LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ football team is bowl eligible for the first time since 2008. Sophomore running back Devin Neal gained 224 yards on 32 carries and scored a touchdown (and also caught six passes for 110 yards) while senior quarterback Jason Bea…
Campaign mailer misleads voters on Kansas Supreme Court retention and abortion rights
Days before the election, a misleading mailer went out to Kansans that falsely implied voters can protect abortion rights by ousting Kansas Supreme Court justices. Six of the state’s seven justices are up for retention on Nov. 8, including Chief Justic…
Missouri House candidate who has espoused anti-Semitism, racism charged with assault
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Steve West, a Kansas City Independent candidate for Missouri House who has repeatedly been denounced by his family and the Missouri Republican Party for espousing bigoted views, has been charged for allegedly assaulting a Gladstone w…
Ex-Chiefs assistant Britt Reid sentenced to prison for DWI crash that injured girl
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for driving while intoxicated and causing a 2021 crash that severely injured a 5-year-old girl. Reid, who is the son of Chiefs head c…
Fund proposed to help cover travel costs of families seeking abortions outside of Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. on Tuesday proposed to release $1 million to help pay travel costs of those seeking abortions outside of Missouri, according to a news release. If approved by the Jackson County Legislature, t…
17-year-old fatally shot, 7 wounded at Halloween party in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Kansas, police said they’re seeking information about multiple shooters after seven people were shot — one fatally — at a Halloween party attended by 70-100 high school students Monday night. Chief Karl Oakman with the K…
Missouri health department investigating hospital at center of abortion-related campaign ad
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating a Joplin hospital where a woman said she was denied a medical abortion because of the state’s ban on the procedure, a situation that has gained a close focus in t…
Beset by federal lawsuit, Kansas City home lender exits the business after 71 years
Kansas City-based James B. Nutter & Co., one of the nation’s largest private mortgage lenders that since its founding in 1951 helped hundreds of thousands of Americans buy their first homes, has announced that it is going out of the home loan business….
Kansas City Royals choose new manager: It’s Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro
The Kansas City Royals’ first-time head of baseball operations, J.J. Picollo, has selected a first-time manager to lead the ballclub through the next stage of its rebuilding process. The Royals announced early Sunday evening that they are hiring Tampa …
Vahe Gregorian: How the brilliant tale of the KC Current team stands for a Kansas City on the move
Whenever friends from around the country ask me about Kansas City, I tell them it’s a welcoming and eclectic place with world-class attractions, such as the National World War I Museum and Memorial, the Nelson-Atkins, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum …