By Elana Gordon
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –
Missouri's Education Commissioner has yet to determine whether the state should take over Kansas City's soon-to-be unaccredited school district.
The unusual rate of six Kansas City homicides within 24 hours this weekend has prompted an addition to police chief Daryl Forte's anti-violence campaign.
Encouraging marriage was main theme at a poverty summit yesterday, sponsored by the Brownback administration.
A group that's against the construction of a weapon parts facility in south Kansas City is once again trying to put the measure up for a popular vote.
A Republican State Senator from rural northwestern Missouri has tossed his hat into the Lt. Governor's race.
In sports, the Missouri men's basketball team defeated Mercer last night, and K-State posted a win over Loyola Chicago.