Category: Features

Royals Frank White running for office

February 28, 2014 | Features

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Former Kansas City Royals second baseman Frank White is running for a seat in the Jackson County Legislature. The Kansas City Star reports that (http://bit.ly/N9h6ti)… Read more »

Flanagan South: Pipeline set for spring completion

February 27, 2014 | Features

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about the Flanagan South pipeline project that is crossing through Johnson County. By KEVIN LYON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) –… Read more »

Groups battle over the future of Kemper Arena

February 26, 2014 | Features

By LYNN HORSLEY The Kansas City Star (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — For the past four years, Kemper Arena has sat nearly empty — silent and mostly forgotten as high-profile… Read more »

Black Box Theatre runs March 11-13 at UCM

February 25, 2014 | Features

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Black Box Theatre is back at the University of Central Missouri. The UCM Department of Theatre and Dance will present its Studio Theatre one-act plays at 7:30… Read more »

Command of Whiteman AFB bomb wing changes hands

February 24, 2014 | Features

(KNOB NOSTER, Mo., AP) — Command of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base has been turned over to a Missouri native, Brig Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, at… Read more »

Book to honor rescue dog from Joplin tornado

February 20, 2014 | Features

By EMILY YOUNKER The Joplin Globe (JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Carolyn Mueller is both a dog lover and a storyteller. So when she got the opportunity to write a story… Read more »

KC studying more security at Plaza

February 19, 2014 | Features

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City law enforcement officials are considering improved security for the city’s County Club Plaza entertainment district after another disturbance by a group of young… Read more »

Mo.-Kan. border schools vie for law students

February 18, 2014 | Features

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are in a border war of sorts as they vie for law school students. For… Read more »

Gay-marriage foes scrambling after court setbacks

February 17, 2014 | Features

By DAVID A. LIEB, DAVID CRARY, and RACHEL ZOLL (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a… Read more »

Olympics a test for developing countries

February 15, 2014 | Features

By JOE McDONALD (BEIJING, AP) — Playing host to the Olympics or World Cup can showcase an ambitious country’s rise and cast a harsh light on its weaknesses. This week… Read more »