Today's Kansas City Headlines...
KC's deferred maintenance brings criticism
Kansas City should be spending $151 million a year just to maintain its current roads, bridges and other basic infrastructure. Instead, it has cut that spending to just $35 million. The result: More businesses and residents are choosing to leave the city, unhappy with the upkeep of basic city services.
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KC police cut off officer hirings in wake of federal investigation into hirings and promotions
Kansas City police have voluntarily stopped hiring officers because of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the department's hiring process, police officials said Tuesday.
In brief | Man, 80, charged in sex assault on girl, 4; another heat death suspected
Jackson County prosecutors Wednesday accused an 80-year-old man of sodomizing a 4-year-old girl in April.
Nun has long been a voice for health care ethics
If you’ve ever been admitted to a hospital, spent time in a doctor’s office or with a nurse, you’ve likely been touched by Sister Rosemary Flanigan and her work through the Center for Practical Bioethics.
State of Missouri will upgrade U.S. 71 to a freeway called I-49
Kansas City is about to get a new interstate that will bolster the region as a transportation hub when Missouri upgrades U.S. 71 within two years.
