Kansas City Star

Sam Saitta wasn't home when the May 4 tornado flattened his Kansas City home, but his basement probably wouldn't have saved his life. "I would have been right there," Saitta...

This was just too much. The gushing never ends. Illinois assistant coach Tim Jankovich, who has known Bill Self for what seems like forever, was trying to explain why Self...

Welcome to Roy Williams' dream job. He can't sleep. After taking Kansas to the national championship game, he spent a week waking up in the middle of the night and...

A faint odor of rotting trash and campsite latrine seeped from one of two outhouses near the old Oxford Schoolhouse in Leawood. White paint peeled from the plywood frames, and...

Mike Maslowski is getting ready to play the Denver Broncos for the seventh time in his four-year NFL career. So the Chiefs' leading tackler was asked this question about his...

After months of unemployment, Chris Johnston recently found a part-time, minimum-wage job. Even if the work becomes full time, it probably will be too little too late. "We're four months...

The odd circumstances surrounding the death of former major-league catcher Darrell Porter offer one final twist in a complex life in which he achieved personal redemption from years of heavy...

The early bird may get the worm, but that's about all. You may have suspected, based on your own workplace observation, that the employee who comes in early every day...

A few items for teens looking for work: - What's acceptable in instant messaging isn't appropriate for job hunting. That includes e-mail addresses that don't project the maturity employers seek....

To some, it seems like shameless self-promotion. But networking--the art of creating and maintaining personal connections to get from point A to point B in your career--is essential to finding...