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No more illegible paper tickets for parking violations, speeding, DUIs or other city offenses. No more endless lines to pay fines, or hourlong hold times for people trying to call the court. It’s believed to be the biggest digital transformation of a municipal court in the country, and the Kansas City system is set to “go live” on Aug. 29.

A 23-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with child endangerment after she allegedly tried to smash someone with a pot of coffee but severely burned her own 5-month-old daughter.

If the relationship between Rashad Barksdale and the Kansas City Command happened in nature instead of in climate-controlled arenas, it might be described as symbiotic. The expansion Command needed Barksdale’s skill and athleticism in the secondary; Barksdale needed a place to play and stay in shape. It was a natural fit for both.

A 24-year-old woman was killed in a rollover wreck on Interstate 35 near Ottawa about 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, the Franklin County sheriff’s office said.

Jackson County prosecutors on Wednesday accused Terry C. Smith, 19, of Kansas City, of shooting at a rival’s vehicle May 22 in the 4900 block of East 40th Terrace, but instead hitting another vehicle driven by Cortez L. Williams, who died May 26.

Missouri’s legislative leaders announced Wednesday that they have agreed to a sweeping package of job-creation initiatives — including one aimed at giving Kansas City new leverage in the economic development border wars with Kansas.

Missouri’s legislative leaders announced Wednesday that they have agreed to a sweeping package of job-creation initiatives — including one aimed at giving Kansas City new leverage in the economic development border wars with Kansas.

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Kansas City Kansas Community College students will see a tuition increase, but residents will not see a property tax rate increase if the 2011-12 budget is approved.

The Kansas City Council today will vote on union employee raises that are expected to cost taxpayers more than $1 million this year and millions more next year.