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April 16, 2020

• Two people injured in shooting Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City
• More residents, staff test positive for coronavirus at Harrisonville nursing home
• Missouri lawmakers want to reconvene during a pandemic for all the wrong reasons
• ‘We cannot just stop progress’: Kansas City approves Buck O’Neil Bridge funding plan
• Missouri governor extends ban on gatherings of 10 or more, plans to ‘re-open’ the state
• Topeka mayor outraises incumbent Republican Watkins in Kansas congressional race
• KU Law professor to run for Douglas County DA, says Branson is ‘asleep at the wheel’
• Four more deaths reported at Riverbend as report shows how COVID-19 may have spread
• As meat packing plants close for coronavirus, will prices spike and shelves go empty?
• More than two-thirds of the people dying of COVID-19 in Wyandotte County are black
• Fans in Germany paying to put cutouts of themselves in stands when soccer resumes
• Kansas police say they will enforce Gov. Kelly’s order limiting religious gatherings
• Whatever ‘reopening’ date KC and Missouri choose, the coronavirus danger won’t be over
• Heavy, wet snow expected to fall in northern Missouri; Kansas City to see cold rain
• Sharice Davids blames ‘partisan bickering match’ for shortage in small business aid
• Kansas City area COVID-19 shutdowns are extended. How long? Depends where you live
• Want to file an unemployment claim in Kansas? What’s the first letter of your last name?
• Missouri’s role in CDC blood study of COVID-19 draws privacy concerns from lawmakers
• Missouri man says ‘sham’ health insurance firm cheated him of coverage: lawsuit
• ‘Immunity certificates’ will be key to reopening Missouri’s economy safely
• Kansas City-area health directors want stay-at-home orders extended through May 15
• Son stows dead dad in wheelbarrow and collects benefits for 2 years, Indiana cops say
• Man charged with shooting person whose vehicle he tried to tow: Kansas City police
• Church conference in Kansas City, Kansas, linked to 44 COVID-19 cases, five deaths
• Lee’s Summit businesses find creative ways to put on a positive spin during rough times
• Overloaded, underfunded unemployment systems flummox jobless in Kansas and Missouri
• COVID-19-related deaths top 150 as total cases surge past 5,000 in Missouri
• Pedestrian killed, another injured after being hit by car in Kansas City, police say
• Shakespeare Festival postpones summer production in KC due to coronavirus concerns
• COVID-19 news: Kansas City extends stay-at-home order; Kansas reports 4 more deaths
• Kansas City mayor makes it official: Coronavirus stay-at-home order extended
• Letters: KC readers discuss retail winners, foreign supplies and tasteless ‘Lio’
• Fox’s Jay Glazer criticized for hyping ‘big, big news’ of NFL player’s COVID-19 test
• Broncos star linebacker Von Miller tests positive for COVID-19
• Chiefs’ Dustin Colquitt says fame hasn’t changed quarterback Patrick Mahomes 
• Dogs are providing a sense of normalcy during uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic
• More than 50 new COVID-19 cases found in KC area as city extends stay-at-home order
• SportsBeat KC: The Chiefs’ draft, with Brett Veach. And what about Mahomes and Jones?
• Chiefs GM Brett Veach provides updates on Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones ahead of draft
• Webcams, chat rooms, security guards at their front doors: Chiefs’ virtual draft plans
• This running back’s phone calls with Patrick Mahomes ushered in reunion on the Chiefs
• Mizzou basketball wanted former Michigan guard David DeJulius. He opts for Cincinnati
• Forward David McCormack to return to Kansas Jayhawks basketball team for junior season
• Matthew Cleveland, a high school junior guard from Georgia, lists KU, Mizzou, others
• Drive-thru hand-washing, face masks, temperature checks: Food, retail spotlight safety
• ‘Results are promising’: Johnson County to test more residents for COVID-19 next week
• KC chiropractor publicizing IV Vitamin C for coronavirus. Doctors say it’s ‘dangerous’