Pushed far beyond its interceptor role, the F-104 became a high-altitude research platform capable of near-space flight.

Elizabeth loved cooking, listening to country and gospel music, and looked forward to watching Wheel of Fortune.

Owning one of the fastest machines on the market, however, is a flex on an entirely different level. Ever since Chuck ...

Starfighters Space, a Kennedy Space Center company that provides F-104s as flying testbeds for high-speed technologies, is planning an initial public offering of shares to try to raise $40 million ...

COVERAGE AT CNBC.COM. SHE’S A CANDIDATE FOR TWO ELECTED POSITIONS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY. BUT TODAY SHE FACED A JUDGE. KMBC NINE ANDY ALCOCK JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND ...

Jermaine “Jae” Howard is a political newcomer — his bid to become the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas District 1 commissioner is the first time he’s sought public office ...

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89, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, passed away on October 5, 2025. She was born in Clermont, Kentucky, on June 19, 1936, to Minnie and Golden Riley. Ruth had a noble and generous heart, and her selfless ...

Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff—each of which played a role in advancing America’s exploration of space. The Right Stuff (1983) is ...

Johnetta Marie (Leach) Yeager, 51, of Versailles, died Monday, September 22, 2025, at University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. She is survived by: daughters, Sydney Yeager and Kynzie ...

What happens when the female form is liberated from the so-called “male gaze”? Perhaps part of the answer lies in the photography of the late Bunny Yeager. A model-turned professional photographer, in ...

Linnea Eleanor “Bunny” Yeager embodied the contradictions of midcentury America. The photographer, who died in 2014 at the age of 85, was a flirty exhibitionist and a suburban housewife. She was a ...