from all 30 Major League teams will be at the June 6 Draft in New York. Other former stars in attendance will include Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox, Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tony Oliva of the ...
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With Perez out emergency catcher Getz to be backup
Email HOUSTON -- Kansas City manager Ned Yost and second baseman Chris Getz are in total agreement when it comes to one aspect of the game. Neither wants to see Getz behind the plate as the Royals' emergency catcher. With starting catcher Salvador Perez sitting out Tuesday night's game with a minor injury, it raised the question of what would the Royals do if backup catcher George ...
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Cains family in Oklahoma fine after tornado
Email HOUSTON -- Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain lives in Norman, Okla., in the offseason, not far from where a tornado tore through central Oklahoma on Monday. "Everybody's fine," Cain said of his wife Jenny and her family. "My in-laws are there. It didn't hit Norman." Norman is about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City and only 8 1/2 miles south of Moore, Okla., ...
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Storm sirens leave some gaps in coverage
JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. - Storm sirens are one way of finding out if severe weather is on the way, but emergency managers say families shouldn't rely on them as their sole means of being warned about an approaching storm. Many communities place sirens in areas where they can notify people who may be outside and not have access to a television or radio. Matt May, Johnson County's emergency ...
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Families try to find loved ones in Moore
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City women were relieved to finally hear from family in Moore, Okla., after Monday's devastating tornado. Pam Francis was worried about her cousins who live in Moore. Minutes seemed like hours, and it wasn't until hours after the devastation that she did get a message they were okay -- and even added a new little one to the family. "They are in the ...
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How you can help tornado victims
Churches said the best way to give right now is money. While many denominations train volunteers regularly to be prepared to help at any time, they said money is the fastest and easiest way to help in the aftermath. They said donated dollars move fast, so victims can quickly get what they ...
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Oklahoma storm puts spotlight on local school safety
Students at two elementary schools hit hard by the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday said they ran for cover in hallways and bathroom stalls because they didn't have safe rooms like many Oklahoma schools ...
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Chiefs Kick Off a New Week of OTAs
The Kansas City Chiefs were back outside for the start of another week of OTAs on Tuesday. We're roughly two months away from training camp, yet the mood and sounds at practice feel like it's already late July. The team's defense has been as advertised throughout the OTAs, including Pro Bowl ...
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Kansas tax and budget negotiations nudge forward
The House and the Senate stood just a fraction of a penny apart on agreeing to an overarching plan to lower income taxes even deeper than what was enacted last year.On Tuesday, the Senate inched closer to a position taken by the House last week. That opened the possibility that this year’s legislative session could soon draw to a close.Meanwhile, a separate committee reached a tentative ...
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EDITORIAL | Technology helped save lives
MOORE, Okla. - By lunchtime Monday, storm spotters knew something terrible could happen. Heartache would be in this storm's path. There would be no way around ...
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Gordon Parks closure halted by judge
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Gordon Parks Elementary School got a last-minute reprieve from a judge to stay open through part of the summer. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ordered the Kansas City charter school be shut down earlier this ...
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Bezos moon rocket engines restored in Kansas
An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ...
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Ameren Missouri working to finish restoring power to residents
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Fewer than 800 customers are still without power in Missouri from Monday nights storms. Ameren Missouri has approximately 800 crew members helping with restoration efforts. The Ameren Missouri Emergency Operations Center will stay open through Tuesday night because of storms that are expected throughout parts of the state. "By keeping the EOC open, we remain ready and ...
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Court order provides reprieve for KC school
The judge blocked the state's decision to close Gordon Parks Elementary School, an action that brought cheers at a rally aimed at helping the school ...
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9 Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Relief
Students at two elementary schools hit hard by the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday said they ran for cover in hallways and bathroom stalls because they didn't have safe rooms like many Oklahoma schools ...
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Oklahoma tornado cuts 17-mile path
Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ...
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Former Kansas City Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography
KANSAS CITY, MO-Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Missouri resident was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography. Paul Leslie Kannarr, 68, formerly of Kansas City, was charged in a 10-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City. Today’s indictment alleges ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Oklahoma tornado brings back fear in recovering Joplin Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Less than three hours after a deadly twister on Monday flattened a swath of Moore, Oklahoma, tornado warning sirens sounded in Joplin, Missouri, 215 miles to the ...
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Missouri Baptist University student charged with setting car fires at campuses in Creve Coeur
o A Missouri Baptist University student and former missionary has been charged with setting four parked cars on fire on and near campus earlier this month.Andrew Wos, 21, of the 5200 block of Sunflower Drive in Eureka was charged today with four counts of knowingly burning or exploding after Creve Coeur police say he set four cars ablaze on two parking lots at the university on May 1.Two cars ...
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Local school How to move on after storm
GLADSTONE, Mo. - Suzanne McCanles is Head of School at Oakhill Day School in Gladstone, Mo. Five years ago, a tornado damaged the school overnight. No one was in the building when the twister struck, so there was no loss of life. When she looks at the tornado damage at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., she says she's heartbroken and realizes once again how grateful she is that ...
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Kansas City women focus on micro-finance
Kansas City women are trying to make an impact in the world by teaming up with micro-finance providers for people living in poverty.
All too often charitable causes and organisations looking for funding focus on symptomatic poverty, responding to the causes of poverty worldwide in a similar manner to a doctor giving a patient painkillers for a cancer tumor instead of removing the tumor. We donate so that children in poverty around the world can get food, education, clothing, medicines and various other basic needs. But it doesn’t solve the problem of why they’re in poverty in the first place. Read more
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