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Kansas wrongful conviction lawsuit reaches $12.5M settlement

A local government in Kansas has agreed to pay $12.5 million to a man and his mother after he spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Amtrak, BNSF Railway blame Missouri dump truck company for deadly Mo. train crash

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Passenger rail provider Amtrak and BNSF Railway Company have filed a federal lawsuit blaming the contracting company that owns the dump truck the train collided with on Monday of causing the crash that killed four people, including the truck driver, near Mendon, Missouri.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Doctors explain how it works

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday and Missouri’s trigger ban outlawed nearly all abortion in the state, interest in vasectomies has been on the rise around Kansas City.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

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PFF thinks Chiefs should sign free agent EDGE Carlos Dunlap before training camp

PFF thinks the #Chiefs would be wise to sign EDGE Carlos Dunlap ahead of training camp. Do you agree?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 30, 2022

KC-area teacher says school was skewing testing data. Then she was fired: lawsuit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A teacher is suing the Belton, Missouri, school district, claiming it unfairly terminated her contract because she reported concerns that the alternative high school has been unfairly dropping students out of the program and skewing test score data.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

How Kansas City became the 2026 World Cup’s most unlikely host city

The city will be the smallest US metro area to host games at the tournament, but it has a long and proud soccer history to call on

The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2022

New Missouri law bans outside sleeping. KC leaders say it criminalizes homelessness

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed into law a bill that bans people from sleeping on state-owned land and allows the state attorney general to sue local governments that don’t enforce the ban.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

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Before Missouri Amtrak crash, county alerted state, railroad about brush blocking views

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One month before the deadly Amtrak train derailment at a crossing in northern Missouri, the county commission there alerted the state that overgrown brush was obstructing drivers’ views.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Missouri health system reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing Plan B.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

‘Everyone got tossed around’: Siblings recount surviving Missouri Amtrak train crash

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Samantha McDonald and her brother Dax were traveling with other family members from Arizona to Iowa when the Amtrak train they were on hit a dump truck, causing rail cars to tumble off the tracks and land on their side.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Zack Greinke pitches gem, helps Royals beat Rangers in milestone game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals right-hander Zack Greinke noted last year that the only milestones he cares about involve his hitting, but with the universal designated hitter, his dreams of being a 10-10 guy — a pitcher who hits 10 home runs and steals 10 bases during a career in…

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Major health system stops, then resumes Plan B amid Missouri's abortion ban ambiguity

Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several hospitals in the Kansas City area, said it was concerned about the risk of criminal prosecution by offering the emergency contraceptive.

WEKU · Jun 29, 2022

4 people killed in Monday’s Amtrak crash in rural Missouri identified by authorities

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The four people who were killed when an Amtrak train crashed into a dump truck Monday in rural mid-Missouri have been identified.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Kansas City area health system stops providing Plan B in Missouri because of abortion ban

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A leading health system in Kansas City is no longer providing emergency contraception in Missouri after the state banned abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Vinnie Pasquantino hitless in MLB debut as Kansas City Royals fall to Texas Rangers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Vinnie Pasquantino will have to wait at least another day to get his first major-league hit. And the Kansas City Royals will need an additional sunrise before getting the chance to end their latest losing streak.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

Kris Bubic’s odd troubles at Kauffman Stadium continue as KC Royals lose to Rangers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There had been reason for optimism recently about left-hander Kris Bubic after his return from a stint in the minor leagues, particularly on the team’s recently completed West Coast swing.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022

3 dead, as many as 50 injured in Amtrak train crash in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several cars of an Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed Monday afternoon after it struck a dump truck at a crossing in northern Missouri, Amtrak announced.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022

Netflix ‘Cheer’ star Maddy Brum injured after being struck by car in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A star of a Netflix show suffered minor injuries earlier this week in Kansas City after she was hit by a car.

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Tribune News Service · Jun 25, 2022

Sam McDowell: ‘Can’t miss this opportunity’: How Kansas City is thinking big as World Cup host

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — About 15 years ago now, Sporting Kansas City’s new ownership group contemplated a site for a soccer-specific stadium, making good on a vision Lamar Hunt had told them would be a necessity for survival in this town.

Tribune News Service · Jun 25, 2022

Royals ignited by return of Olivares, Greinke in 3-1 win vs. A’s

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edward Olivares — it appears — does not want to return to Omaha.

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022

Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect, following Supreme Court ruling

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly all abortion is now banned in Missouri following the U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday ending the federal right to the procedure that marks the culmination of a decades-long campaign by Missouri abortion opponents to restrict – and one day eliminate – the lawful ability to…

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022

Pet owners in crisis can lose their companions forever. This program reunites them

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Suzette Hudspeth and her dog, Ceasar, are inseparable. Just ask their neighbors.

Benzinga · Jun 23, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-State Cannabis Operator Greenlight Opens 20th Dispensary In Kansas City

Greenlight, a vertically-integrated, multi-state operator with 33 cannabis dispensary licenses, more than 350 team members and over 150,000 square feet of cultivation and manufacturing, has opened the doors of its Greenlight Dispensary at Stateline and 135th in Kansas City, Missouri, marking the Company’s 20th dispensary nationally.

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: Past may or may not be prologue for Royals, but Dayton Moore deserves more respect

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The week I started working at The Star, in June 2013, the Royals hadn’t been to a postseason since 1985 and fell to 23-32 with a loss to Minnesota at the beginning of a nine-game homestand.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Top court: Kansas Constitution allows partisan redistricting

Kansas’ highest court has declared that the state constitution does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering

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