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December 16, 2015

• This week in Kansas City: Holiday activities galore, Audra McDonald, ‘Dancing With the Stars Live!’
• Weston: Small town with a big history
• Joe Reardon will assume KC chamber’s top post in first quarter of 2016
• U.S. attorney for Kansas criticizes effort to bar Syrian refugees
• Kansas Rep. Steve Brunk will join advocacy group’s staff in January, e-mail says
• KC Council committee endorses Plaza plan that Highwoods can support
• Backlash follows Missouri lawmakers’ idea to revoke scholarships of striking athletes
• Area lawmaker withdraws bill to yank scholarships from protesting athletes
• Two finalists selected for Kansas City Public Schools top job
• Islamic group pressures MU for more diversity training
• Nuclear weapons plants must do more to ensure the safety of workers
• Readers react to Kansas City firefighters, gun control and KCI
• Kansas City Zoo sets attendance milestone
• Names of 100th and 101st KC homicide victims are released
• Henry Kissinger will receive Truman award
• De Soto man gets life sentence for stabbing and strangling Prairie Village man
• Gunman steals backpack and shoes from Kansas City student
• KC firefighter apparently commits suicide near fire station
• Gov. Nixon’s son pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated
• Civic leaders call for long-term city manager contract
• A Jeff Roe flip-flop: He now praises Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp
• The GOP contenders’ schoolyard brawl
• TV reporter doing live update on robbery when bank gets robbed again
• TheChat: Gov. Sam Brownback offers a nod toward school block grants
• A look back at our top news stories of 2015
• U.S. Figure Skating Championships coming to Kansas City, Independence in 2017
• Man dies after being struck by train in southern Overland Park
• Earnings tax dispute spreading to other cities
• Two homicide investigations are underway in Kansas City, Kan.
• Jackson County solar power salesmen are charged with theft
• Police use stun gun to subdue naked, armed man on Kansas City bus
• Monmouth bench recreated ‘The Creation of Adam’ during win over Georgetown
• Fishing and hunting report for Dec.17
• Leavenworth Pioneers prevail at Hy-Vee Shootout
• Figure skating championships arrive at the right time for Kansas City
• Andy McCullough’s top five Royals stories from 2015
• Omar Infante shows how well his rehab is going
• After slow starts, Chiefs’ season turned, Ravens’ did not
• Chiefs place Tyler Bray on non-football injury list
• Chiefs’ Justin Houston visits orthopedic surgeon
• ‘Grab Your Crown’ children’s book celebrates the values that made Royals champs
• Federal Reserve shows confidence in economy by raising interest rates
• AMC completes Starplex Cinemas purchase
• Two area companies turn different directions on Wall Street
• Volkswagen will stop making the high-end Phaeton sedan
• Winning lottery numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 16
• Groundbreaking planned for 20th and Main hotel
• Redevelopment plan for downtown’s Ten Main Center thwarted
• K-State, KU football players make AP All-Big 12 team
• Kansas volleyball hoping for breakthrough against Nebraska in Final Four
• Kansas football signs three junior college players during midyear signing period
• Are Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile reviving the dot.com era’s earnings games?
• Northland Mexican food truck adds a restaurant
• Dunkin’ Donuts opens in Gladstone
• Missouri signs Butler Community College tackle Tyler Howell again
• Missouri’s Kentrell Brothers finishes with four second-team All-America honors