Display runs through March 27 Powell Gardens is presenting a new exhibition this month called “Orchid Delirium.” This display, which features hundreds of orchids, is inspired by the Victorian-era fascination with orchids. In those days, the fascination was so strong that it was named “Orchidelirium”.
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The local artist who contributed two works to the Kansas City Heart Parade, featured in Friday’s story headlined “Artist puts his heart into his work,” is Benjamin McClish. His name was misspelled in Friday’s story. The Examiner regrets the error.
What started out as a dream turned into a $13,847.05 donation to a bakery in Odessa, Ukraine that is feeding members of the community, soldiers and orphans for no charge as Russia continues its invasion of their country.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Gov.
Woman dies trying to save pet from fire LAMAR, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri woman died over the weekend in a house fire after she ran back into the burning home to try to save a pet, police there said.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine kept a fragile diplomatic path open with a new round of talks Monday even as Moscow’s forces pounded away at Kyiv and other cities across the country in a punishing bombardment that the Red Cross said has created “nothing short of a nightmare” for civilians.
NEW YORK (AP) — A search was underway Monday for a gunman who has been stalking homeless men sleeping on the streets of Washington, D.C., and New York City, fatally shooting two people and wounding three more in less than two weeks.
A pair of education bills supported by school-choice advocates narrowly passed out of the Missouri House this week, overcoming a diminished GOP majority that had threatened to doom their chances earlier in the legislative session.
Will Rogers once said that no man’s property is safe while the legislature is in session. If he were alive today, he might be tempted to say that no man (or woman) is safe when the legislature is in session.