Kansas City Star - Fri Nov 06

When the shooting started, Dion Wiley ducked for cover behind a car.As more shots exploded from closer behind him, Wiley, 20, turned to look over his shoulder just as a bullet tore through his head, ending his life.On Friday, a teenager who fired that fatal shot was found guilty of felony murder, second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and ...

Kansas City Star - Fri Nov 06

Stephen Wilson started voting a dozen years ago, when he was 18.Last November, while in National Guard training at Fort Benning, Ga., he made sure to send in an absentee ballot.Yet Tuesday, when he arrived at his Independence polling site on his way to work, poll workers told him his name did not appear on the rolls.

KansasCity.com - Fri Nov 06

Call it a sign of the times, but some of the best recent design work by architects has come in service of the humblest of projects.At least according to judges of Kansas City architecture awards handed out Friday night.Top honors in the American Institute of Architects/Kansas City design competition went to Helix Architecture, designers of a ...