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More than 2,000 aviation officials from throughout the continent are gathering in Kansas City for the annual Airports Council International-North America conference and exhibition.
It begins today and runs through Wednesday at Bartle Hall … and features a keynote address by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Monday.
Attendees will discuss a variety of issues including flight delays, cancellations, and security problems.
Funeral services have been held in Independence for Sam and Lindsey Porter, the brother and sister who disappeared in June of 2004, after a weekend visit with their father.
The children’s bodies were found earlier this month in Sugar Creek. Authorities were led to the bodies by Daniel Porter, their father, who is serving a 38-year sentence at a prison in Cameron for kidnapping the children.
Travis Hafner belted his 24 th home run, a 2 run shot, in the 1 st inning to get the Cleveland Indians on their way to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Esteban German drove in a pair of runs with his 4 th home run of the season for the Royals.
C.C. Sabathia (19-7) pitched 7 innings, allowing only 3 earned runs on 8 hits for the win. Joe Borowski pitched a scoreless inning for his 44 th save. Kyle Davies (7-15) surrendered 5 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss.
The Royals (68-92) and the Indians (95-65) continue their weekend series Saturday night at the K. Gil Meche (9-13) goes to the mound for Kansas City against Jake Westbrook (6-9) for the Tribe.
Starting pitcher Todd Wellemeyer wasn’t involved in the decision, but his strong performance helped the St. Louis Cardinals as they downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 Friday night at PNC Park.
Wellemeyer allowed only 1 run on 3 hits in 6 innings and left with the score tied at 1. The Redbirds ended up scoring 4 runs in the 8 th inning and another in the 9 th for the victory.
Jim Edmonds, who pinch hit in the 8 th inning, was the hitting hero on the night, driving in 3 runs with a single.
Russ Springer (8-1) pitched 1 shutout inning for the win. John Grabow (3-2) allowed 4 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning to take the loss.
The Cards (76-84) and the Bucs (68-92) play Saturday night at PNC Park. Adam Wainwright (13-12) takes the mound for St. Louis against Pittsburgh’s Tom Gorzelanny (14-9).
Some scary moments for 142 people on board an American Airlines flight from Lambert Airport in St. Louis to Chicago.
Flight 1400 took off around 1 o’clock Friday afternoon, and a problem was encountered about 15 minutes into the flight when passengers reported a surging or turbulence. It turned out an engine was on fire, but the passengers weren’t yet aware of that fact. At that point, the crew informed passengers the plane would be returning to St. Louis.
Witnesses report that when the plane returned to Lambert, they could see that the left engine on fire. Emergency crews followed the plane down the runway and put out the fire. Nobody was injured.
