News Central Academy in Kansas City cancels classes due to chemical odor High school students sent home after chemical odor from pool restoration work fails to dissipates
News Sisters add to reward to find brother’s killers The sisters of a prominent figure in the dog show world have added to a reward for information leading to the arrest of his killers.
University of Kansas The Phog lifts: KU whips K-State After a three-game losing streak and two days of doubt, the Kansas Jayhawks answered the bell on Monday night by topping K-State 83-62.
Royals Fierce competition expected for final jobs in Royals’ bullpen What already shaped up as a fierce battle for jobs at the back of the Royals’ bullpen suddenly looks even tougher. “It’s still to be determined,” manager Ned Yost said, “but I’m thinking, with our starting pitching, I don’t see any reason we can’t go with 12 pitchers.” That means a seven-man bullpen – or one less reliever than the Royals carried for much of last season.
Business Area’s largest engineering firms see increases in sales, more work ahead this year Kansas City’s “Big 3” engineering firms are coming off a record sales year thanks to strong demand overseas for their expertise and a boom in domestic oil and natural gas production.
Business Kauffman Foundation’s entrepreneur program expands St. Louis becomes the fourth location for Kauffman’s 1 Million Cups networking program for entrepreneurs.
FYI / Living Enter our cutest couples photo contest Are you part of Kansas City's cutest couple? Upload a photo of you and your sweetheart — your spouse, partner, best friend, pet, or whatever or whoever you adore (beer, Photoshopped celebrity, food). Then our readers will vote on their favorite photo, and the winner will receive a prize.
FYI / Living Dallas chocolatier pumps out chocolate high heels Florists and chocolate-makers are working around the clock in the run-up to Valentine's Day.
ENTERTAINMENT Carol Burnett coming to KC for a Q&A How’s this for a day brightener: “Hi, it’s Carol!” Comedy legend Carol Burnett is heading from California for a Valentine’s Day visit to Kansas City. “The Carol Burnett Show” has been off network TV almost 35 years, but Burnett’s gig at the Kauffman Center might make you think you’ve traveled back in time.
Photo gallery Grammy Awards fashion: Reserved, classy (mostly) A CBS warning memo earlier in the week asking that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the Grammy Awards show. Some obeyed. Some did not. Jennifer Lopez was showing off a higher than thigh-high opening in her dresses. Katy Perry showed down-to-there cleavage in a seafoam gown. But Rihanna got the memo and showed up in an elegant red gown.
Editorials Medicaid study must not be the last word Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders have a responsibility to seek a complete and accurate picture of what a Medicaid expansion would mean for Kansas and its residents.
Mary Sanchez Sonia Sotomayor, Oprah’s Puerto Rican sister Did Sonia Sotomayor choose the wrong profession? The U.S. Supreme Court justice is rocking her book tour, packing venues and leaving social media atwitter with accounts of her warmth and vitality.
