Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

Kansas City, MO –

KC-St. Joseph Diocese to pay $225,000 in priest sex abuse suit.
Judge rules new Missouri abortion clinic rules must be renegotiated.
Missouri also pursues suit to ban prison inmate abortions.
Hall to stand trial in Johnson County for Kelsey Smith murder.
Grand Jury indicts 3 Johnson County businesses for obscenity.
Fairfax auto workers walk, strike only lasts two days.
Morrison asks for funds to step up fight on Internet crime.
Blunt proposes state cooperation with faith-based organizations.
Olathe city council bans new billboard construction.
Jackson County increases shortfall estimate to $20 million.
KC infrastructure sales-tax renewal campaign underway.