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The Kansas football team will have a news conference at noon today to discuss its bowl destination. It appears the Jayhawks will be headed to the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31 in Tempe, Ariz.
Police were involved in a chase with multiple vehicles — at times headed the wrong way on the interstate — starting around 4:30 p.m. today.
A former Northland resident today was sentenced to life plus 75 years in prison for fatally shooting a man in a landlord-tenant dispute last year.
A Jackson County jury convicted a 41-year man today on rape and robbery charges. Lawrence E. Neal of Kansas City had been accused of hopping in the stalled car of a 20-year-old woman at the intersection of 81st Street and Troost Avenue on Jan. 14. According to evidence at trial, he ordered her to go to his apartment in the 8200 block of Troost Avenue, where he raped her. Escorting her to a grocery, Neal then forced her to cash a check for $50, which she turned over to him.
A Kansas City, Kan., police officer testified today that he apprehended Fredrick Douglas, the man accused of shooting an off-duty detective at Kansas Speedway.
TROY, Mo. | A husband-and-wife team of burglars broke into about 60 homes around rural eastern Missouri, stealing guns, jewelry and other valuables and selling them to a jewelry store owner who then sold the stolen goods over the Internet, authorities said Thursday.
A Jackson County jury convicted a 25-year-old man of voluntary manslaughter today for killing his grandfather with a hammer.
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser today proposed settling the lawsuit filed against him, his wife and the city by a former mayoral employee. But the council rejected the proposal on a 2-10 vote.
Make that three more Grammy nominations for Kansas City choral conductor Charles Bruffy. Bruffy, musical director of the Kansas City Symphony Chorus as well as the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale, last year landed five Grammy nominations for a recording of Russian liturgical music, and in February scored a winner for best engineering of a classical album. In Grammy nominations announced Wednesday night, Bruffy earned three nominations for two recordings.
Leavenworth County Sheriff David Zoellner was rushed to the hospital this morning after a car crash.
Sen. Sam Brownback is raising concerns about discussions to bring some of the terrorist detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay to Kansas.
TOPEKA | The Kansas Supreme Court says it will rule Friday on an abortion clinic’s attempt to force a prosecutor to return patients’ medical records that have become key evidence for criminal charges against it.
Kansas City police are investigating a rape reported early today in the bathroom of a tavern in the Power & Light District.
Kansas City could be looking at a budget shortfall of more than $80 million next year, but city officials say they’re addressing the situation now and will present a balanced budget proposal in January.
The FBI is looking for a gunman who robbed a Grandview bank late Wednesday. The man, wearing a ski mask, approached two employees of Bank Midwest, 6500 E. Main St., about 6:15 p.m. in the parking lot and forced the employees back into the bank.
JEFFERSON CITY | Special court-appointed investigators are seeking fines against Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, alleging he “knowingly and purposely violated the Sunshine Law” by denying access to e-mails.
No body was found in a car pulled this afternoon from a lake in Blue Valley Park. Dispatchers sent emergency crews to the site at 24th and Topping streets shortly after 10 a.m. today. They reported that the top of the car was about a foot below the surface.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office asked for help this morning in finding the family of a deceased 43-year-old woman.
A man attempted to snatch a woman’s purse in a Lee’s Summit parking lot and the whole incident was caught on the store’s surveillance camera.
The Liberty School District is planning to chop $5.7 million from its budget, and that means job cuts. Documents released by the district suggest getting rid of roughly 74 teachers and staff members.
Investigators say arson is the cause of a fire that ripped through a carport in Riverside. Fire crews were called to the 2200 block of N.W. Homestead Terrace around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
An early morning wreck on westbound I-70 near Van Brunt slowed traffic during the early morning commute Thursday.
Two businesses face the suspension of their liquor licenses for several days after Kansas City cited them for violating city ordinances.
A man suffered serious injuries this morning during an armed robbery outside a Kansas City laundry. The street robbery occurred about 4:30 a.m. in the 3500 Block of Main Street.
As Kansas City, Kan., Detective Susan Brown lay inside an ambulance two years ago, wounded from a shooting at Kansas Speedway, she heard a colleague say a prayer.
The northbound lanes of U.S. 169, north of the Broadway Bridge in Kansas City, are closed because of a wreck that critically injured a driver.
CLAYTON, Mo. | First-degree murder charges are filed in the October shooting death of a suburban St. Louis police officer.
Kansas City police arrested a murder suspect Tuesday night who allegedly was carrying the murder weapon in his pocket.
A 23-year-old woman escaped injury Tuesday night when someone shot out the window directly behind her as she played a computer game in her home office in south Kansas City.
TOPEKA | The Kansas attorney general's office is asking a federal court to dismiss Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s lawsuit against the state for denying an air quality permit it needs to build two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.
The Unified Government in Wyandotte County has thrown The Woodlands under the state’s gambling bus. The city’s lobbying priorities for next year, recently and unanimously adopted by UG commissioners, include opposition to any rekindling of the statewide debate on casino gambling that some hope would lead to a reopening of the pari-mutuel dog and horse racing track that closed in August.
Some Kansas City Council members are outraged at the funding allocation they may get from the state of Missouri to help deal with the foreclosure crisis.
Tow truck owners and their attorneys turned out in force today to oppose proposed regulations against predatory towing practices.
A Kansas City police officer suffered a cut to her head during a scuffle this morning with an alleged shoplifter at a Wal-Mart store. She needed 20 to 30 stitches to close the wound, police said.
ABILENE, Kan. | An Abilene child care center has been closed after video footage showed toddlers tied to chairs, one child flung against a wall and another child stuck under a sink for not being quiet during nap time.
Douglas County prosecutors today charged a woman with 10 counts related to a Tuesday burglary and police chase in which she allegedly hit a Lawrence officer with her vehicle.
A Blue Springs man was charged with second-degree robbery for a purse snatching early this morning in Lee’s Summit.
A southwest Missouri husband and wife are accused of smoking marijuana and watching pornography with their teenage son.
A site in Manhattan, Kan., has emerged as the top contender following an intensive examination by federal officials reviewing more than two dozen locations across the country for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, according to documents obtained by The Kansas City Star.
Christina Wirth made all six of her 3-pointers and scored a career-high 27 points, leading No. 16 Vanderbilt to a 83-67 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night.
Tony Parker scored 22 points, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili each added 21 and the San Antonio Spurs took advantage of a rare poor performance by Chauncey Billups since he arrived in Denver to whip the Nuggets 108-91 on Thursday night.
Joe Thornton scored the go-ahead goal with 12:19 to play, and the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks shook off a terrible start to earn their ninth straight victory, 3-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities said, a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists.
Hayley Munro scored 23 points and made the go-ahead three-point play with 21 seconds left, and Fresno State rallied from 17 points down in the closing minutes to stun No. 22 TCU 75-71 on Thursday night.
The Dallas Cowboys will find out Sunday whether Tony Romo, back from his broken pinkie, can be as effective against one of the NFL's elite teams as he has been against also-rans.
Martin Hanzal had his first three-goal game in the NHL, and Steven Reinprecht added a pair of third-period goals in the Phoenix Coyotes' 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday night.
Monica Wright scored 23 points to lead No. 20 Virginia past Illinois, 63-39, at the second annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Thursday night.
Ben Smith hit a pair of free throws with 6.6 seconds left to give Jacksonville a 65-64 win over Belmont on Thursday night.
A.J. Abrams scored 31 points, including the last six of the game for No. 8 Texas, sending the Longhorns to a 68-64 victory over No. 12 UCLA on Thursday night.
University of Washington athletic director Scott Woodward had no comment on Thursday night on a report that the Huskies had offered Southern California assistant head coach Steve Sarkisian the job of head football coach.
Arnika Brown recorded her sixth double-double in the last seven games, scoring 12 points and pulling down 16 rebounds in Western Kentucky's 66-57 victory over Kentucky on Thursday night.
A.J. Smith led all scorers with 20 points, and Stetson scored the final 18 points of the game to beat Florida Gulf Coast 76-71 in the Atlantic Sun Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night.
James Harden had 22 points and eight rebounds as No. 19 Arizona State defeated Jackson State 81-60 on Thursday night.
Jordan Burgason scored a team-high 15 points to lead Lipscomb to a 67-54 win against North Florida in the Atlantic-Sun Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night.
Maybe it was facing buddy Steve Nash. Maybe it was having two point guards in the starting lineup. Maybe it was the way Phoenix kept switching defenders against him without ever finding a stopper.
Vernon Fiddler, Shea Weber and David Legwand scored first-period goals, and Pekka Rinne made 19 saves in the Nashville Predators' 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.
Morehead State's Demonte Harper scored a career-high 22 points, with 20 coming in the second half, as the Eagles defeated Tennessee-Martin 80-71 on Thursday night.
Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary each scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings broke a tie with a three-goal outburst early in the third period in a 6-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking short-handed goal in the third period to lead the Northeast Division-leading Boston Bruins past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1 on Thursday night.
Patrik Elias scored the tying and winning goals in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
Frisco Sandidge had a game-high 20 points as Delaware State defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore 59-48 on Thursday night.
Eric Maynor scored 29 points to help Virginia Commonwealth defeat Western Michigan 79-62 on Thursday night.
Jeffrey McClain had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Murray State to a 58-50 win over Eastern Kentucky on Thursday night.
Craig Anderson made 45 saves, and Gregory Campbell and Keith Ballard scored 35 seconds apart in the second period in the Florida Panthers' 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
Angel McCoughtry had a game-high 24 points and 13 rebounds, leading No. 13 Louisville to a 67-44 victory over Middle Tennessee on Thursday night.
Steve Begin and Maxim Lapierre each had a goal and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the first period to celebrate their 99th birthday with a 6-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
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Desperate for firepower, the injury-laden Washington Capitals received an offensive boost from the unlikeliest source.
Petr Sykora scored two goals, Sidney Crosby had four assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed Carolina 5-2 Thursday night to spoil the start of Paul Maurice's second stint coaching the slumping Hurricanes.
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