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Clad in suit and tie, Mayor Mark Funkhouser pumped gas at a QuikTrip in Midtown for an hour on Wednesday to urge residents to attend public hearings on transit.Funkhouser said this is a chance for drivers who ...
Mayor Funkhouser Fills Your Tank
' Avoid high gas prices and ride the bus is the message Mayor Mark Funkhouser hopes will catch on.
Clad in suit and tie, Mayor Mark Funkhouser pumped gas at a QuikTrip in Midtown for an hour on Wednesday to urge residents to attend public hearings on transit.Funkhouser said this is a chance for drivers who ...
Bob Reeder at Mike O'Roark Benefit
Mike O'Roark is more famous than I'd ever have the time to go on about. So instead I'll tell you about a benefit do for Mike.
KC councilman asks council committee to back his light-rail ballot proposal
Kansas City has had a lot of defeats on light rail in the last 11 years and it’s time to back something that’s a winner, Councilman Russ Johnson told a City Council committee Thursday.Johnson urged ...
Transit planners today priced a starter light rail line for Kansas City at roughly $727 million, or at least $140 million more than what a starter line was originally expected to cost.Engineers hired to study ...
TeacherTech provides opportunities for teachers, corporations
Christie Ross saw a 4-inch high stack of flash cards and jumped into teacher mode.“Some of these people haven’t studied in years,” said Ross, who teaches fourth grade at Fox Hill Elementary ...
Hospitals take cue from shopping malls
New designs are giving hospitals a new face. As health care becomes more consumer-driven, hospitals are craving new designs and high-tech amenities, but competition is fierce for the health care dollar.
Of all the people who influenced my career in newspapering, Linn Brown had the biggest effect.
Raytown South's Maurice Mitchell is boys' All-Metro athlete of the year
The story of Maurice Mitchell’s senior season as The Star’s All-Metro boys athlete of the year should be well-circulated by now.
Other news: Brief shutdown planned for Interstate 29/35
The northbound side will close between Front Street and Armour Road. The southbound lanes will close between Armour Road and Bedford Avenue.
Sales Representative -- Yotta MVS, Inc. -- North Kansas City, MO
Yotta MVS is looking for new sales professional's that are bright, enthusiastic individuals who have sold software, services, IT, or GIS solutions.
Jackson County considers four-day workweek
With gas prices soaring, Jackson County is considering letting some county employees work four days a week.The proposal would give some employees the option of working 10-hour days to save on transportation ...
Life after blast is filled with doubt, longing for home
The top layer of dirt has been scraped from the yard. Dozens of outdoor antiques have been hauled off.
School Damaged by Tornado Gets $10,000 Donation
Oakhill Day School, a Private Independent School in the Northland, will receive a $10,000 donation on Friday, June 19, from the new Best Buy that is located in the new Tiffany Springs Market Center.
Paseo Bridge project prompts expanded Northland bus service
Northland drivers tired of dancing around the massive Paseo Bridge project will get expanded bus service, starting this month.The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority on Wednesday approved a $700,000 plan ...
IT Support -- Yotta MVS, Inc. -- North Kansas City, MO
Yotta MVS has a career opportunity for a motivated person to work as a member of our Technical Services support team.
Man Will Face Trial for Father's Murder
Prosecutors charged Craig Moke, 22, with the May 2007, murder of his father, William Moke.
Public safety briefs: No bond in dominatrix case
A former Blue Springs man accused of training a 12-year-old girl to become a dominatrix and selling her for rough sex will not be allowed bond, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser recently unveiled his plan for a regional mass transit system covering Platte, Clay, and Jackson counties covering 119 miles and costing about $1.2 billion.