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Some Missouri hospitals now grudgingly posting costs online
Hospitals across Missouri are ringing in the new year with more accountability to their patients. New guidelines for disclosure of…
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Mystery smoke blankets area today
Kansas City’s 2.1 million metro residents are waking up to a mystery smoke blanketing the skies this morning. The haze…
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Homeless man says firefighters doused him with water in freezing temps
Less than two months after Kansas City Health Inspectors poured bleach on free food being handed out by concerned citizens…
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Another violent year for homicides in Kansas City
It was another violent year in Kansas City and while the Kansas City Star is downplaying the homicide numbers today,…
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Columns
Kansas City, prohibition and the FBI Part II: The Union Station Massacre in Context
Where Prohibition was intended to tamp down the violence of alcohol, in Kansas City it escalated the it. At the…
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Forget crime, KC Police go after dinosaurs
Kansas City police, never at a loss for crime to stop, are focusing on Sunday’s “Dino” or Dinosaur March through…
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Left on red light OK under new Missouri bill
Sometimes drivers are not sure if turning right on red is permissible. Now, a bill in the state legislature would…
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Young hero saves lives in gun battle
During a gun battle in an urban Kansas City grocery store parking lot, he used his body to shield children…
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Columns
How Kansas City Changed the FBI
There was a time when the FBI strictly investigated and helped transfer federal prisoners across neighboring jurisdictions. Contrary to Hollywood…
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