Today's Kansas City Headlines...
Buck O'Neil's rookie season is a page-turner
Phil S. Dixon, a Negro Leagues baseball historian, has written a new book on the late Buck O'Neil. “John Buck O'Neil, the Rookie, the Man, the Legacy, 1938” examines his rookie season with the Kansas City Monarchs as each game is played.
Bridge demolitions add a festive Fourth of July flavor
Fireworks are fun and all, but if you're looking for some really big explosions this Fourth of July weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation has a gift for you. The department has posted a video, with booming patriotic music, on YouTube showing a collection of bridge demolitions. The blasts were chronicled over time by the department's video unit.
Vatican will look deeper into case of possible miracle
A Vatican investigator has found a Colwich, Kan., man's survival enough of a miracle to continue studying the case, with the goal toward declaring it an official miracle. If Chase Kear's recovery from a traumatic brain injury suffered last year is declared an official miracle, it will help determine whether the Rev. Emil Kapaun of Pilsen, Kan., who died in 1951, will be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.
KCRiverFest spirit thrives despite clouds
Muggy air. Threatening rain clouds. Mud-covered grass. It wasn't the best environment for an outdoor event Friday afternoon, but that didn't dishearten organizers of the KCRiverFest.
Nixon signs legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break. Nixon late this week signed several bills on veterans' issues. One phases in a deduction of military pensions from state income tax. Those collecting retirement pay can deduct 15 percent of the pension starting in 2010. The deduction will reach 100 percent in 2016.
Psychiatrist who had phone sex with patient faces license suspension
Missouri authorities have suspended the medical license of a Kansas City psychiatrist for having phone sex and making other sexual advances toward a patient. While practicing at Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital in 2007, Kenneth Spaulding improperly embraced and kissed a female patient he was treating for post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to a settlement agreement Spaulding reached with the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.
