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The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,967,405 in the year 2006. The Combined Statistical Area also includes the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Atchison, Kansas, and Warrensburg, Missouri, with estimated populations of 16,745 and 50,646, respectively. The Combined Statistical Area of Kansas City had a population of 2,034,796 in the year 2006.
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Boy, 12, charged after knife incident at school
Sep 30, 2008 7:57 pm
A 12-year-old boy accused of threatening people at Holy Trinity School is charged as a juvenile with three counts of aggravated assault, authorities said.
Clay County probe clears officials of wrongdoing; auditor to resign in January
Sep 30, 2008 7:42 pm
A special prosecutor investigating alleged improper conduct by two Clay County officials concluded today that no illegal activity occurred but the probe raised enough questions that will lead to Count...
Federal grant will help shorten Amtrak delays in Missouri
Sep 30, 2008 7:13 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced a $3.3 million grant that will go toward improving passenger rail service between Kansas City and St. Louis.
Funkhouser lists priorities for rest of year
Sep 30, 2008 6:43 pm
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser said in a news conference Tuesday that crime prevention, economic development, transit and education will be his top priorities for the remainder of the year. He refu...
Jury selection to begin in ‘Precious Doe' case
Sep 30, 2008 5:13 pm
The man accused of killing a 3-year-old girl once known as “Precious Doe” is going on trial, seven years after the child’s headless body was found in a wooded area of Kan...
Sep 30, 2008 5:13 pm
A Lawrence resident this week found his cat gutted and mutilated in his back yard in what authorities say is the third such case in about three weeks.
Appeals court rules for city in Cauthen contract dispute
Sep 30, 2008 3:28 pm
The Missouri Court of Appeals today ruled today in favor of the city in a dispute over the validity of Kansas City Manager Wayne Cauthen’s employment contract.
Fort Riley has ceremony for brigade going to Iraq
Sep 30, 2008 3:28 pm
FORT RILEY, Kan. | Another brigade of soldiers from Fort Riley is heading to Iraq. The northeast Kansas Army post is having a ceremony marking the deployment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Div...
Antioch Road may not reopen until tomorrow after water main break
Sep 30, 2008 11:42 am
Antioch Road remained closed this afternoon near 73rd Street because of a broken water main. Only one southbound lane is open, and the road may not be fixed before Wednesday, authorities said.
Fire destroys house in rural Johnson County
Sep 30, 2008 11:27 am
An early morning fire destroyed a house in rural Johnson County today. The fire was reported shortly after 3 a.m. at 12770 Evening Star Lane, southwest of DeSoto, according to a dispatcher.
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