Category: News
Sigh! Kander Lowers Sights From President to Mayor of KC
If there is a more nakedly ambitious Democrat in America than former Missouri secretary of state and would-be Kansas City mayor…
Sad News: Kate Spade’s Father Dies on Eve of Funeral
If the suicide of Kate Spade did not cause her family grief enough, there was more in store. The following…
With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up
Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…
“Mizzou” Has Become Shorthand For “Self-Destructive University”
Board members at the University of Missouri, affectionately known as “Mizzou,” should consider the following headline from The College Fix…
New Subsidized KC Grocery Shows Why “Food Deserts” Become Food Deserts
As the central initiative of her tenure in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama preached about putting an end to…
Vote Suppression Triumphs in KC, Streetcar Wins 3-1
For all the alleged worry about voter suppression, the leading liberal worthies of Kansas City–the Sierra Club included–endorsed the Byzantine…
Will $3 Million Judicial Slam Kill Media Love Affair With SPLC?
For years, the nation’s media, local media especially, have treated the the Southern Poverty Law Center with awe and its…
Kate Spade Funeral To Be Held Thursday At KC’s Redemptorist Church
A funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. for world famous fashion designer Kate Spade,…
Media: There’s Been a “Bump” Or Three On STAR Bond Highway
Controversial from the beginning, Kansas STAR Bonds have not done much to alleviate the critics’ concerns. As the Topeka Capital…
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
2 Wyandotte Officers Shot, Killed–5 Shot In Last 3 Years
On Friday morning, two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies were in the process of transporting murder suspect Antoine Fielder from the…
Local Dem Chair Commits Unpardonable Sin: Opposes Sex and Race Preferences
The chairman of the Democratic county committee and a candidate for the 3rd District seat in Jackson County, Paul Wrabec…
Now, Trump Calls Out Air Claire For Her “Phony” RV Tour of Missouri
Never one to shade his sentiments, President Donald Trump called out Sen. Claire McCaskill for her use of a private plane…
Politico: McCaskill Uses Private Plane on Alleged “RV” Tour
As reported in Politico, an email from National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Bob Salera pretty much sums up the issue at…
Breaking: Missouri Court Rules Against Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood suffered a major loss Tuesday when the U.S. District Court for western Missouri ruled against its bid to…
BBC Finds KC Abortion Survivor More Interesting Than Do Local Media
This week the “Victoria Derbyshire Programme” on the famed BBC network did a feature on Kansas City abortion survivor Melissa…
Death of Hacker Who Busted Bradley Manning Mystifies Wichita Coroner
In 2010, eight years before his mysterious death, notorious Wichita computer hacker Adrian Lamo made an online friend of Bradley…
The 10 Best Kansas Public High Schools in Greater KC
Over the past few weeks, the Sentinel has been documenting the performance of the public high schools on the Kansas…
Special Prosecutor Baker Declines To File Criminal Charges Against Greitens
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Bakers surely would have liked to take a whack at the Eric Greitens piñata, but…
In Kansas, Spike in Suicide Rate Spurs Talk of Gun Control
In the year 2016, 45 percent more people committed suicide in Kansas than did in 1999. In Missouri that figure…
4 Years Later, Accused Kansas Hate Slayer of 7 Still Has Not Gone to Trial
If an individual stands accused of purposefully killing seven people of a different race, is it safe to assume that…
Kansas City Fashion Designer Kate Spade Dies at 55, Suicide
In the spring of 2016, only the Second Coming of the Lord could have created more excitement at St. Teresa’s…
A Teeny Hill To Die On: 16 Arrested in Topeka Over Medicaid Expansion
In the not too distant past, liberals allowed themselves to be arrested protesting large things like the war in Vietnam,…
NY State Targeted KC-Based Lockton, NRA Targets NY State
For years, the Kansas City–based insurance broker, Lockton Cos., served as a broker for the “Carry Guard” insurance program offered by the…