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December 20, 2017

• Firefighters’ cancers would be presumed job related under bill backed by Greitens
• Fiery halftime talk fires up West boys during rout of Blue Springs South
• Shorthanded Lee’s Summit North pulls away after halftime at Ray-Pec
• Sky Zone Lee’s Summit completes major renovation, adds holiday hours
• Two bouts with cancer couldn’t break this persistent entrepreneur’s body, spirit
• New program will allow R-7 students to get college credit ‘at limited or no cost’
• Blue Springs defensive lineman Daniel Parker Jr. signs with Mizzou
• Fans bash ‘E! News’ as Catt Sadler quits, saying male co-host made twice her salary
• ‘Pawnographic’ World Chess Championship logo looks like it’s from the Kama Sutra
• Updated: Your megaguide to holiday events around Kansas City
• Channel 41 weatherman Gary Lezak says on Facebook he’s gay: ‘You are born this way’
• Entering possible last regular-season start with Chiefs at Arrowhead, let’s pause to appreciate Alex Smith
• This KC woman was in labor, but she finished her finals before delivering her baby
• A bald eagle was caught in a coyote trap in Missouri, but help was on the way
• Latest ‘Bargain Mansions’ transformation is an English tudor near Ward Parkway
• Olathe City Council approves another massive residential development
• Firefighters scramble to save Christmas as family’s home is engulfed in flames
• Kansas City realty group gives $30,000 to tiny homes for veterans
• KC Council committee approves more legal bills as big KCI decision looms
• KC high school players sign Division I college football scholarships in early period
• Grandview man sentenced to federal prison for sex trafficking
• Topeka Zoo gets remote video monitoring after death of Shannon the elephant
• Watch this adorable Kansas City kindergartner interview high school seniors
• Four days after Ramsey ends her campaign, Dems focus on sexual harassment at forum
• Dramatic confrontation with officer, suspect at gas station captured on video
• Two men meet for drug sale; buyer ends up killing the seller, court docs say
• Celebrate Christmas in Kansas City-video style
• Former Chiefs cornerback Sean Smith to face trial in ‘violent’ assault case
• 85-year-old man at KC library asks boy to ‘play around’ and gets punched, police say
• KC, still $60 million short on new Buck O’Neil Bridge, looks harder at tolls, grants
• Former Manhattan city attorney sentenced for child porn
• Police hope to put brakes on KC’s surge in traffic fatalities
• Will Kevin Yoder’s tax vote hurt him in 2018?
• Woman charged after Lenexa police officer hit by car
• The top of the high-end luxury rides in Kansas City? We found some real beauties
• Marlins Man had a strange interaction with Derek Jeter
• This 65-year-old steeplejack saw Kansas City from its City Hall flagpole
• Bodycam video shows suspect dragging Florida cop with car for more than half a mile
• KC man guilty of firing shot from pistol and threatening mail carrier
• Gary Lezak thanks KC for ‘incredible’ support after his announcement that he is gay
• A man ‘would have cold-cocked him,’ woman says of encounter with former ATA chairman
• Full Kansas City Council will finally take up Westport sidewalk privatization
• Royals’ Whit Merrifield shared scenes of his time on a Japanese game show
• Mystery unfolds on Facebook: Innocent teen murdered in KC man’s plot against his ex
• Missouri attorney general will investigate Gov. Greitens’ use of secret texting app
• It’s not easy being green, especially in public
• Beware the three ghosts of Christmas gift returns
• Christmas awakening comes as a surprise as old traditions fade
• Award-winning superintendent John Allison receives high praise for poise, communication
• What’s happening in Johnson County
• Mayor Michael Copeland lauds Olathe’s generosity, growth in annual Christmas message
• Are you ready for your Hurricane Harvey?
• Best-kept saving secrets for 2018
• Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith a Pro Bowl alternate, but was he snubbed?
• Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
• Former Bama teammates Ragland, Drake are friends ... for all but three hours on Sunday
• Chiefs’ 2018 Pro Bowl selections announced
• Scott Tucker, recently convicted payday loan businessman, faces new criminal charges
• What’s in a name? Kemper Arena renaming deal falls through
• Spectrum joins others providing gigabit internet speeds in the Kansas City area
• First a national title, now player of the year honors for Central Missouri goalkeeper
• Kansas chiropractors sanctioned for selling ‘painless’ laser lipo on Groupon
• K-State coaches worked ‘two full-time jobs’ ahead of early signing day
• KU gets approval to rename football stadium to include major donor’s name
• Former KU guard Jerod Haase coaching against Jayhawks for second year in row
• KU-Stanford basketball preview: Projected lineups, tipoff time, TV channel
• This player from New Orleans is KU football’s first top-100 signing ... ever
• Malik Newman, KU hoops teammates shop for needy families Tuesday night
• Jayhawks not drawing many fouls: ‘That game was over in 1 hour, 40 minutes’
• UMKC-Central Michigan box score for Dec. 19, 2017
• DiLeo helps carry Central Michigan past UMKC in OT, 92-86
• Takeaways from Mizzou football’s early signing class
• Cuonzo Martin went into opponent’s locker room after Mizzou’s win. Watch what he said
• Don’t look too much into Michael Porter Jr. shooting before games, Cuonzo Martin says
• Robertson’s heroics carry Missouri over Stephen F. Austin
• MU-Stephen F. Austin box score for Dec. 19, 2017
• MU’s Crockett hopes to play in Texas Bowl but is still getting running instincts back