kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
In the local race for the Kansas Board of Education, a mother of four defeated a recent college graduate.
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A car slammed into a house in the 2000 block of Lawn Avenue early this morning. No one inside the house was injured but someone was taken to a hospital.
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Two brothers who died of gunshot wounds in their Blue Springs home Tuesday night likely were victims of a murder-suicide, according to a preliminary medical examiner's report.
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. | A Johnson County, Mo., grand jury has indicted a high school coach for allegedly having sexual contact with two female students, ages 15 and 16, on school property.
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It would have been easy for Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon to have been a bit overshadowed Tuesday night.
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Who: James “Leon” Coker, 90, of De Soto. When and how he died: July 24 of cancer.
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Kansas City police are investigating two shootings that occurred within a block of one another and left two men with life-threatening injuries Wednesday night.
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The future of Kansas City International Airport's police operation could hinge on its ability to work more closely with the city's Police Department.
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Breathe easy, Kansas City. You're going to get that new iconic bridge after all. After months of study, federal authorities have ruled that the diamond-shaped tower on the new Paseo Bridge won't threaten air traffic at Wheeler Downtown Airport.
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It was, one veteran said, the third final ceremony. About 15 World War II veterans assembled Wednesday at the Truman Museum in Independence. Led by an honor guard, they walked to the grave of former President Harry S. Truman, placed a small wreath and saluted.
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The wrecked Buick's roof pressed down on the 16-year-old boy's chest, trapping him. Flames leapt from the car's hood and lapped the windshield. Smoke darkened the car's interior.
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Kansas City is about to attack the problem of tall weeds on vacant property. City officials have received nearly 6,400 complaints about weeds this summer and estimate they have a backlog of about 2,700 lots to mow.
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Kansas City’s Stuart Malone says he drives Meyer and Gregory boulevards quite often. He has noticed that on Meyer, just east of Wornall Road, there are dashed white lines indicating two lanes eastbound, but they run only about half a block and then disappear, as if to indicate one lane of traffic with room for parked cars.
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A Platte City man accused of threatening two federal judges and a Federal Aviation Administration official is not mentally competent, a federal magistrate said Wednesday.
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To the end, even the most ardent critics of a public safety sales tax could not dispute the need for more jails and a high-tech crime lab in Johnson County.
