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Kansas English Language Teacher Earns Surprise $25,000 Milken Award

TOPEKA — Turner Elementary School teacher Lexcee Oddo is recognized as a highly skilled, family-focused and whole-brain educator who taught second-graders before focusing on students learning English as a second language. Those traits of educational devotion made her Kansas’ latest recipient of a $25,000 Milken...
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Major Arctic Outbreak Expected to Drive Missouri Temperatures 25–35 Degrees Below Normal Next Weekend

MISSOURI — A powerful Arctic air mass is forecast to plunge into the central United States next weekend, pushing temperatures across Missouri to 25 to 35 degrees below seasonal averages. New forecast guidance and anomaly maps show the state positioned directly beneath one of the deepest cold pools projected anywhere...
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Months after costly verdict, Kansas City faces another whistleblower lawsuit

Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at [email protected]. Have the latest Reality Checks delivered to your inbox with our free newsletter. A former Kansas City employee has filed a...
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For this Kansas City baker, one bite of a cookie has led to a...

Thursday was National Cookie Day, and Nichole Taylor was baking, as she often is, in the tiny back kitchen at Sister Anne’s Records & Coffee . “Sorry for all the cookie dust,” Taylor said, brushing flour off her apron. “I feel like I’ve made a billion cookies today.” She was working late, but it had nothing to do...
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Man dies following shooting late Sunday at Kansas City, Mo., convenience store

A man has died following a shooting late Sunday night at a convenience store in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Massive tax break for Country Club Plaza would divert $188M in revenue from KC...

A Texas developer wants to revive the Plaza. But the plan could come at a massive cost for Kansas City schools and other government services. The post Massive tax break for Country Club Plaza would divert $188M in revenue from KC schools over 30 years appeared first on The Beacon .
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Why was Kansas City a significant place for the Italian mafia? Local expert explains

While many associate the mafia with New York City's five crime families -- Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Colombo and Bonanno -- or the Las Vegas gambling scene, others may know the true history of the Heartland's ties to organized crime, particularly in Kansas City.
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Map Shows Major Areas Seeing Most People Leave

Four Texas cities are among the top 10 nationally seeing the highest number of homeowners pack up and move on, Realtor.com found.
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Made In KC moves into Union Station — just in time for the holidays...

An influx of holiday shoppers is just the start for Made in KC’s newly opened store inside Union Station, which is positioned to take advantage of coming FIFA World Cup traveler traffic. It's opening years after the local-first retailer’s owners first envisioned making the quintessential Kansas City destination a...
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Kansas City jazz musicians visit China to hold a music masterclass

The Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation (ESMF) sent four Kansas City jazz musicians to China as a part of their bi-annual symposium in October. Saxophonist Bobby Watson, pianist Charles Williams, bassist James Ward and drummer Jaylan Ward performed in three Chinese cities and held a jazz masterclass. “They love jazz, and...

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