Friday, November 20, 2009
Local & State News
Ulterior motives lurk behind the tree-lighting ceremony

For more years than he can remember, Bill Grigsby was the master of ceremonies at the Mayor’s Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Crown Center.

Good ol’ Grigs. Smiling. Jovial. Kansas City’s biggest booster, and entirely noncontroversial.

Former KU chancellor’s name to adorn a building in KCK

Former University of Kansas chancellor Robert Hemenway’s name will be given to KU’s sciences innovation center in Kansas City, Kan.

The Kansas Board of Regents has approved naming the three-year-old center for Hemenway, who served from 1995 until this past summer.

Elton John and Billy Joel show postponed

If you were going to the Elton John and Billy Joel concert Dec. 1, hold on to those tickets.

The Sprint Center show has been rescheduled to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.

Kansas poised to boost fee for room and board at universities

TOPEKA | The cost of room and board at Kansas’ public universities is inching up, even as tuition increases and state funding for higher education drops.

The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday tentatively approved increases in the cost of campus housing and cafeterias. A final vote is expected next month.

KC is branded a habitual violator of ozone standards

The Kansas City area has violated the federal Clean Air Act, exceeding the ozone standard eight times over the summer, Missouri officials said Thursday.

That makes Kansas City a habitual violator because it has exceeded the federal standard for three consecutive summers.

News in brief | Two men sought for questioning in homicide

KANSAS CITY | Two sought for questioning in homicide

Homicide investigators are seeking help in identifying two men who may know something about a Nov. 4 shooting death.

COMMENTARY

Latest move proves Funkhouser is no longer a political klutz

The mayor who couldn’t think straight finally hit his mark Thursday.

Say what you will about the guy and whether he made the right move in ousting City Manager Wayne Cauthen, but two-plus years in office, numerous humiliations and, finally, some outside political help have proved to be of some benefit to Kansas City’s klutzy mayor.

Turn is no longer causing tickets

Kansas City officials have ceased ticketing drivers for making right turns at Northwest 68th Street at U.S. 169 in the Northland.

Many drivers had complained they were wrongly receiving red-light camera notices for making right turns onto northbound U.S. 169.


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