Light rail gets start

The Kansas City Council promised citizens a new light rail vote – and it kept that promise.

The Council last week moved toward a Nov. 4 ballot election after months of debate about a starter route versus a more extensive regional system.

Michelle Obama interacts with area women

Sitting in cozy chairs with five other women on stage, Michelle Obama listened to stories of struggling families and tried to tell how her husband, Barack Obama, can help as president.

Hawks athletics types abound as all-academic, all-conference

Rockhurst University enjoyed a successful sports year, especially academically.

The athletes in all the sports combined for a 3.36 grade-point average in the spring semester. A total four of the school’s 11 athletic teams had a GPA of 3.60 or higher. The women’s basketball team led the way with a 3.66 GPA.

A school-record 123 athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors and approximately 78 percent of the school’s athletes posted a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Life of crime meets gift of gab in Glazer’s ‘Sting’

You may have the impression from his frequent appearances in the local media, often dealing with internecine squabbles over Stanford & Sons comedy club, that Craig Glazer is something of a bad boy.

Veteran Cirque show stays strong

Cirque Du Soleil’s avant-garde circus act has firmly stamped its presence on the pop culture scene.

Another Cirque Du Soleil tour comes to town this week when Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Saltimbanco’ plays today through Sunday at the Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd. Call 931-3330 or visit sprintcenter.com for ticket information.

Michael Ocampo is Saltimbanco’s acrobatics coach and has been a part of Cirque du Soleil since 1993. Ocampo performed in the show, Cirque’s longest-running show, from 1993 to 1998 and has been the acrobatics coach for the show since 2004.

UMKC reacts to departure of Chancellor Bailey

For many staff and faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Chancellor Guy Bailey’s announcement that he had taken the same position at Texas Tech University came as a shock.

After two years, South Metro Connection is dead

The South Metro Connection, which would have created a transportation corridor between southeastern Johnson County in Kansas and northwestern Cass County in Missouri, has gone the way of the once-touted 21st Century Parkway.

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