headlines http://kcur.org en Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-343 <p></p><p class="western" style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Two convicts holed up in the Northland. And volunteers searched for but did not find a missing toddler whose mother was murdered. Steve Bell revisits those and other top stories of the week on KCUR's Saturday News Review.</font></font></font></p><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">&nbsp;</p> Sat, 11 May 2013 05:38:00 +0000 Steve Bell 36565 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-342 <p style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The United States Attorney General challenged a new Kansas gun rights law. And Ford finally announced how many new jobs are coming to its Kansas City plant. KCUR's Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 04 May 2013 13:35:00 +0000 Steve Bell 36176 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-340 <p style="margin-right: -0.91in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">Sprint got a second suitor. And two Kansas Cities became partners in studying a streetcar line expansion. KCUR's Steve Bell looks back at those and other top stories on this week's Saturday News Review.</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: -0.91in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:24:13 +0000 Steve Bell 35398 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-336 <p style="margin-right: 1.14in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Kansas City talk radio pioneer Walt Bodine died at 92. And police made quick work of a robbery and homicide near the Plaza. KCUR's Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 1.14in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:33:22 +0000 Steve Bell 34324 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-335 <p style="margin-right: -0.91in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">Six JJ's Restaurant employees sued the gas company. Two area airport control towers were on the federal closing list. And Mayor Sly James stayed calm under surprise attack. KCUR's Steve Bell looks back at those and other top stories on this week's Saturday News Review.</span></font></font></p><p></p> Sat, 23 Mar 2013 06:50:22 +0000 Steve Bell 33941 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-334 <p style="margin-right: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">A judge let streetcar plans roll ahead but a </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal">regional</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> transit plan got put on hold. And the Kansas City Fire Department made a significant policy change after releasing its report on this month's tragic Plaza fire. Steve Bell revisits those and other top stories of the week on KCUR's Saturday News Review.</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.98in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in"> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:51:11 +0000 Steve Bell 33583 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-333 <p align="LEFT" style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Both Missouri and Kansas lawmakers passed bills to expand gun rights. And Missouri Republicans said to compete with Kansas the state has to jump on the tax cut bandwagon. KCUR's Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:05:00 +0000 Steve Bell 33216 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-332 <p style="margin-right: 0.02in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The Kansas Supreme Court stayed a lower court order for more school funding. Conflict continued over the possible sale of North Kansas City Hospital. And Kansas City got another major snow storm. KCUR's Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.02in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:58:00 +0000 Steve Bell 32834 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-331 <p style="margin-right: -0.91in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">A major storm dropped a foot of snow on Kansas City, and an explosion and fire on the Plaza spawned an OSHA investigation. KCUR's Steve Bell looks back at those and other top stories on this week's Saturday News Review.</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: -0.91in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:15:44 +0000 Steve Bell 32443 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-328 <p style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Kansas moved toward changing the way Supreme Court members are appointed. The philanthropist some called “Kansas City's first lady” died. And the GM Fairfax plant was notified of a sizeable expansion. KCUR's Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in"> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:05:00 +0000 Steve Bell 31340 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-324 <p style="margin-right: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Sporting Kansas City and the Livestrong charity came to a parting of the ways. Governor Sam Brownback laid out a plan to end Kansas income tax. And once again a Kansas court said the state is not spending enough on schools. Steve Bell revisits those and other top stories of the week on KCUR's Saturday News Review.</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-right: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:48:49 +0000 Steve Bell 30628 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-321 <p style="margin-right: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Winter arrived with power outages and canceled flights. Another area couple won a $50 million Powerball jackpot. And the shooting of 20 school children in Connecticut spawned radically different ideas on gun control. Steve Bell recaps on those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-right: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.14in">&nbsp;</p> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Steve Bell 29408 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-320 <p style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">Some public employees were charged with a $300,000 wellness incentives scam. Kansas Libertarians were up in arms about open carry bans. And after many false starts, a Kansas City streetcar project got rolling. KCUR's Steve Bell looks back at those and other top stories on this week's Saturday News Review.</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:30:00 +0000 Steve Bell 29064 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-318 <p style="margin-right: 0.02in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.14in" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The plot of an already bizarre murder case took another turn, and Mo.'s Democratic governor finally endorsed expanding Medicaid. But the area story that got national attention was about a couple who won the lottery. </font></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0.02in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.14in" align="LEFT"> Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:35:26 +0000 Steve Bell 28381 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week Top Stories Of The Week http://kcur.org/post/top-stories-week-317 <p>The city council cracked down on party houses. The holiday season got underway with a Kansas City tradition. Those and other top stories of the week on the KCUR Saturday News Review.</p><p> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Steve Bell 28042 at http://kcur.org Top Stories Of The Week