Arrowhead advantage? Sunday would be a good time to assert Chiefs’ playoff mystique

While Arrowhead Stadium is in various ways rated a tough place to play, the Chiefs are far from impregnable there — especially in the postseason. Since its inception in 1960 in Dallas, in fact, the franchise is just 2-5 in home playoff games and hasn’t won one here since 1994. A victory over the Steelers on Sunday would help reassert the idea of an Arrowhead advantage.

Ice forecast: Not bad Saturday, but beware Sunday

With temperatures just under 32 degrees and steady rain expected to start around midnight, roads untreated could be iced over by morning. Sunday afternoon is borderline call, possibly above freezing, but rain continues.

Backpage’s adult sections shuttered; online sex traffickers merely blinked

Backpage shut down its adult sections this week with the release of a U.S. Senate report accusing the online classified ad company of scrubbing hundreds of telltale words from ads that might indicate the sex trafficking of minors — then posting the ads. The response came after a two-year battle with Sens. Claire McCaskill and Rob Portman.

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Chiefs Daily with Terez Paylor: Stopping Steelers' power running game

Kansas City Star Chiefs beat reporter Terez Paylor reports stopping the power run game of Le'Veon Bell will be a key to beating the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in the AFC Divisional playoffs.
David Eulitt The Kansas City Star
Chiefs Daily with Terez Paylor: Stopping Steelers' power running game 3:00

Chiefs Daily with Terez Paylor: Stopping Steelers' power running game

Overland Park video shows dangers of slick, icy roads 1:32

Overland Park video shows dangers of slick, icy roads

Lifelong camper reveals which area of the country is best at Mid-America RV Show 2:13

Lifelong camper reveals which area of the country is best at Mid-America RV Show

Kansas City shoppers prepare for ice storm 1:40

Kansas City shoppers prepare for ice storm