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Shots fired at state trooper on I-70

A person fired shots at a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper and hit the trooper’s car Saturday evening in Grain Valley, though the trooper was not injured. Troopers later located the suspect vehicle from what started as a traffic stop, but as of Monday they were still looking for what were believed to be three suspects, a Highway Patrol spokesperson said .

Broncos make title game this time

Lee’s Summit North gets chance to avenge last year’s semifinal loss to CBC in Show-Me Bowl Quincey Baker is not 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He’s 5 feet, 7 and a half inches tall.

Jaguars rally past Bears to snap long losing streak

Blue Springs South boys basketball coach Josh Smith and his players had been waiting for this feeling for more than a year. The Jaguars, after suffering through an 0-24 season a year ago, rallied in the fourth quarter to edge host William Chrisman for a 4740 victory in Friday night’s season opener that snapped a 28-game losing streak.

Mavericks silence Thunder in overtime

Calvas scores game-winner after McKenna’s tying goal with 10 seconds left in regulation WICHITA, Kan. – As Kansas City Mavericks coach Tad O’Had talked about his team’s dramatic 5-4 overtime win Sunday at Wichita, assistant coach Riley Weselowski stopped by his office and quipped, “Is this the ending of a good week or the beginning of a good week?” O’Had didn’t skip a beat before coming up with an answer.

Nancy Pelosi’s legacy of grit and accomplishment

The poor schmo who would do anything to follow Nancy Pelosi as House speaker is her opposite in ways that have nothing to do with ideology: In his lack of consistency, lack of discipline and lack of courage, Rep. Kevin McCarthy falls so far short of his fellow Californian’s standards that it feels silly to even compare the two. No wonder he couldn’t bring himself to show up and listen to her gorgeously patriotic Thursday resignation speech.