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June 8, 2016

• ‘Her story is my story’: Former MU student writes to Brock Turner’s father about being raped
• Man is dragged by truck and injured trying to stop theft at Independence tobacco store
• Gov. Sam Brownback sets June 23 date for special legislative session on Kansas school finance
• Astronaut Scott Kelly will speak Oct. 13 in Kansas City
• Detective Brad Lancaster’s widow and police department thank community for support
• Convicted felon is charged in attempted robbery in the West Bottoms
• Presidential race ranges from historic to racist in just one day
• Wright Career College accrediting agency to be re-evaluated
• Missouri delegation makes pitch for F-35 fighter base at Whiteman
• Police: Teen stabbed, strangled mother to death, then watched TV before calling 911
• Alligator politely uses the crosswalk to cross the road
• 39 years after dropping out, Spring Hill woman graduates from high school
• Jon Sundvold and two others are named to the MU Board of Curators
• Kansas City man is charged in killing on Flora Avenue
• Police kill gunman after hours-long standoff in Kansas City
• Trump mocked rivals for using teleprompters, now uses teleprompters
• Republicans running for Missouri governor launch TV ads
• Smoothie machine vendor shoots self in leg on Mizzou campus, prompting alert
• TheChat: Kansas schools will still be open come July, one lawmaker predicts
• Kansas City Zoo welcomes a baby orangutan
• No KC Council consensus on $27 million for 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District
• Women’s Foundation hands out $184,400 in grant money to 10 charities
• Joplin businessman indicted on fraud charges in tornado cleanup
• Closed Kansas City public schools: sold, up for sale, demolished
• This week in KC: Greek Festival, Heartland Men’s Chorus, Dragon Boat Festival, Scottish Highland Games and the West 18th Street Fashion Show
• Lenexa woman drowns on a river float trip in Missouri
• Kansas Legislature must fund schools without games or gimmicks
• Readers react to Gov. Brownback, Donald Trump, hunger in children
• Kansas City police investigate fatal shooting on Flora Avenue
• Five Overland Park residents displaced by house fire
• Roadways featuring solar panels, smart highways are among MoDOT pilot projects
• Kansas school shutdown would follow New Jersey’s contentious path 40 years ago
• Baltimore restaurant offers Manny Machado free food for life
• Which Kansas City area high schoolers are coveted picks in this week’s MLB Draft?
• Kansas Speedway, NASCAR announce time change for Xfinity Series race
• Bob Davis, Jaime Mendez head 2016 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame induction class
• T-Bones box score for June 7
• T-Bones’ Jake Blackwood reaches 500 career runs
• Here are six times Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has made a questionable decision
• Royals on the Farm: Irving Falu is back with Class AAA Omaha
• By the way, Lorenzo Cain made one of the best catches of the year on Tuesday
• Royals’ Yordano Ventura takes a beating on social media after brawl
• Fishing report for June 9
• Chiefs’ De’Anthony Thomas outruns questions on his late-season absence
• With help of coaches and teammates, Chiefs’ Jamell Fleming adapts to new position
• Chiefs’ Marcus Cooper positive about potential switch from cornerback to safety
• Watch Sporting Kansas City’s Graham Zusi score for the United States men’s national team
• New stroke treatment saves lives at St. Luke’s and KU Hospital
• Winning lottery numbers for Tuesday, June 7
• Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City awards $2.65 million in grants
• Northland Costco will begin construction in August and open next spring
• New York attorney general urges Charter to ‘clean up’ Time Warner Cable’s broadband reputation
• Suzuki Motor Corp. reshuffles its top management
• Co-owner of KC’s Hostess Brands is buying Playboy Mansion
• Kansas, K-State, Wichita State once again rank among top 40 in men’s basketball attendance
• Missouri football brings camp to Park Hill
• Barry Odom confirms Marquise Doherty will transfer from Missouri
• Missouri’s first two home games chosen for 6:30 p.m. kickoffs
• Royals stats check: Chris Young allowing homers at record pace
• Yordano Ventura ignites brawl, Orioles rough up Royals 9-1 for sixth straight loss
• Royals recall infielder Christian Colon, option catcher Tony Cruz to Class AAA Omaha
• Royals’ Yordano Ventura ejected from game after instigating a brawl with Orioles
• Blenheim Elementary School reuse plan will get a public airing
• Developer Jon Copaken has seven years to start construction on new downtown office building
• TIF Commission gives Copaken more time for downtown office tower development
• Your financial planner: Professional gardening -- tending to your green assets
• Kansas man accused of kidnapping judge held on $1.3 million bond
• Kansas man pleads guilty to illegally selling guns