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Which one Royals playoff game from 2014-15 is your favorite?

There were so many great memories associated with the Kansas City Royals playoff runs in 2014 and 2015, but if you could choose just one game to watch, which would you pick?

Sports

Royals beat the Twins, are eliminated from the playoffs after Baltimore beats Toronto

Tech N9ne to perform at Saturday’s Late Night in the Phog

Coach fired by new Mizzou A.D. Jim Sterk awarded $3.36 million in lawsuit

Local

Regency Beauty Institute closes nationwide, including its KC location

The area school is at U.S. 40 and Noland Road. The company posted a statement on its website that attributed the closing to a declining number of students, not having enough cash to run the business and “a negative characterization of for-profit education by regulators and politicians.”

Garage fire damages Lee’s Summit house

Mom of man killed by KC police: ‘There are two (conflicting) stories’

Kauffman Foundation invests $79 million in new college scholarship program

Nation & world

Meet ‘Baby Trump,’ the Donald lookalike whose hair is making him famous

There’s something about little Hunter Tirpak of Pennsylvania that looks oh so familiar. The steely gaze? No. The chubby cheeks? No. That huge sweep of blond hair on his head? Yep. Meet “Baby Trump.”

Train crashes into New Jersey station; 1 reported dead, more than 100 injured

Creepy clown sightings: Police are not laughing at ‘national prank’

This is what happens when CSPAN posts a wrong number to text after the debate

Opinion

Lee Judge cartoons: July-December 2016

Check out our collection of sharp political and cultural jabs by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge.

Is pension entitlement or nest egg? It may matter when you double dip

Johnson County voters’ choices for Kansas Senate are very clear

Courts are protecting rights of Kansas voters because Kobach isn’t

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Jackson County pension change would allow double-dipping

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Greitens’ campaign claims ‘statistical tie’ with Koster in Missouri governor race

Judging the Royals

Royals win in extra innings: why do these guys still care?

A look at the Royals’ biggest overachievers (and underachievers) in 2016

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Ryan Stokes family wants answers about his fatal shooting by KC police

Sep 28, 2016

A prayer vigil and press conference for Ryan Stokes was held on Wednesday at the corner of 12th and McGee streets in downtown Kansas City where Stokes was fatally shot by police in 2013. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City has asked the U.S. attorney general's office and the FBI to investigate the shooting.

Allison Long The Kansas City Star

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Back to Rockville

A masterful mashup of indie rock and hip-hop from Banks and Steelz in KC

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Amos Lee lets his soulful side shine at the Uptown Theater

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‘Lion King’ live-action remake: Not everyone is feeling the love

Back to Rockville

A masterful mashup of indie rock and hip-hop from Banks and Steelz in KC

Back to Rockville

Amos Lee lets his soulful side shine at the Uptown Theater

Movie News & Reviews

‘Lion King’ live-action remake: Not everyone is feeling the love