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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City has agreed to part ways with sporting director Gavin Wilkinson only eight days after hiring him to its front office. Principal owner Michael Illig cited an “impassioned response from our fans” in announcing the move. Wilkinson, the former president and general manager of the NWSL’s Portland Thorns,

DEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a house exploded in a rural area of eastern Missouri, killing two young children. Emergency responders were called just before 7:45 a.m. Friday to a home in Defiance, about 40 miles west of St. Louis. Two children, ages 4 and 6, were trapped in the house, but the intense

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting three adults and a toddler. The court’s 6-1 majority ruled Friday that Kyle Trevor Flack did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent by saying he wanted to be

By The Associated Press SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Damarco Minor’s 17 points helped SIU-Edwardsville defeat Lindenwood 78-59 on Thursday night. Minor added six rebounds for the Cougars (11-8, 4-2 Ohio Valley Conference). Lamar Wright scored 15 points and added eight rebounds and three blocks. Ray’Sean Taylor shot 4 for 11, including 4 for 7

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie had a hat trick and the Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 for their second consecutive victory. Oshie’s two goals on the power play and an empty-netter against his former team give him five goals in the past four games. Dylan Strome

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County Executive Frank White has vetoed an ordinance that would have put a 3/8th-cent sales tax renewal on the April ballot. The sales tax renewal would fund sports stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals. White says the proposed sales tax would take about $2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former professional basketball player whose ex-girlfriend was sentenced to prison last year for fraud is now facing his own federal indictment, accusing him of falsifying applications for pandemic relief loans. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the indictment of 40-year-old Lorenzo Gordon comes three months after his former girlfriend, Brittish

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Gaudette is back in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues after more than a year and a half in the minors. The one-time top prospect played his first game in the league since April 2022 when the Blues lost to the Washington Capitals on

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six people are wounded after gunfire broke out inside a popular shopping mall in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting happened Wednesday evening at Crown Center. All six victims are expected to survive. Two were found in a food court area on the lower level. Police later learned that four other

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights while also allowing the procedure to be restricted in later stages of pregnancy. The group Missourians for Constitutional Freedom committed Thursday to an amendment that would let lawmakers restrict or ban abortions

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first business day of the new year, Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek began accepting applications for about $120 million of state-subsidized, low-interest loans to small businesses, farmers and affordable housing developers. Within six hours, Malek had so many requests for the money that

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Neither frigid blowing winds, the prospect of another 2 feet of snow being dumped on the region nor an Erie County-imposed travel ban could prevent the Buffalo Bills from showing up for practice. Bills coach Sean McDermott credited snow removal crews for having the

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers “detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.” Lamar Johnson seeks unspecified damages

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes will be hitting the road for the first time in the playoffs when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round Sunday night. His previous 15 playoff games have been played at Arrowhead Stadium. In fact, Mahomes has

The Southeastern Conference has reprimanded Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats for making physical contact with a Missouri player. Oats pushed Missouri’s Aidan Shaw away from Alabama’s bench during a first-half timeout in the Crimson Tide’s 93-75 victory Tuesday night. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey called Oats’ actions “unacceptable” and said they “violated the expectations for conduct

By JAMES POLLARD and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors has been approved overwhelmingly by the Republican-led South Carolina House. The measure would bar health professionals from performing gender-transition surgeries, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs and overseeing hormone treatments for patients under 18 years old. It

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of the helmet that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shattered during their AFC wild-card game with Miami says it “did its job” by protecting the league MVP “during a head-to-head impact in unprecedented cold temperatures.” The game Saturday night was the fourth-coldest in

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer C.J. Stroud set the bar high for playoff debuts and Jordan Love matched it almost exactly. One day after Stroud went 16 for 21 for 274 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Houston past Cleveland in the best playoff performance ever for a rookie quarterback, Love

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Amazon will partner with Diamond Sports as part of a restructuring agreement as the largest owner of regional sports networks looks to emerge from bankruptcy. Diamond owns 18 networks under the Bally Sports banner. Those networks have the rights to 37 professional teams — 11 baseball, 15 NBA and

By JACOB BENGE Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — DaRon Holmes II scored 25 of his 29 points in the second half and grabbed 14 rebounds to help No. 21 Dayton beat Saint Louis 70-65 on Tuesday night for its 11th straight victory. Holmes also led Dayton (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10) at the free throw