Dustin Hilt: Ex-Boyfriend Charged in Keighley Ann Alyea Murder

Dustin B. Hilt, Gerald S. Calbeck,  and Joseph D. Mattox have been charged with the first-degree murder of Keighley Ann Alyea, the Overland Park, Kansas teen who had been missing for a week. Dustin Hilt and Gerald Calbeck are 18 years old; Joseph Mattox is 21. Keighley...

$103,000 Pledged to Palestinian Relief

Overland Park, KS -- Participants at the July 2 “Viva Palestina” fundraising event held at the Overland Park Marriott hotel pledged $103,000 for medical relief for Palestinians in Gaza. This generous sum is...

George Galloway in Kansas City for Viva Palestina Fundraiser

KANSAS CITY, MO -- MAS Freedom, Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, Citizens for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land (Lee's Summit, MO), American Friends Service Committee—Kansas City, Peaceworks-KC, and American Muslims for Palestine recently announced a fundraising...

IHOP snaps up Applebee's for $2.1 billion

IHOP, the largest stacker of pancakes with 1,300 pancake focused restaurants in the US and Canada, grows by acquiring Applebee's, the largest chain retaurant in the world.  "Pancake house IHOP Corp. said...

Fire Takes Out Apartment Building

" June 10, 2007 Kansas - A carelessly discarded cigarette ignited a blaze in the Cedar Crest apartment complex during the early hours of June 6 in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, KS. Witnesses claim that the fire was first seen burning in a shrub at around 6:10 am,...

Steen wins trip to Kan. NASCAR race (Helena Independent Record)

" By Tom Stuber - 09/26/2006 One of Helena's best and most well liked sports fans is in for a real treat when she takes an all-expense paid trip to Overland Park, Kan., for the Banquet 400 NASCAR race on Oct. 1. Stock car racing fan Bea Steen, who has hosted about 30 players,...

Global warming film unites preachers and politics (Reuters)

" OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - Coming soon to a movie screen near you: prayers, politics and a feature-length film, united in an effort to mobilize religious groups around global warming concerns in time for the U.S. midterm election. With a new documentary titled "The...

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