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Trout, Vargas lead Angels over Royals

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:02:17 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost thought Mike Trout was out stealing second in the seventh inning.

Trout, Vargas lead Angels over Royals

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:29 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - After a disappointing start to the season, the Los Angeles Angels are heating up.

Nurse on Royals' entertainment crew revives girl

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:39 -0400

A pediatric nurse said Friday she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game.

KC's Santana fans 8, but gives up 4 HRs to Angels

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:54:13 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Ervin Santana's mastery of the strike zone against his former teammates was incomplete.

Chiefs sign fifth-round pick Sanders Commings

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:58:04 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed safety Sanders Commings, the fifth of their eight draft choices to agree to terms on a contract.

Royals send RHP Herrera to minors

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:49 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Kansas City Royals have sent struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera to the minors.

Kansas City plans event to mark World Trade Week

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:53:05 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City business leaders will highlight the value of the region's exports at an international trade event.

KC man pleads guilty to bungled bank robbery

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:12:08 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City man faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting his role in a hapless attempt to rob a bank.

UMKC coach Richardson rounds out staff

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:28 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Missouri-Kansas City basketball coach Kareem Richardson has completed his first coaching staff by hiring Angres Thorpe as associate head coach and Sean Bledsoe and Jason Sautter as assistant coaches.

Chiefs sign 2 safeties, release 2 defensive backs

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:15 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent safeties Quintin Demps and Malcolm Bronson and released safety Justin Glenn and cornerback James Rogers.

First class of Kauffman Scholars college graduates

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:06:18 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The middle of Cristina Ortiz's sophomore year, it hit her.

First class of Kauffman Scholars college graduates

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:51:41 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The first class of Kansas City students who were given a free college education through the Kauffman Foundation is graduating from college this year.

Judge halts closing of Kansas City charter school

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:44:05 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A judge has temporarily stopped the closing of a Kansas City charter school.

'Alien Worlds and Androids' exhibit opens in KC

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:07:08 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - An exhibit that tells the story of the search for alien life is opening at Kansas City's Union Station.

2 new lawsuits filed over Mo. priest sex abuse

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:20 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Two new civil lawsuits were filed Tuesday in a priest misconduct case that led to the conviction of the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic Church official of a crime related to the child sexual abuse scandal.

Chiefs installing mixed bag offensive system

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:13 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Kansas City Chiefs are putting together an offense that promises to be bold and dynamic, if not downright revolutionary, a blend of old and new under coach Andy Reid.

Protesters rally over IRS' tea party scrutiny

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:41 -0400

CINCINNATI - Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups.

KC Union Station reopens after package detonated

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:16:25 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City's Union Station is back in business after being evacuated while police investigated a suspicious package.

Wounded Iraq vet now says he will remain alive

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:04:33 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now.

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:05:25 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel.

Charges filed in 1986 Kansas City rape

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:16:06 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Jackson County prosecutor says DNA evidence led to charges against a former Kansas City man in the 1986 rape and robbery of a deaf woman.

Petitioners hope to force voter OK for KCI changes

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:04:19 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A group of Kansas City residents hope to get an initiative on a local ballot requiring voter approval before any terminals at Kansas City International Airport can be torn down or replaced.

Chiefs announce moves within scouting department

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:19:51 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Kansas City Chiefs shook up their scouting department Thursday by hiring Will Lewis as director of pro scouting and Marvin Allen as the director of college scouting.

Chiefs defense wins day during offseason workouts

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:05 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - There's a not-so-subtle difference between the way the Kansas City Chiefs are operating their defense under new coordinator Bob Sutton, and what they've done the past couple years under former coach Romeo Crennel.

Mo. House roll call on workers' compensation bill

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:32:42 -0400

The Missouri House voted 135-23 Thursday to give final approval to legislation that would replenish a fund for disabled workers and change the way people are compensated for job-related illnesses.