A Jackson County judge has approved the release of the jailed daughter of a man accused of killing a Kansas City attorney — but with a stern warning about how both are required to cooperate with a general receiver in ...

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A proposed Islamic center in a Kansas City suburb that could serve as a centralized location for Muslims on both sides of the state line has gained approval from planning commissioners. The Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday granted preliminary ...

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A proposed Islamic center in a Kansas City suburb that could serve as a centralized location for Muslims on both sides of the state line has gained approval from planning commissioners. The Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday granted preliminary ...

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Spencer Fane has given a $50,000 grant to Crossroads Preparatory Academy in Kansas City to build the school’s music program. The grant will be used during the next three years to purchase and refurbish musical instruments and other equipment. The ...

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  The University of Missouri system is suing a pharmacy professor at its Kansas City campus over allegations he stole and sold a student’s research, claiming that the school is the rightful owner of the work it believes could be ...

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  The University of Missouri system is suing a pharmacy professor at its Kansas City campus over allegations he stole and sold a student’s research, claiming that the school is the rightful owner of the work it believes could be ...

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A Kansas military school will pay nearly $370,000 to a man whose 12-year-old son was sexually assaulted in a 2014 dorm-room attack by a fellow student at the Episcopalian boys’ boarding academy. In a December ruling, arbitrator John H. Phillips ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a hefty jury verdict in favor of a black Kansas City firefighter who was passed over for promotion. A Jackson County jury awarded Tarshish Jones $356,700 in 2017 in his lawsuit against the ...

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The downtown Jackson Courthouse reopened with fanfare — and free pastries — on Feb. 19, but the work to repair water-damaged courtrooms and offices is likely to stretch on for months, court and county officials said. County Executive Frank White ...

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Three Kansas City police officers won’t be charged in the fatal shooting of two men who were struggling over a handgun last summer in a downtown square, a county prosecutor said. Two of the officers were “compelled” to fatally shoot ...

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Three Kansas City police officers won’t be charged in the fatal shooting of two men who were struggling over a handgun last summer in a downtown square, a county prosecutor said. Two of the officers were “compelled” to fatally shoot ...

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