Rockhurst University News

December 22, 2009 - Mark Simonsen, employee number three and later owner of Beagle Bros , will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2010.

For hundreds of kids in Kansas City, the holidays arent complete without a visit to the Fairy Princess at the Kansas City Museum.

Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects to a 17-year old described as having a promising future, a future cut short by a gunshot to the chest.

A 17-year-old shot to death at a bus stop was laid to rest Monday. Friends and family remembered Nelson Hopkins, an Alta Vista Charter School senior, as a friend, a role model and a leader.

A church and anti-crime group are planning a prayer vigil today in memory of Nelson E. Hopkins Jr., the promising high school senior fatally shot in a possible robbery Tuesday as he walked home from a city bus stop.The vigil is set for 5:30 p.m. at the Harvest Church, 4300 N. Corrington Ave., and is being co-organized by the Ad Hoc Group Against ...

" A local sports commentator dedicated part of his show to a teenage boy who was gunned down Monday.

Kansas City authorities are investigating after campus police at Rockhurst University found a man lying dead last night.

Nelson Hopkins Jr. was on his way home last night when he was shot and killed. On Wednesday, Hopkins' friends and teachers told KCTV5 what an extraordinary kid he was.

Slaying near Rockhurst UniversityKansas City police were investigating a homicide discovered Tuesday night near the east end of Rockhurst Universitys campus.Campus security officers were called about 9 p.m. to check on a man lying on a sidewalk on 54th Street, between Lydia Avenue and the Paseo.

A teen fatally shot near the Rockhurst University campus Tuesday night had just gotten off a city bus and was walking home, Kansas City police said today.Nelson E. Hopkins Jr., 17, was a senior at Alta Vista Charter School.

Kansas City police are investigating a homicide near the east end of Rockhurst Universitys campus.Campus security officers were called about 9 p.m. tonight to check on a man lying on a sidewalk on 54th Street, between Lydia Avenue and the Paseo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' Police are trying to figure out what led to a fatal shooting Tuesday night.

After years of conflict, some wonder if the United States should be fighting a war or building a nation in Afghanistan.

Curtis Hancock, philosophy professor at Rockhurst Jesuit University, Kansas City.

Man found shot in vehicleA man was shot in a neighborhood east of Rockhurst University early Monday evening.The shooting was reported about 5:40 p.m. near 54th Street and Michigan Avenue.

A man was shot in a neighborhood east of Rockhurst University early this evening.The shooting was reported about 5:40 p.m. near 54th Street and Michigan Avenue.

Dr. Mary Katharine Fischer and Matthew Patrick Clune, both of Kansas City, were married at 1:30 p.m. Dec.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on October 13, 2009 - 2:01pm. Six candidates are running for four seats on the Shakopee School Board with four-year terms.

At its 118th annual meeting today, the KU Endowment Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Freeman of St. Joseph are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Casey Jo Freeman to Jordan Spencer Sumner, son of Mr.