Provides the latest RSS feeds for Kansas City News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kansas City News.net http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/cat/cc264e50ceab3697/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:26 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:26 -0400 30 GARNETT, Kan. - Law enforcement authorities in three states are on the lookout for an elderly Kansas couple after they left their home Monday morning bound for Illinois, but never showed up as expected. Vernon and Goldie Hunt left Garnett around 6 a.m. Monday and were expected to arrive Monday evening at the home of friends in Dwight, Ill. They were driving a black, 2005 Chrysler 300 automobile ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285851/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:07:49 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285851/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Police released photos of persons-of-interest in the case of a missing statue. Authorities say the "Pioneer Woman" statue was missing from the National Trails Museum Monday morning. It had been ripped from its granite base. Employees reported the theft. The statue, located at the back of the museum, was commissioned by community leaders. Anyone with information about ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285850/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:07:49 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285850/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Merriam man whose dream of becoming a United States Marine was put on hold after being diagnosed with cancer has seen it happen for him after ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285852/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:05 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285852/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The mother of a man who died after police used a Taser while attempting to arrest him said she wants Kevin Ellis remembered as someone with a kind heart who struggled with the demons of mental ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285854/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:04 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285854/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Crowds gathered at Rye to sample Terra Incognita. Boulevard teamed up a California brewery, Sierra Nevada, to create the limited-edition beer. Steven Pauwels of Boulevard Brewing Company said customers can savor it now or let it age. "The idea behind the beer is from two regions, Missouri and California," he said. "We aged some of the beer in wine barrels and some in whiskey ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285853/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:04 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285853/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A man came into the Family Dollar store on U.S. Highway 40 just before 5:15 p.m. He showed a gun to a worker at the register and demanded cash. He left after getting some money. No one was injured in the robbery. Police said the man was wearing a red ball cap, a black jacket with a white or gray T-shirt, black shorts and black shoes. Investigators released a picture of the man and asked anyone ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285855/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:04 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285855/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:01 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Investigators released surveillance images from the June 9 robbery at the Shell station on Blue Ridge Boulevard. Police said two men, both believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, went into the store and threatened the clerk with a gun. Anyone who recognizes the men are asked to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285856/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:05:59 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285856/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KC@CLE: Perez singles home an insurance run CLEVELAND -- This time, the bullpen couldn't hold the lead. Cleveland struck for three runs in the eighth inning against Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera and Tim Collins and the Indians took a 4-3 comeback victory on Tuesday night in front of an appreciative crowd of 14,853 at Progressive Field. Herrera was put in charge of a 3-1 lead in the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285857/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:51:01 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285857/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - A Blue Springs, Mo., daycare has been forced to shut down after a toddler was injured at the facility. In documents obtained by 41 Action News, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims a 17-month-old child was slapped and physically held in a timeout while at the daycare operated by Mary Douglas. The documents also show the toddler sustained injuries to his ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285077/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:09 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285077/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. - The Jackson County Assessor's office says it is in the process of sending letters to 58,000 homeowners notifying them that assessors plan to take a second look at their home values. The homes were among the 68,000 targeted for reevaluation this year. Hundreds of those homeowners have contested their home's new values. County leaders initially flagged 18,000 homes ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285076/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:08 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285076/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Kansas City, Mo. - A Kansas City man was involved in a plan to attack the New York Stock Exchange. On Tuesday, the FBI's deputy director Sean Joyce testified that the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled about 50 terrorists plots since September 11 worldwide, some plots planned for US ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285075/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:08 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285075/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Surveillance cameras set up outside the house in the 1900 block of Buckingham Drive recorded pictures of the man looking into the house. He had trouble seeing through the tinted windows and even yanked on the back door while the homeowner and two young boys were inside. "It was a little weird knowing he was out there for five or six minutes while I was with the kids in the house," said ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285079/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:21 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285079/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Vernon Hunt, 91, and his wife Goldie Hunt, 81, left home early Monday morning en route to Dwight, Ill. They've made the 500-mile trip many times but have not yet arrived. Authorities said the couple planned to take Interstate 35 into Kansas City before heading west on Interstate 70 toward St. Louis. They were driving a 2005 Chrysler 300 with Kansas license plate 473FNM. Garnett police said ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285080/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:20 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285080/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown says a K-9 unit stopped the westbound truck for a traffic violation around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 70. Brown says a search turned up some boxes containing the cash in the bed of the pickup. Police seized the money and the truck, which had Colorado tags. The Tucson man was booked into the Geary County jail on suspicion of speeding and transporting drug ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285078/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:20 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285078/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Jury’s award ‘wonderful’ for Lee’s Summit woman who sued Vatterott College A Jackson County jury found in favor of Jennifer Kerr in her lawsuit against Vatterott and found that the Missouri-based Vatterott Educational Centers Inc. had violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285081/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215285081/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KQTV reports 29-year-old Tony King, of Bethany, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Michael Bozarth. They shared a cell at the Buchanan County Jail, where Bozarth was found strangled the morning of June 11. King was awaiting sentencing for the January 2012 death of 7-year-old Jeremiah Lamm, whose body was found in their burned-out mobile home in Harrison ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284078/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:09 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284078/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The U.S. Attorney's office said Jehad Shalabi, 45, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit trademark goods. Shalabi, of Blue Springs, Mo., operated a store called Joe Black in Kansas City, Kan. FBI agents reported making undercover purchases in 2011 of phony Nike shoes, a fake Polo Ralph Lauren shirt and other items. Agents later seized nearly 600 counterfeit items ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284079/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:08 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284079/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KOMU-TV reports the boars were spotted Monday on the trail in Rocheport. An agent with the Department of Conservation said the animals were charging at people and tore up the yard of a business. The agent, Sean Ernst, said Tuesday he shot and killed the two boars, then searched a few miles of the trail for others but didn't find any. Conservation Department regional supervisor Tom Strother ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284080/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:07 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284080/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Email CLEVELAND -- Royals right-hander Felipe Paulino has been recalled from his Minor League rehabilitation assignment because of lower back stiffness. Paulino made one start for Double-A Northwest Arkansas as he continues his comeback from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last July 3. "I don't think it's anything major. Very minor," Royals manager Ned Yost said. ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284081/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:52 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284081/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Email CLEVELAND -- The Royals currently are operating with a seven-man bullpen but, with the starting pitchers going much deeper into games this season, would manager Ned Yost consider going with six relievers? "Not really," Yost said. "Because we're not scoring enough runs. Even though our starting pitchers are going deep, I still have to use these guys every day to protect ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284082/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215284082/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 On May 4, Jamie Frecks, 26, died when she was hit by three cars on I-35 after falling out of a Midnight Express party bus. Frecks leaves behind an infant daughter who was only 5-weeks old at the time of the crash. Attorneys Lynn R. Johnson and David R. Morantz filed suit in The District Court of Wyandotte County, Kan., within minutes of the bus getting on Interstate 35, one of the double ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282932/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:58 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282932/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The National Council on Teacher Quality, an outside group unaffiliated with those who accredit state teacher training programs, gave Kansas a D+ grade and Missouri a straight D. These teacher training programs provide about two-thirds of all the teachers for the two states. The report criticizes both states for the way it trains teachers to teach read and math. It also says student teachers ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282934/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:16 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282934/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Police have released photos of two men they want to find and question in connection with the theft of a bronze statue from the National Frontier Trails ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282933/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:15 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282933/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. Nikita is also being fed a diet of boiled beef in the holding area behind the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282935/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:46:41 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215282935/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 There are many different requirements, standards and tests for the wide variety of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and commando units - ranging from infantry and combat engineer to pararescue and special ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281447/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:49:11 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281447/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 DENVER, Colo. - A confirmed tornado touched down near Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon, sending travelers scrambling to get into tornado shelters and stunned passengers on airplanes and in vehicles taking pictures of the astounding ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281736/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:38 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281736/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Emerald ash borers are invading ash trees across the Midwest. The insects migrated to the United States from Asia more than a decade ago. "When it was introduced here with no natural controls, it went rampant," said Nichola Goergen of Urban Tree Specialists. "All it feeds on is ash, every species." The Greenway Fields neighborhood did a census and counted 38 ash trees in the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281737/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:53 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281737/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against the operator of a defunct Kansas City day spa, accusing her of failing to deliver on prepaid ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281739/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:52 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281739/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the operators of a party bus from which a young mother fell to her death in May. The suit was filed in Wyandotte County District Court against Midnight Express, a company recently ordered by federal regulators to cease operation because of alleged unsafe ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281740/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:20 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215281740/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 ATCHISON, Kan. - What's being touted as the world's largest doomsday shelter is coming to Atchison, Kan. A California company called Vivos is opening an underground shelter that was formerly used by the government for storage. Three years ago, the government put the space on the market. The two million square foot space is in a limestone cave just south of Atchison. That's about ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280590/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:12 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280590/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 4:27PM CDT expiring June 18 at 5:00PM CDT in effect for: Franklin… Flood Warning issued June 18 at 9:52AM CDT expiring June 19 at 3:32PM CDT in effect for: Carroll; Chariton; Linn; ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280589/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:12 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280589/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 OLATHE, Kan. - Johnson County residents are hearing -- and seeing -- more coyotes this year. The Kansas Department of Wildlife said Johnson County residents are reporting the uptick in coyote calls, and neighbors near 151st and Interstate 35 in Olathe have concerns about the influx of ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280591/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:11 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280591/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A conceal-carry controversy is brewing in Johnson County as the Lenexa City Council plans to consider changing the laws allowing people to carry ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280592/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:24 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280592/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The house at 61st Street and Wornall Road was built in 1858 and has been a museum to the pre-Civil War era for 41 years. "The house is in jeopardy," said executive director Anna Marie Tutera. Cracks have appeared on the interior walls and along the facade. The historic building needs renovations to remain stable. "We're going to be doing extensive piering to bedrock on the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280593/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:22 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215280593/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The Kansas Division of Motor Vehicles closed a motorcycle test course after a sinkhole destroyed part of the course Saturday. The course was at the Mission driver licensing office at 6507 Johnson Drive. The DMV will remain open for business, but motorcycles skills testing won't be available for two or three weeks, while the department creates and marks a new course. The sinkhole swallowed ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279385/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:49 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279385/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The sinkhole that opened up in the parking lot of a Mission strip mall over the weekend has put a temporary hold on motorcycle road examinations at the Mission DMV ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279386/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:58 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279386/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279388/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:57 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279388/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The office is located at 6138 Raytown Trafficway. Treasurer Clint Zweifel said the kiosk allows people to search for unclaimed property and begin the claims process while doing business at the license office. Zweifel also said it provides a portal to the online search system for Missourians who may not have Internet access. All searches and claims are free of charge. The Raytown license office is ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279387/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:57 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279387/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Updated: House packed with ammo, fireworks, clutter burns in Overland Park All four residents escaped safely before firefighters began cutting through a wall with a chainsaw to clear debris from a burning ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279389/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:28 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279389/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Facebook page . What do you do when 300 visitors show up on your doorstep in the pouring rain? If your guests are mostly-Latino Dream Act supporters, and you happen to be Kansas’ rabidly anti-immigration Secretary of State Kris Kobach, then you might call the police and threaten to shoot them. David Edwards ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279390/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:26:07 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215279390/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 While Hillary Clinton has not officially announced her intention to run for president in 2016, the former Secretary of State has already picked up a high profile endorsement from Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.In a statement released on Tuesday, McCaskill announced her support for Ready for Hillary, an independent political action committee urging Clinton to run for ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278013/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:01 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278013/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A spokesman for the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities tells 41 Action News that the power company could make the results of its investigation into a weekend electrocution public as early as tomorrow. David Mehlhaff, BPU's chief communications officer, said members of the company's leadership held a two-hour meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the investigation ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278137/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:32 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278137/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The man fled after the incident early Tuesday at Bodycote Thermal Processing in south Wichita. He has not been captured. Police say three employees returning to the business from a break found the man sitting on a forklift. When they asked him to leave, he began driving the forklift around the warehouse, intentionally hitting several objects. One employee suffered a broken leg and cuts when he ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278139/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:42 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278139/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A state Department of Education report shows that Kansas legislators have authorized school spending for the next two years that is more than $650 million below what is required by ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278138/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:42 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278138/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278140/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:16 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278140/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278141/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:15 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278141/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278142/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:14 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215278142/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:46 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.The northern Missouri legislator whose amendments to a pair of larger bills helped push the plan through the Legislature and onto the desk of Gov. ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276499/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:41 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276499/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276819/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:38 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276819/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KC terrorist supported plan to bomb stock exchange, FBI leader tells Congress A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276820/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:07 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276820/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 closed on a triumphant note at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, Sunday night, June 16, ending a 15 day/night run with the entire run sold out-not only sold out but standing ovations for the cast curtain calls and another standing ovation for the orchestra as exit music played and the audience encircled them to show their ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276821/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:14:58 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215276821/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A southeast Missouri woman is expected to make a full recovery after being shocked while saving a cat from a flooded ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215277028/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:36 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215277028/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee. Army Gen. Keith Alexander said the two recently disclosed ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275410/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:31 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275410/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," expected to pass by a comfortable margin late Tuesday, would be a direct challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275411/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:31 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275411/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A new report estimates that just 11 percent of the Kansas winter wheat is now ripe, with harvest in much of southern Kansas just days away. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that last year by this late in the season, 97 percent of the crop had ripened. The average for this time of year is 44 percent. The agency also rated wheat condition as 45 percent ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275409/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:29 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275409/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:50 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Scientists at the St. Louis morgue will try to extract fresh DNA and consider if specialized testing might shed light on her identity. The testing may determine the area where she grew up, which could lead to an identification and possibly her ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275413/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:50 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275413/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KC terrorist supported plan to bomb stock exchange, FBI leader tells Congress A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275414/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:21 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275414/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275415/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:18 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275415/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Theater Heritage's popular series just grows and grows as people see it and learn about it. And, according to host, Tim Scott, ticket sales for the next ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275416/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:04 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215275416/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Northeast Kansas counties that were hit by a tornado and flooding in late May are waiting to hear if storms caused enough damage to make the region eligible for state or federal aid. An EF-2 tornado hit Marshall County on May 27, causing significant damage to some businesses and 28 homes in Marysville. Tornadoes also touched down in Nemaha County on May 28 and flooding was reported across the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215274693/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:25 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215274693/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Lawrence officials are taking aim at a bed bug problem that's emerging at apartment complexes with new rules allowing the city to tell people how and when to exterminate the critters. City code enforcement manager Brian Jiminez says bed bugs are becoming an issue at apartment complexes because of the large turnover in tenants. The tiny insects can cause health problems ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273928/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:37 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273928/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One of the Kansas City Zoo's biggest hitters is on the disabled list. Nikita, the 6-year-old polar bear who lives in the Polar Bear Passage, is sick and resting behind the scenes at the zoo. "He is being closely monitored and treated by our professional veterinary and keeper staff for an intestinal upset stomach," Zoo CEO and Director Randy Wisthoff said in a ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273929/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:36 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273929/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) - The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago. Tony Zerilli told his lawyer that Hoffa was buried beneath a concrete slab in a barn in a field in suburban Detroit ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273930/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:36 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273930/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WASHINGTON (AP) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clintonto run for president in 2016. McCaskill is the first sitting member of Congress to endorse the group, called Ready for Hillary. The organization does not have official ties to the former secretary of state but it's trying to lay the foundation for ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273931/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:33 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273931/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. Calorie counts on menus are already required in some parts of the country, including New York City. But starting June 25, ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273927/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:33 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273927/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:46 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 "He is being closely monitored and treated by our professional veterinary and keeper staff for an intestinal upset. Gastrointestinal medication is being provided along with a bland diet of boiled beef. Nikita will remain in his comfortable, behind-the-scenes bedroom until he is back to his mischievous self," Zoo director Randy Wistoff said in a news ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273932/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:36 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215273932/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 SANTA ANA, Calif. -; A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215271739/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:02:26 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215271739/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WASHINGTON (AP) - There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270988/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:52:19 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270988/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Lawrence officials are taking aim at a bedbug problem that's emerging at apartment complexes with new rules allowing the city to tell people how and when to exterminate the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270989/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:50:47 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270989/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Hutchinson police say a man lost part of his arm in an industrial accident at the Tyson Foods plant in Hutchinson. Lt. John Moore says the man's arm was caught in a conveyor belt and he was pulled in the machine on Monday afternoon. He lost his arm from about the elbow down. The Hutchinson News reports the man was taken by medical helicopter to Via Christi's ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270319/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:46 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215270319/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Here's how former Missouri Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, once described the state's love affair with tax credits as an economic development ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269673/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:52:17 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269673/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 DETROIT (AP) - U.S. safety regulators are investigating problems with air bag sensors in the seats of some small Suzuki SUVs. The probe covers 205,000 vehicles including Grand Vitaras from the 2006 through 2011 model years and SX4s from 2007 through 2011. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 128 owners have complained about problems with sensors in the front passenger seats ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269674/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:48:34 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269674/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A Florida teenager doesn't think twice about jumping on a 30-foot, 50,000 pound whale shark in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris Kreis, 19, jumped off the back of his boat and latched onto the dorsal fin. The ride was short-lived and only lasted about 10 seconds. Some marine biologists, however, are less enthused about the incident. They say the fish could have attacked Kreis, and that human contact ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269675/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:48:32 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269675/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas State University graduate student has been sentenced to 60 days in jail plus three years' probation for head-on crash that killed two people last ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269676/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:48:32 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269676/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require voters to show proof of citizenship. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the ruling won’t affect a similar law in his state, but the American Civil Liberties is considering a challenge of that ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269677/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:17 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269677/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The lawsuit filed in Delaware says Dish Network Corp.’s bid violates Sprint Nextel Corp.’s rights as a Clearwire shareholder and its rights under business agreements with Clearwire, which is the Overland Park-based company’s wireless network ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269678/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:13 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269678/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Chrysler Group will formally respond Tuesday to the government's request for a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps that safety officials say pose too great a risk of fire in a rear-end ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:35:30 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Water was gushing about 30 feet into the air Tuesday morning outside of Nebraska Furniture Mart in Kansas City, Kan. A water main apparently broke on Prairie Crossing, between Parallel and Village West parkways on the western side of the giant furniture store. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the water main to burst or if any nearby businesses were affected. The ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215268493/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:44:44 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215268493/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Overland Park firefighters said battling a house fire in the 8800 block of Westbrooke Drive early Tuesday morning was made difficult by live ammunition, fireworks and a lot of ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215268494/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:43:09 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215268494/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed, according to a survey of more than 1,000 programs released Tuesday. The National Council on Teacher Quality review is a scathing assessment of colleges' education programs and their admission ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215267436/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:50 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215267436/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Fire wasn't the only obstacle for Overland Park, Kan., firefighters early Tuesday. Fire crews were called about 1:45 a.m. to the 8800 block of Westbrook Dr. When they arrived, they found the four occupants outside of the house and a fire in the basement. Firefighters entered, but almost immediately ran into problems as they tried to move around the home. "Once they ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215267435/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:49 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215267435/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A local waterpark is joining hundreds of other groups around the world to break a Guinness World record for the World's Largest Swim Class. Tuesday morning, Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark will be filled with children participating in a basic swim class. There are waterparks, swimming pools and other aquatic centers in more than 24 countries involved in this world ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215266477/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:37:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215266477/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 After receiving yet another strong starting pitching performance and making the most of their opportunities at the plate and on the bases late in Monday's narrow 2-1 victory at Cleveland, the Royals will try to jump above .500 on Tuesday night in the second of three games at Progressive Field. Right-hander Ervin Santana will get the ball for the Royals as he opposes Indians righty Ubaldo ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215263662/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:10:31 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215263662/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Cultivate Kansas City held an event to promote its fifth bi-annual Urban Grown Farms & Gardens tour at the Central Library downtown. Speakers showcased healthy foods and raised awareness of urban ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261955/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:59 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261955/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 LIBERTY, Mo. - Sandi Clark and her family were just hours into their first day of a weeklong vacation to the Gulf Coast of Alabama on June 9 when a small boy became trapped in a riptide. "He couldn't get back in," Clark said. "A group of men, including my son-in-law, who had a life-jacket on -- the other men did not -- went out to help." Her son-in-law was able to bring ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261137/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:17:42 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261137/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261067/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:06 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261067/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KC@CLE: Hosmer bloops double to tie game in eighth CLEVELAND -- Round one in the rumble over second place goes to the Royals. The Royals snapped a tie in the ninth inning and beat the Cleveland Indians, 2-1, on Monday night in front of 12,803 fans at Progressive Field. The Royals' one-run ninth promised to be much bigger, although it proved to be just enough. It began with Billy ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261138/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:28 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261138/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 LANSING, Kan. - Authorities are looking for a 43-year-old convicted burglar who walked away from the minimum-security unit at the state prison today. At about 5 p.m. Monday, prison officials realized Paul D. Cohagen was missing and put out a bulletin alerting law enforcement authorities to be on the lookout for him. He was imprisoned after a 2011 conviction for burglary in Osage County. Anyone ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260346/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:12:52 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260346/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Monday he has asked state officials to investigate an immigration reform rally that was held outside his Wyandotte County home. Kobach and his family were not at his Piper home during the protest held Saturday by advocates of a federal overhaul of immigration laws that includes a path to citizenship for millions of people who are ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260347/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:12:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260347/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Kalan Littlefield fell off a personal watercraft in a Cass County pond Sunday afternoon and didn't resurface until a dive team found his body. Investigators said he wasn't wearing a life jacket. Friends said the 17-year-old was a great friend, brother and someone who was always there for them. "I started screaming, yelling and punching things," said Brandon Thomas, Kalan ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260348/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:23 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260348/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260295/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:23 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260295/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Paul Cohagen was serving time after being convicted of burglary two years ago. Authorities said Cohagen left the facility without authorization. He was considered an escapee about 5 p.m. Cohagen is white, 6 feet tall, 163 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair. Anyone who knows where Cohagen is should call 911 or the Lansing Correctional Facility at ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260350/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:22 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260350/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The 6-foot statue of a pioneer woman clutching her child and a bucket of water stood on a rock pedestal at the National Frontier Trails Center for the past 23 years. "There's a momentary disbelief where you're standing and saying, 'Is it really not there?'" said museum administrator David Aamodt. He said it's not just a physical crime. The statue stood for the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260349/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:21 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260349/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 CLEVELAND -- Tickets remain on sale for the Royals' annual fundraiser, the Diamond of Dreams, on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. Tickets are $100 each for the on-field event that will begin at 7 p.m. CT and can be purchased online ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260351/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:55:15 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260351/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Email CLEVELAND -- James Shields was working on adding to it on Monday night against the Indians, but when right-hander Wade Davis went six innings on Sunday against Tampa Bay, the Royals' pitching staff reached something of a milestone. Davis' performance marked the 50th time in 67 games that a Royals starting pitcher had gone six or more innings. Last year, the Royals' starters ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260352/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:55:15 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260352/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 CLEVELAND -- Royals right-hander Felipe Paulino's rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas has hit a snag and his second start has been delayed. "He's got minor back soreness or stiffness that's put him back a day or two," Royals manager Ned Yost said. Paulino and Danny Duffy, now with Triple-A Omaha, are coming back from Tommy John surgery last year. ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260353/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:55:14 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260353/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The U.S. Attorney's office says Joshua and Kristen Simonson, both 35, were sentenced Monday - the husband to nearly 13 years, the wife to nearly six years. The Oak Grove couple were convicted in December on 11 counts including conspiracy and money laundering. Prosecutors said the Simonsons filed fraudulent returns for taxes they claimed were withheld on interest income they earned. Joshua ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259463/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:07:16 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259463/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The company, which filed the suit in Delaware, said it believes the Dish Network deal violates Delaware law and the rights of Sprint and Clearwire investors. Sprint also wants the court to rescind other parts of the Dish Network offer and order compensatory relief. Last week, Clearwire's board urged shareholders to vote in favor of an offer from Dish Network instead of a previous offer from ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259464/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:07:16 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259464/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Summer break from school is supposed to be a relaxing time for students and parents. However, for hundreds of children in Kansas City, Kan., summer break brings an added stress for families struggling to provide their children with healthy food. That's why Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools started the free summer meals program. One of 36 sites in the Public School ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258539/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258539/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 7-Eleven stores on the east coast were raided by federal agents on Monday. Nine were arrested in what prosecutors say was a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines.Photographer: Charley GallayCopyright Getty ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258538/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:51 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258538/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Heavy rain and high winds downed trees around the metro this weekend, but arborists say there is a way to keep trees from being so vulnerable. The National Weather Service said the storm was unusually narrow from southwest Overland Park to Liberty. It came with a series of down bursts with winds reported up to 70 miles an ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258540/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:50 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258540/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 The grotesque video of a Tampa Bay Rays pitcher being hit in the head by an Eric Hosmer line drive over the weekend has raised questions about the safety of young ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258541/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:04:19 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258541/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Scott Kane/Icon SMI COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A backup Missouri linebacker arrested during the 2012 season on drug charges has been dismissed from the team. Team spokesman Chad Moller says redshirt freshman linebacker Torey Boozer is no longer a member of the Tigers. He declined further comment. Boozer was arrested in October on marijuana possession charges along with ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258543/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:53:29 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258543/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas has dismissed defensive lineman Chris Martin over what coach Charlie Weis calls the junior transfer's failure to follow some "stipulations" following his recent arrest. Martin was expected to start in his first season with the Jayhawks. He played his freshman season at Florida and last year at City College of San Francisco. Kansas ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258542/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:53:29 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258542/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 o Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander today made a national Internet video appearance to implore the country not to adopt a federal version of Missouri's no-limit campaign finance system.Kander, a Democrat, ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256983/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:06:15 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256983/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 reported on those plans last month."Once again, another iconic brand that calls Missouri home is choosing to increase its investment in the Show-Me State, leading to high-paying jobs for Missourians and providing another significant boost to the state's economy," Nixon said in a written statement released after the media call.Nixon will return to Missouri on Saturday, following ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257319/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:06:13 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257319/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says The Boeing Co. plans to open an information technology center in St. Louis County that's expected to create at least 400 jobs. Nixon made the announcement Monday from France, one of the countries he's visiting in a weeklong European trade mission. Boeing has about 15,000 employees at the St. Louis County campus. Nixon's office ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257528/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:39 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257528/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities and a small group of law enforcement agencies have launched an investigation into how a downed power line was left unattended until it killed a Shawnee man who stepped on it nearly 11 hours after it went ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257527/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:39 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257527/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Google is working to get rid of online child pornography. The tech giant is planning to spend $5 million to wipe pictures of child sexual abuse from the web. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says its tip line received more than 17 million images and videos of suspected child abuse in 2011. According to the FBI, any crime that involves the exploitation of children is in the ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257529/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:37 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257529/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Viewer images of a tractor trailer that got stuck in a sinkhole that formed on Saturday afternoon after a big storm brought flooding rains to the metro. The sinkhole was located in a parking lot in Mission, ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257530/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:00:59 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257530/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Investigators said Tristan Washington was reported missing from his home about 6 a.m. Monday. They said he may be heading to Texas or to his father's home in Utah. Deputies said there's no sign of foul play, but they would like to locate the teen. He was last seen wearing a dark blue Nike tank top and dark blue basketball shorts. Anyone with information about him should call the Andrew ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257531/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:00:58 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257531/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria ... and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256374/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:05:57 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256374/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 A historic statue is missing from the National Trails Museum in Independence. Museum employees noticed "The Pioneer Woman" was missing Monday morning. They said the statue was ripped from its granite base. The statue, located at the back of the museum, was commissioned by community leaders. The city is offering a $5,000 reward for the statue's ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256455/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:02 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256455/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters can still be enforced after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a similar Arizona law. Kobach says the Kansas law differs enough from Arizona's version that the high court's Monday decision doesn't apply to Kansas. County election officials in Kansas said ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256454/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:01 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256454/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 One of the organizers for a professional disc golf tournament said he called to report a downed power line in Rosedale Park on Saturday, nearly 12 hours before another man became tangled in the live wire and ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256457/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:30 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256457/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) -- A southeast Kansas man could face the death penalty after being convicted of murdering three of his relatives at their home in west-central ... http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256639/scat/cc264e50ceab3697 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:48 -0400 http://www.kansascitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256639/scat/cc264e50ceab3697