By Maria Carter
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Superintendent John Covington reaffirmed his intention to leave the Kansas City Missouri school district yesterday, while board members were calling for him to stay.
The Missouri Education Commission had been working with the outgoing superintendent to improve Kansas City Schools' rating from "provisional." The head of that commission sees Covington's departure as a setback.
About 400 people crowded into a hotel ballroom in Wichita, Kansas to listen to testimony before members of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Missouri's Housing Commission has approved using more than 100 million dollars in tax credits for long-term housing for people with special needs.
A Fort Riley soldier who said he was shot and robbed while jogging in Kansas City is facing charges after authorities say he made up the story.