Charges to follow KC hostage crisis

Two men who held off Gladstone police for 26 hours now face federal kidnapping charges. Both Lawrence Riley and Jason Alcorn are from Kansas City, Kansas. Authorities claim they joined three others in a robbery, then kidnapped a women and held her hostage after...

Gaming officials vote to kill casino license

The state gaming commission has records showing more than 200 telephone calls between former commission chairman Robert Wolfson and a lawyer for one of the casino companies the commission licenses. And Wolfson admits he never reported any of those calls to the...

Freedom rescinded for suspected killer

Gregory Breeden will not be getting out of prison tomorrow after all. Breeden has been in jail for bad checks since 1994. He has been in prison since June of ’95. The state board of probation and parole had planned to release him tomorrow. A board official says...

SUV hostage crisis nears end

A hostage ordeal in Gladstone has nearly ended. A woman kidnapped from her Olathe, Kansas home yesterday morning, is free and one of the two men believed involved in the kidnapping is in custody. Another continues to defy police orders to give up. Police say two men...

Domestic violence law questioned

One of Missouri’s leading prosecutors wonders if the legislature hasn’t gotten too tough with the new domestic violence law. The law went into effect Monday. It has tougher penalties, but Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle isn’t sure...

Female prisoners get more attention

The big increase in the number of women in prison in Missouri has forced some major changes in the state corrections system. The biggest change is at the new women’s prison in Vandalia, forced by the doubling of women inmates in the last 8 years. Missouri now...

Nursing home screenings fail, auditor says

State Auditor Claire McCaskill says nursing homes aren’t going far enough in checking the background of their employees. And McCaskill says that has resulted in nursing homes hiring more than 600 workers who would be disqualified from working with children or...

Hawt kidz kant lurn

A lot of students who would otherwise be in class this week are taking another day off today because of the heat. Assistant Commissioner for Instruction Orlo Shroyer says kids don’t learn much when its this hot and tend to act up. And he says the bus rides to...

Lankford Powers Reames’ First Win

Ray Lankford homered twice, helping rookie Britt Reames earn his first major league win, as the Cardinals held off Montreal 7-6. It shouldn’t have been such a close call for Reames, who had the game very much in control. He carried a no-hitter into the 6th...

Cone Hurt as Yanks Beat Royals

It was a painful return to Kauffman Stadium this time for David Cone. The Yankees beat the Royals 10-5, but Cone suffered a separated left shoulder making a diving catch of a bunt and writhed in pain on the turf before being taken to the hospital. It was not...

Cunningham Tells Players He Thought of Quitting

Gunther Cunningham didn’t want to discuss it, but his players admit that Cunningham told them he considered resigning after Sunday’s loss to the Colts, but his wife talked him out of it. Cunningham told the players he felt he let them down. Cunningham told...