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April 22, 2020

• Frank Caliendo hilariously channeled Raiders coach Jon Gruden on Zoom for first time
• KC Sports Commission establishes new coalition around esports industry in Kansas City
• Wednesday will start out dry but rain is expected later in the Kansas City area
• Storms, thunderstorms to roll into Kansas City bringing widespread rain
• Has crime changed in the KC area during the coronavirus pandemic? KCQ is on the case
• Letters: KC readers discuss church gatherings, a cartoon’s nasty label and Earth Day
• Mike Parson should put aside politics and expand Medicaid in Missouri during pandemic
• Man spent six hours atop 40-foot tower in standoff, then fell on way down, MO cops say
• University of Missouri going back to in-person classes in fall. Others consider it
• 19 more Missourians die from COVID-19 as more than 6,000 cases confirmed in the state
• New coronavirus cases in Kansas City metro jump by 69, biggest increase in 10 days
• 2 more deaths linked to coronavirus outbreak at Riverbend in KCK, 119 cases reported
• Chick-fil-A is selling containers of its sauces. Here’s how to get your hands on some
• Passenger traffic at KCI airport plummets as COVID-19 pummels air travel industry 
• COVID-19 cancels pool season in one Kansas City area town. Will the rest do the same?
• One more coronavirus death in Johnson County, with nearly 400 cases reported so far
• NBA owner says a lesson from COVID-19 pandemic is ‘it’s time for trickle-up economics’
• Funeral procession takes Kansas City EMT killed by coronavirus to final resting place
• Amid COVID-19 budget uncertainty, Kansas City proceeds with $43M soccer park — warily
• Conservative activists help promote ‘grassroots’ protests of stay-at-home orders
• Why KC murders, domestic violence are up, even now: ‘I don’t like being disrespected’
• Outdoors report: Turkey hunting, morel-mushroom foraging and some really good fishing
• ‘No relation to Carole Baskin.’ A Baskin-Robbins in Kansas has message for customers
• Four inmates in Missouri women’s prison in isolation waiting for COVID-19 test results
• Kansas congressman says he’ll miss coronavirus aid vote to volunteer in clinic
• ‘I love you, Mama’: COVID-19 and glass separate Kansas daughter and mom turning 100
• COVID-19 update: Deaths reported in Wyandotte, Johnson counties; testing offered
• Kansas sees largest daily jump in coronavirus cases as backlog comes in from lab
• John Knox Village celebrates 50 years of bringing ‘purpose and meaning and dignity’
• Kansas City woman, 32, charged in shooting death of man found near construction site
• Your Kansas City virtual fun planner: A challenge for kids, beer dinner for adults
• No disaster here? Misguided Missouri lawmaker wants to end COVID-19 state of emergency
• Kansas City to add $800,000 for COVID-19 testing and tracing, targeted east of Troost
• Chiefs’ video shows how Patrick Mahomes made NFL Draft doubters eat crow
• Tony Gonzalez tweets about a comeback with the Chiefs, and some fans are all for it
• Royals make special offer to actress who plays Kim Wexler on ‘Better Call Saul’
• Chiefs pick last in first round of NFL Draft. Here are others who were drafted 32nd.
• Gov. Parson says Missouri businesses can reopen May 4, but local orders stay in force
• SportsBeat KC: Could a top running back prospect be on the board for Chiefs this week?
• NFL Draft primer: How Chiefs are approaching Thursday night’s kickoff of 3-day event
• MU’s Drinkwitz was to throw out a first pitch. Instead he’s been watching ‘Tiger King’
• KU basketball program offers scholarship to high school sophomore center from Congo
• David Beaty disputes key evidence against him, says KU Athletics overstated its case
• The 2014 Wild Card Game: details from that Royals win over Oakland remain magnificent
• During stay-at-home orders, restaurants push forward with openings. Here are some