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  • Missouri social services agency loses two top officials in a week

    The head of Missouri's social services department has resigned, one week after the state's longtime Medicaid chief departed without explanation.Social Services Director Alan Freeman will return to his position as chief executive officer of Grace Hill Health Centers in St. Louis, effective May 31, Gov. Jay Nixon said in a statement issued Monday. Freeman had been on the job less than ...

  • Sedalia storm shelter cracked leaking

    SEDALIA, Mo. - A sump pump is doing all it can to drain water out of a Sedalia storm shelter. But it's having a hard time keeping up because water starts leaking inside every time it rains. "It kind of looks like a little waterfall coming in here with all the water running down the walls," said Dave Clippert, emergency management director for Sedalia and Pettis County. Cracks have ...

  • DDS 4-year-olds death prompts firings

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Social Services has fired two employees after 4-year-old Lucas Webb died, citing that proper policy was not followed in the months leading up to his death. DDS released records Monday showing exactly how much the department knew about 4-year-old Lucas Webb prior to his death in October 2012 from blunt force trauma to his abdomen. The 41 Action ...

  • Kansas lawmakers still deadlocked on tax budget issues

    As Kansas Citians clean up after Sunday night’s severe storms, another ominous front is taking aim at the metropolitan area. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch through 10 p.m. on Monday for Kansas City and much of the surrounding area. Thunderstorms are expected to roll in early Monday ...

  • Suspicious package found at KC school

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City elementary school was evacuated after a security guard found a suspicious package on campus Monday afternoon. The package was discovered at Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy of Technology around 4:45 p.m. Police say it was found after classes were over for the day, so only about 100 people were in the building at the time of the evacuation. The bomb squad is on ...


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Movie Review

Hardball

Harball is a sluggish, "uplifting" Hollywoodized account of a troubled man who finds unlikely redemption by coaching an inner-city baseball team. Adapted by John Gatins (Summer Catch) from Daniel Coyle's 1993 memoir and directed by Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues) as Boyz N the Hood meets The Bad News Bears, Hardball is one of those irritatingly "well-intent ... ...

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  • Kids rescued from rubble at Okla. school

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb. An Associated Press photographer saw several children being pulled out of what was left of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on ...

  • Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its wake. Survivors emerged from shelters to see an apocalyptic vision -- the remnants of cars twisted and piled on each other to make what had been a parking lot look like a junk yard. Bright orange flames roaring from a structure that was ...

  • DST tries something new mutual funds for everyday investors

    Eddie Franz of DST Market Systems models the latest in TreeSwing app T-shirts. DST Systems Inc. is attempting to appeal to a larger audience with a new effort aimed at giving regular consumers access to mutual funds. DST still is waiting for approval on the mobile investment app, TreeSwing, from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But later this spring, the Kansas City-based ...

  • GEHA contracts for Landmark Office Building

    The Landmark Office building near Interstate 70 and Little Blue Parkway is under contract to the Government Employees Health Association Inc. The Government Employees Health Association Inc. has contracted to buy the 90,000-square-foot Landmark Office Building in Independence, one of the largest Class A buildings in Eastern Jackson County. Richard Miles, president of Lees Summit-based GEHA, said ...

  • Massive tornado slams Oklahoma City area

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...

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