KansasCity.com

82°F

84°/66°

Forecast

Weather Alert

• Home
  • Columnists
  • Blogs
  • Obituaries
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Featured
    • Ink
    • Mom2Mom
    • KC Pets
    • Info Central
    • Varsity Zone
  • Community Faces
  • Forums
  • About The Star
    • Contact Us
    • Past Articles
    • Star in Education
    • Kansas City Store
    • Readers' Representative
    • Front Pages
    • Star Awards
    • Code of Ethics
    • Star Tours
    • Star Speakers
    • Star Quilts
    • Hemingway
  • Video
• News
  • Columnists
    • C.W. Gusewelle
    • Mike Hendricks
    • Steve Penn
    • Steve Kraske
    • Mary Sanchez
    • Debra Skodack
  • Blogs
    • Crime Scene KC
    • Prime Buzz
    • International Buzz
  • Breaking News
  • Nation & World
  • Politics
  • Lotteries
  • Neighborhoods
  • JoCo
  • Info Central
  • News Projects
  • More
    • Press Release Central
    • Elections
    • Weird News
• Sports
  • Columnists
    • Jason Whitlock
    • Sam Mellinger
    • Blair Kerkhoff
    • Candace Buckner
  • Blogs
    • Red Zone
    • Upon Further Review
    • Campus Corner
    • Ball Star
    • Varsity Zone
  • Chiefs
  • Royals
  • Wizards
  • KU
  • K-State
  • MU
  • High Schools
  • Stats
  • Outdoors
  • More Pro
    • Mavericks
    • T-Bones
    • Motorsports
    • Golf
    • Tennis
    • NFL
    • MLB
    • NBA
    • NHL
  • More Amateur
    • UMKC
    • Big 12
    • Colleges
    • Olympics
• Business
  • Columnists
    • Diane Stafford
    • Steve Rosen
    • Joyce Smith
    • Kevin Collison
    • Mark Davis
    • Randolph Heaster
    • Keith Chrostowski
  • Blogs
    • Sprint Connection
    • Dollars & Sense
  • Announcements
  • Consumer News
  • Emerging Business
  • Technology
  • Workplace
  • Star 50
  • Stocks
• FYI/Living
  • Columnists
    • Cindy Hoedel
    • Jill Wendholt Silva
    • Ann Spivak
    • Jenee Osterheldt
  • Blogs
    • Mom2Mom
    • KC Pets
    • KC Gardens
    • Faith Matters
  • Food
  • House & Home
  • Faith
  • Star Magazine
  • Travel
  • Health
  • Celebrations
  • Dear Abby
• Entertainment
  • Columnists
    • Robert W. Butler
    • Robert Trussell
    • Alice Thorson
    • Joe Klopus
    • Aaron Barnhart
    • Timothy Finn
  • Blogs
    • Back to Rockville
    • TV Barn
  • Ink
  • Horoscopes
  • Comics
  • Games
  • Preview Extra
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Performing Arts
  • Calendar
  • Star TV
  • More
    • Books
    • Restaurants
    • Visual Arts
• Opinion
  • Columnists
    • Yael T. Abouhalkah
    • Miriam Pepper
    • Lewis W. Diuguid
    • E. Thomas McClanahan
    • Barbara Shelly
    • Lee Judge
    • Jason Whitlock
  • Blogs
    • Midwest Voices
    • Unfettered Letters
    • Ad Astrum
  • Editorials
  • Letters to the Editor
• Promo
  • Place an Ad
  • Jobs
    • Create an Ad
    • Post Resume
    • Job Search
    • Jobstart
    • Top Jobs
    • Career Video
  • Cars
    • Tom Strongman
    • Sell A Car
    • Used Car Specials
    • New Car Specials
    • Cars.com
  • Real Estate
    • Sell A Home
    • HomeFinder
  • Rentals
    • Create an Ad
    • apartments.com
  • Classifieds
    • Garage Sales
    • Pets
    • Find an Ad
    • Create an Ad
  • Shopping
    • Newspaper Ads
    • Special Sections
    • GetLocal