By Maria Carter
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Kansas City, MO – Merriam, Kansas took the grand prize in a statewide energy conservation competition.
Kansas City's Kauffman Center for Performing Arts is nearly three-fourths finished, and thanks in part to a recent $12-million gift, is on target to open in fall
2011.
Republicans nationwide are optimistic that they'll win more seats in Congress than they'll lose this year, but Kansas Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins says her party shouldn't be overly confident.
Dozens of communities across Missouri are getting money to make sure children can safely walk or ride their bicycles to school.
Kansas wildlife officials say two oil-covered birds that showed up recently near Kansas wildlife refuges are probably not from the Gulf of Mexico.
Pitcher Zack Greinke earned his second win of the season yesterday as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-3.