Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is headed to training camp after agreeing Wednesday afternoon to a two-year contract extension with the team, multiple sources told The Star. A person with knowledge of the situation said Charles is set to earn more than $18 million in new money from the deal and $8.3 million this season, which will make him the second-highest paid running back this year, behind Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson.

“This is a really, really bad idea,” Jackson County Circuit Judge Robert M. Schieber told Mohammed Whitaker while holding up a copy of a Kansas City Star article. Schieber accused Whitaker of making it difficult for him to conduct a fair trial with an impartial jury.

Jamaal Charles earned every cent of his contract extension. The shelf-life of running backs is cruelly short, and Charles is absolutely right to get paid while he can. More importantly for the Chiefs’ future, this does not affect their ability to work out more complicated contract situations with Justin Houston and Alex Smith.

A dropped ball at home plate in the top of the ninth inning allowed Mike Moustakas to score the game-winning run as the Royals beat the White Sox 2-1 on Wednesday in Chicago. After limping into Chicago, the Royals exited on their first winning streak, albeit a brief one, in weeks.

The story of Union Station will be depicted in a huge digital projection onto the facade of the historic depot in a celebration of its centennial on Sept. 5. Organizers also promise a national music act and fireworks for the free community party that is being timed to coincide with First Friday in the Crossroads and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Red Friday bash ahead of the football team’s home opener.