For the Wildcats, a successful start to the third year of the Ron Prince regime. North Texas would love to avenge that 54-7 shellacking of three years past. The Mean Green will be out to capture a road victory over a Big 12 team to open Todd Dodge's second year as head coach.... (More...)

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Continuity counts.... (More...)

A quick getaway to what Kansas hopes will be another banner season and BCS bowl bid. For Florida International, a chance to make up for last year's embarrassing 52-point loss.... (More...)

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- So what now, Kansas, for an encore?... (More...)

PROTECTION, Kan. (AP) -- When he was young, Bob Greer dreamed of being a wrestler. That was until his father took him to a match in Fort Worth, Texas.... (More...)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Nostalgia meets revitalization with the opening of Stevie's Steakburgers.... (More...)

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) -- Christine Keele needed help for her son. The 10-year-old had a lisp that wouldn't go away. The word "see" would have a "th" sound to it.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The five Wheaton brothers always shared a special kinship.... (More...)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Earlier this month, Tiffany Dudley made a public declaration of her faith in a baptism service at Lake Shawnee.... (More...)

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- It was dusk, the field trip to a pond almost over. Parkway North High School biology teacher Russ Barton and his students began walking to their cars. Barton suddenly stopped, pointed his flashlight into the brush and dove in. The students heard a thump. And out walked Barton, holding a stunned opossum.... (More...)

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- You've got tomatoes coming out of your ears. Okra, peppers and cucumbers, too, in a cornucopia of late summer produce.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- So what if it was all against the second team? The Kansas City Chiefs were badly in need of a confidence boost and that's exactly what they'll take out of Thursday night's 21-17 victory over a collection of St. Louis reserves.... (More...)

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HOUSTON (AP) -- A suburban Houston woman accused of offering to let a Missouri man have sex with three young children has been arrested on child pornography charges.... (More...)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Houston Lillard hit Miles Edwards with a 23-yard touchdown pass in overtime to lead Southeast Missouri over Southwest Baptist 35-28 Thursday night.... (More...)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Thursday in the Kansas Lottery:... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City Chiefs team physician Dr. Joe Wackerle was taken from the sideline on a cart after he broke an ankle when two players crashed into him during the preseason game against the St. Louis Rams.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A storm featuring heavy rain and strong wind caused a delay of 1 hour, 26 minutes to the start of the St. Louis Rams-Kansas City Chiefs exhibition game Thursday night.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to immediately stop using a popular brand of bassinet after the death of a second baby attributed to the product. Six major retailers have stopped selling the bassinets.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Thursday in the Missouri Lottery:... (More...)