The Latest Breaking News from MO

Police respond to several false calls of active shooters at Kansas high schools

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Multiple Kansas schools responded to hoax calls threatening shootings Wednesday morning.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

Democrats see laws they passed last year as route back to majority

After losing a net of nine seats in November, House Democrats are holding a party conference with President Joe Biden as a leadoff speaker.

Roll Call · Mar 1, 2023

Jackson County GOP drops censure of gay Missouri Republican over marriage amendment — for now

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Jackson County Republican Party on Monday ruled a motion to censure Missouri state Rep. Chris Sander out of order.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Riccardo Muti, CSO triumph with Tchaikovsky’s epic ‘Manfred’ Symphony

With Muti’s departure as music director at the end of June coming ever closer, each of his appearances with the orchestra seems to carry added meaning and emotion, and it certainly felt that way Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2023

Social Media Making Kids Depressed? Send Them Outside To Play

When society criminalizes outdoor independence, it makes smart phone addiction more likely.

Reason · Feb 24, 2023

Sam McDowell: Peter Vermes signs extension with Sporting KC — after declining interview with USMNT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some 23 years ago, Peter Vermes moved to Kansas City, not by request but rather by trade — a move that, unbeknownst to him at the time, would forever alter his life.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Daniel Jeremiah’s NFL mock draft 2.0 includes 3 Georgia Bulldogs

Jalen Carter, Broderick Jones & Nolan Smith projected in the first-round...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 22, 2023

Advocates urge gun law changes after Michigan State shooting. Gun rights group threatens recalls

LANSING, Mo. — March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg rallied with Michigan State University and Oxford High School students Monday — a week after the mass shooting at the East Lansing university — to call on Michigan lawmakers to pass long-debated gun regulations.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

Lamar Johnson calls on Missouri lawmakers to start compensation program for exonerees

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six days after a judge declared him a free man, Lamar Johnson told members of a Senate panel Monday that the state must compensate people who have been freed from prison for crimes they didn’t commit.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 20, 2023

Vahe Gregorian: Ned Yost enters Royals Hall of Fame as epitome of their rise from futility to glory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A few weeks before I started at The Kansas City Star in June 2013, I was getting acclimated to the Kansas City sports scene when I read of Royals manager Ned Yost’s rant in Oakland about the struggles of young Mike Moustakas.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023