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June 7, 2016

• Being transgender means finding a comfort with oneself
• Platte County recovers portion of money lost to email scam
• Dashcam video shows excessive force arrest by Independence police
• McCormick Distilling taps Missouri’s bourbon heritage
• Yet another ethics complaint filed in Missouri Republican attorney general primary
• Mike Huckabee to stump for Jay Ashcroft
• Congress becoming involved in debate over access to donated livers
• Readers share thoughts on Kansas schools, fuel standards, congressional pay
• Milk is now delivered straight to some area food pantries
• Missouri’s brawling GOP candidates want to be the next governor and attorney general
• Star wins six national awards for excellence in writing, design
• Six-year-old girl dresses as a hot dog for her princess dance recital and becomes a global star
• Bras, wine bottles and breast implants: The new Museum of Broken Relationships showcases the remains of our relations
• What Kansas and Missouri GOP lawmakers are saying about Trump and the judge
• Last known surviving 9/11 search dog receives a tearful hero’s farewell as she dies at age 16
• Florida Republican AG asks for, gets donation from Trump, then drops Trump U. fraud case
• State cuts mean some elderly Kansans will lose in-home services
• Missouri GOP candidates for governor will, and may not, campaign with Donald Trump
• TheChat: Claire McCaskill stands up for embattled VA secretary
• Former University of Missouri worker admits stealing more than $716,000
• Monday Poll results: Kansas Supreme Court wins, Sam Brownback loses on schools crisis
• GOP candidates for Missouri governor say they’ll support Donald Trump for president
• Silver alert canceled after missing 71-year-old Overland Park man found safe
• Body discovered inside Merriam house was 79-year-old Overland Park man
• Hillary Clinton clinches delegates for Democratic presidential nomination, AP tally shows
• Jackson County receives 200-pound Oregon Trail medallion
• 25-year-old fatally shot in Grandview had played quarterback at Lee’s Summit North
• MU summer enrollment hits a record high
• Others challenge Kansas City rapper over estate of rock star Prince
• Independence woman is accused of attacking friend with a machete
• Four are arrested after police chase U-Haul from Independence to Kansas Turnpike
• Kansas City woman is accused of forcing teenage girls to work as prostitutes
• Driver crashes possibly stolen truck on I-35 after leading chase through Johnson County
• Time to give up the car keys? Expo will help older drivers develop a ‘retirement plan’
• Grain Valley man is acquitted in one rape, but a second charge is pending
• Firefighters prevent garage fire from spreading to Overland Park house
• Amid D-Day anniversary, the saga of Operation Cobra is worth remembering
• Man mortally wounded during home invasion in Grandview
• Gov. Sam Brownback calls Kansas lawmakers into special session on schools
• Royals’ rash of injuries on freaky plays continues
• Bob Ziehmer to resign as director of the Missouri Department of Conservation
• Watch the dads of some Royals players take batting practice
• NFL’s Twitter account is hacked, announces Roger Goodell is dead (he’s not)
• Chiefs’ Aaron Murray logs No. 2 quarterback reps on Tuesday
• Chiefs re-sign linebacker Dezman Moses, release Efe Obada
• A gentle American queen from humble Brooklyn roots
• Overland Park council OKs controversial Brookridge redevelopment
• Irate over the Kansas school mess? Toss the justices responsible
• Sporting KC teenager Erik Palmer-Brown says overseas loan taught him to be a professional
• Adults open up their hearts to the arts
• Nine Johnson County cities to share costs for mental health professional
• Proposed Johnson County budget strives for balance in face of state cuts
• Letters: Trump’s insults, payday loans, Kansas voters face key election
• Editorial: Brookridge plan can’t satisfy all
• Olathe school patrons agree to $156 million in bonds
• Would you send your daughter to Baylor? This alumna certainly won’t be
• With interpretive signs, Indian Creek Trail will become a hike into history
• Winning lottery numbers for Monday, June 6
• After many complaints, AMC channel finally arrives on Google Fiber
• Epiq defuses takeover battle in settlement with New Orleans investors
• What is the Starbucks ‘Pink Drink’ that is taking Instagram by storm?
• Likelihood of a recession climbs, UBS Group says
• Omar Infante says he understands decrease in playing time
• Royals’ Salvador Perez still leads all players in AL All-Star Game voting
• Royals’ bats stay quiet in 4-1 loss to Orioles, KC’s fifth straight defeat
• Royals’ Whit Merrifield grabs hold of starting second-base job
• Scaled-down West Side redevelopment project seeks tax abatement
• Bill Self: Kansas’ Josh Jackson makes strong first impression
• Kansas State basketball to play Boston College in Barclays Classic semifinals
• K-State grad assistant Collin Klein expected to become QB coach at Northern Iowa
• Kat’s Money Corner: Get outside to get moving this summer
• Paige Parker, a pitcher from Truman High, has Oklahoma one victory from NCAA softball title
• Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers opens in Westport
• Q39 barbecue is opening in Overland Park and expanding on 39th Street
• Stubborn, unfiltered, beloved: 96-year-old Kansas columnist wrote right up to the end
• Police say Kansas man recorded sex 290 times with women, one in a peacock costume
• The possible school shutdown in Kansas: a Q&A
• A different view from atop June Jewett’s hill