Kansas City Star

Byron House felt queasy that first time, peering down the snowy slope. Who wouldn't? There he was, seated and strapped to a narrow chair, the chair perched atop a skinny...

Julie Russell has lived several lives in her relatively short 43 years. She grew up in a loving, comfortable home, but once she left she faced struggles with alcoholism, self-defeat...

A disabled child requires the attention of everyone in the family. Just as Christine Perlinger, 33, of Overland Park, Kan., sat down to eat her bowl of cereal one morning,...

Darin Hall dreamed of all the things his newborn babies might accomplish. Like any father, he focused on the happy lives they all expected to lead. So when Hall, of...

Many readers have turned to biographies in recent years, complaining of a dearth of good stories and characters in contemporary novels. Perhaps as a way of addressing this deficiency, it...

Jeffrey Wigand told the truth. He testified in court -- and for Mike Wallace in front of the "60 Minutes" cameras -- about his work as chief of research and...

Talk about your trade-in value. Hot Wheels toy car collector Chris Marshall of Overland Park has struck a deal to sell the rarest of all Hot Wheels: a one-of-a-kind, hot-pink...

Valorie Sharp lost much more than her eyesight when a sniper went on a shooting rampage in downtown St. Joseph, Mo., nearly 13 months ago. Sharp didn't open her arts...

Liz Brown believes in saying thanks--out loud, every day, over and over. The Kansas City woman does her thanking to particular persons and to the universe in general. "It's such...

Mary Hudson, a self-made multimillionaire who succeeded in a man's world of oil, land and cattle, died Thursday of cancer in her Prairie Village home. She was 86. During six...