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Hickman Mills school board candidates discussed accreditation, conflict on the board and their priorities for the district.
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Three officers on the Kansas City Police Department’s SWAT team are recovering in the hospital after being shot while serving a search warrant on Tuesday night. A nearly day-long standoff on Blue Ridge Boulevard ended with three people taken into custody.
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Kansas City has made the big switch to its $1.5 billion airport terminal. Thousands of travelers came through the new facility on Tuesday — including some who booked a flight just for the occasion.
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Airport crews are set to work overnight on Monday to change Kansas City International Airport from the old horseshoe terminals to the new single terminal. "It'll be really fun just to watch that logistical execution take place,” says the airport's deputy aviation director.
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The passenger train, which departed from Kansas City Tuesday morning, was headed to Chicago via St. Louis and crashed just north of Pleasant Hill. No passengers or staff aboard were injured.
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A fire knocked out the heat in a Northeast Kansas City apartment complex Friday, leaving residents in the cold indefinitely. The property owner, who serves on the board of a housing advocacy nonprofit, blames the issue on unhoused people breaking into the building. But the building has a history of code violations.
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El jueves el Consejo de Kansas City aprobó tres medidas sobre impuestos para la votación de abril. Los funcionarios estiman que los nuevos impuestos generarían millones en ingresos para la ciudad.
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Después de una serie de reuniones polémicas y de las intensas reacciones en la comunidad, las Escuelas Públicas de Kansas City están considerando reducir el número de cierres de escuelas.
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After a fight drew police to Winnwood Skate Center, the Northland rink had to adopt a new policy requiring every child under 18 to have a chaperone. Now the owner is worried about leaving kids behind.
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Rental car agencies are warning customers at KCI that they are seeing a surge in demand for cars nationwide due to the cancellation of hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights. That surge is making it difficult for travelers of all kinds to find vehicles.
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The airline canceled more than 70% of its flights through Kansas City on Tuesday, continuing a days-long streak of cancellations. Customers at the airport struggled to replan travel accommodations and get their luggage back as communication with the company stalled.
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Voters supported a tax increase in 2016 with the promise that the library would open a new branch — but now the library board is questioning how to finance the project.