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Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City area got off easy today as severe storms roared through parts of Oklahoma southeastern Missouri and northern Arkansas. At least six persons were killed, three of them in Missouri. Over 100 homes were destroyed or damaged.

Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City School District shuttered 26 schools. Workers at Ford worried about the Claycomo plant's future. And incumbents, especially Democrats, toppled like bowling pins in the November election. KCUR's Steve Bell guides through a tour of the top area stories of 2010 on KCUR's Year-End News Review.

Pictured: Congressman Ike Skelton concedes defeat after 34 years in Washington.

Kansas City, MO – It's the last day hog-producing giant Premium Standard Farms has to implement cleaner waste removal technology in 40 of its facilities in Missouri.

Kansas City, MO – A late December disappointment for the State of Kansas and Governor-elect Sam Brownback: December revenue collections were $22 million less than expected. The added shortfall is likely to complicate efforts to keep the budget in balance.

Kansas City, MO – There's a several-hundred-million-dollar difference of opinion about the Kansas state budget.

Kansas City, MO – Missouri public schools could face a collective $24 million shortfall because casino business is down. The Gaming Commission warns that casino proceeds for education this year were predicted to be almost $372 million. With the recovery coming very slowly, it will be $348 million.

Kansas City, MO – Kansas is one of 15 states receiving a federal award for enrolling children in health care plans. The payment is for enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City region is fortieth worst in the top hundred job markets over the last decade. A New York study of the last ten years shows the local market dropped 23,000 factory jobs.