TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Japan’s Panasonic Corp. selected DeSoto, Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers, lured by the largest package of taxpayer-funded incentives that the state has offered a private business.
University Health testing: Regular testing hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Testing is available at the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City. To be tested for COVID-19 at University Health, call 816-404-CARE (2273) to get an appointment. The appointment will allow you to arrive during a specific period of time. The call center (816- 404-CARE) opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 4:30 p.m. each weekday.
For 12 days, Trudy Busch Valentine never left her sister’s side as nurses and doctors did everything they could to save her. Valentine was 17 when her 8-year-old sister was in a car accident and suffered a severe spinal cord injury.
ST. LOUIS — Missouri health officials on Wednesday released answers to questions about Missouri’s abortion ban, but some say they do little to address confusion about exceptions for medical emergencies and how the law will be enforced.
Some parents, as well as the local teachers union president, say they hope the Independence Board of Education will reconsider removing a book from an elementary school library because of its reference to a non-binary character. Tuesday’s standing-room-only board meeting included speakers for and against the board’s decision last month to remove “Cats vs.
One of the most intimidating aspects of youth softball comes on the basepaths. “A lot of the younger players are afraid to slide, or don’t know how to slide,” Blue Springs High School softball coach Anna Cole said Tuesday morning, as members of her team ran youngsters through different stations as part of the Wildcats Youth Softball Camp at the high school.
My late husband was a high school teacher and basketball coach, twin passions that filled our lives with the laughter and energy of countless teenagers. For several years, we also led the youth group at our church.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a heated, “unhinged” dispute, Donald Trump fought objections from his White House lawyers to a plan, eventually discarded, to seize states’ voting machines and then, in a last-ditch effort to salvage his presidency, summoned supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol for what turned into the deadly riot, the House Jan. 6 committee revealed Tuesday.
NEW YORK — The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area prepitch in an experiment that could increase offense.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Thursday’s Television • Golf: British Open, 3 a.m., USA (Comcast 52) • Tennis: ATP Newport/ATP Bastad/WTA Lausanne/ WTA Budapest, 5 a.m., Tennis (277) • WNBA: Las Vegas at New York, 10 a.m., NBATV (273) • Women’s soccer: UEFA Championship: Italy vs. Iceland, 10:30 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • MLB: Pittsburgh at Miami, 11 a.m., MLBN (272) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, 11:30 a.m., FS2 (740) • Golf: LPGA Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, noon, GOLF (27) • Cycling: Tour de France (Stage 12), 2 p.m., USA (52) • MLB: San Diego at Colorado, 2 p.m., MLBN (272) • NBA Summer League: Memphis vs.