The city of Blue Springs looks to partner with a local non-profit organization to provide animal control services. The City Council likely will vote Monday on a threemonth contract with Pawportunities, a foster-based rescue organization primarily for dogs and cats that has operated for a couple of years.
The Kansas City Mavericks returned to Cable Dahmer Arena Tuesday following a disastrous 0-3 road trip to Idaho. Coach Tad O’Had’s squad unpacked their bags, rolled up their sleeves and picked up one of the biggest wins of the season.
Want Spotify to serve up Neil Young’s masterpiece “Heart of Gold?” Forget it. How about Joni Mitchell’s only Top 10 hit, “Help Me?”? It’s not on Spotify anymore, either.
KANSAS CITY — A winter storm was dropping snow over much of Kansas and parts of Missouri on Wednesday and some areas were expected to continue to receive precipitation through early Thursday. Snowfall was on the short end of the expected range in the immediate Kansas City area, but the National Weather Service cautioned that travel was expected to remain difficult.
Missouri’s health director resigned Tuesday evening after his confirmation process was derailed this week by several conservative senators’ opposition, leaving him permanently barred from the position.
A Kansas City man who surrendered after an hours-long standoff Monday with police has been charged in last month’s fatal shooting aboard an Amtrak train in Lee’s Summit. Jackson County prosecutors Marquise Webb, 21, with second-degree murder, vehicle hijacking, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with the Jan.
All Missourians ages 5 and older (Pfizer vaccine) or 18 and older (Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines) are eligible to receive COVID vaccines without charge. If you are seeking a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna, you should first talk with your health-care provider.
A Missouri man whose death sentence was overturned three times before being reinstated is now scheduled to die in May for killing a small-town couple nearly 26 years ago. The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday set a May 3 execution date for Carman Deck.
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