KCUR Evening Newscast 8-1-08

KCUR

Published August 1, 2008 at 6:07 AM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

The sex-torture murder trial of Richard Davis entered its penalty phase today after the jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Michelle Huff-Ricci and Marsha Spicer.

With an orange ozone alert and unnecessary outside work being discouraged, Salvation Army has opened eight metro area community centers as cooling shelters.

The controversy over teaching evolution in Kansas is back for next week's Republican primary in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.

Republican candidate for Missouri governor Sarah Steelman is accusing her opponent, Kenny Hulshof, of flip-flopping on the E-Tax issue.

Kansas' secretary of state is predicting a low turnout for Tuesday's primary election.

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