Top Of The Morning News: Monday, January 23, 2012
A daily digest of headlines from KCUR.• Governor Nixon: Avoid Tuition Hikes Despite Budget Cuts• MODOT Looks To Private Sector Not Voters For I-70 Tolls• Health Group Pushes Farmers To Reduce...
View ArticleTruck Pillow Eases Blow Of Crash
The simple science of a shock absorbing bumper undoubtedly saved drivers of two trucks from grave injuries this afternoon on I-70 some 60 miles east of Kansas City. That’s the summation from MoDOT.
View ArticleTop Of The Morning News: Monday, June 11, 2012
Political candidates rush to get their names on the primary ballot in Kansas, and construction starts on Interstate 70 this week. It’s a daily digest of headlines from KCUR.
View ArticleTop Of The Morning News: Monday, January 23, 2012
A daily digest of headlines from KCUR. Governor Nixon: Avoid Tuition Hikes Despite Budget Cuts MODOT Looks To Private Sector Not Voters For I-70 Tolls Health Group Pushes Farmers To Reduce Antibiotic Use
View ArticleTruck Pillow Eases Blow Of Crash
The simple science of a shock absorbing bumper undoubtedly saved drivers of two trucks from grave injuries this afternoon on I-70 some 60 miles east of Kansas City. Thats the summation from MoDOT.
View ArticleTop Of The Morning News: Monday, June 11, 2012
Political candidates rush to get their names on the primary ballot in Kansas, and construction starts on Interstate 70 this week. Its a daily digest of headlines from KCUR.
View Article'Roads Aren't Free,' Says Nixon As Missouri Considers Tolls Along I-70
Missouri has always funded transportation through user fees, Gov. Jay Nixon told reporters Tuesday after an appearance in Kansas City. "Roads aren't free," Nixon says. "I mean, they're not." The...
View ArticleExit Interview With MoDOT Director
Missouri has the seventh largest highway system in the country, but it ranks 46th nationally in funding per mile. That ranking could drop still more. Last year, the Missouri Department of...
View ArticleAn Idea To Make I-70 'Smart,' But Without A Clear Road Forward
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s move to reimagine Interstate 70 as the “road to tomorrow” raises more questions than it answers about the state’s central transit corridor. “We’re making...
View ArticleTransportation chief says I-70 is 'completely falling apart' and 'used up'
Stephen Miller wants Missourians to see Interstate 70 as more than just a way to travel from St. Louis to Kansas City – or as a means to get to the glorious statue of Jim the Wonder Dog in Marshall....
View ArticleThink Driving I-70 Is Boring? Not For This Kansas Songwriter
The band: Heidi Gluck The song: Sadness Is Psychedelic The story: Singer-songwriter Heidi Gluck is originally from Canada; she now lives in Lawrence, Kansas. But before she settled there, she lived in...
View ArticleI-70 In Kansas And Missouri
It runs from Baltimore to Provo, Utah, and the 1985 World Series was nicknamed after it . And did you know that they started building the very first stretch of it in Missouri, but the first section to...
View ArticleHow I-70 Changed The Kansas City Metro For The Better — And Worse
In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation creating the interstate highway system that links just about every major city in the United States. The very first stretch of this was an...
View ArticleFirefighter Killed In Rural Lafayette County, Second Rushed To Hospital In...
A firefighter with the Mayview Fire Protection District was killed and another person was injured Monday in a three-vehicle accident. According the Missouri Highway Patrol , firefighters Jacob Hayward...
View ArticleHealth Of Kansas And Missouri Highways, And A Look At KC Police Chief...
It's not easy to navigate the Kansas City area without a car, which makes the health of our highways very important. Today, the chiefs of the Missouri and Kansas departments of Transportation discuss...
View ArticleI-70 In Independence Is Closed This Weekend, So Here's What You Need To Know
The Missouri Department of Transportation is getting set to temporarily close all lanes of I-70 in both directions for about seven miles through Kansas City and Independence. The highway will be shut...
View ArticleMost Kansas City-Area Businesses Not Requiring Vaccines For Workers, But Do...
A new survey of more than 180 members of the Greater Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce showed that more than 80% of local businesses and organizations are so far not requiring workers be vaccinated,...
View ArticleKevin Strickland Will Miss His Mother’s Funeral After Innocence Hearing...
Instead of setting a date to begin hearing evidence, a judge and attorneys will meet Sept. 13, to decide if Strickland's case will be heard in a Jackson County Court.
View ArticleAs Kansas City Police Resist City Control, Department Refuses To Respond To...
Five years after the Kansas City Auditor’s Office released recommendations to improve KCPD’s take-home vehicle policies, there has still been no response from the department.
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