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April 23, 2020

• Kansas City promised businesses $500,000 for COVID-19 relief. No one has seen a penny
• Three more deaths, 43 new coronavirus cases reported in Kansas City metro area
• Kansas GOP chair asks Wagle and Lindstrom to drop out of Senate race for good of party
• Kansas is last in nation for COVID-19 testing. The state can’t reopen until that changes
• KC Mayor Lucas should be angry that Clay, Cass counties shortened stay-at-home orders
• Longtime nurse at Research Medical Center dies from coronavirus, union says
• Prosecutors charge Oak Grove man, 28, in beating death of another man in Kansas City
• Kansas official on COVID-19: ‘Let’s everybody get the damn thing and get it over with’
• Higher COVID-19 fatality rates among urban minorities come down to air pollution
• Nurse’s plea for ‘HELP’ spurred urgent response at overwhelmed Riverbend, emails show
• Brief break from rain, highs in the 70s expected in Kansas City before storms return
• Kansas City woman accused of killing two men in separate homicides in March and April
• Kansas again sees largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases, with more testing in west
• How did Kansas bungle disaster declaration and put federal aid, public health at risk?
• Letters: KC readers discuss coronavirus caution, water workers and Barney Allis Plaza
• Are magpies flirting or being annoying when they ride on other animals? It’s neither
• After 6 months, Jackson County prosecutors have no decision on charges for deputy
• 960 crimes were reported in Kansas City in one week. How many were in your area?
• Televangelist who sold fake COVID-19 cure asks viewers for cash to avoid bankruptcy
• COVID-19 update: More cases in Wyandotte, Johnson counties; KC nurse dies from virus
• 10 more Missourians die from COVID-19 as total of confirmed cases surpasses 6,300
• Truck carrying frozen broccoli overturns, shuts down Interstate 635 near I-70 in KCK
• Kansas City closes 2.5 miles of roads to provide outdoor space during COVID-19 crisis
• Jail guard who alleged coverup in death of inmate settles lawsuit with Jackson County
• Kansas City Council member suggests pay cut amid COVID-19. Shouting match ensues
• As some areas shorten coronavirus orders, Kansas City beefs up testing and tracing
• KC-area counties roll back shutdown orders, but it may not be business as usual
• Patrick Mahomes says Chiefs have started ‘virtual OTAs’ and he’s built an in-home gym
• Patrick Mahomes with the Chargers? Saints? Cardinals? Each had interest at 2017 Draft
• Revisiting the day the Chiefs moved up in the draft thanks to two equipment managers
• Just in time, KC Special Olympics athlete Arthur Murphy to be in spotlight for Chiefs
• Who’s your unsung hero? Help him or her see an upcoming Chiefs game on The Star’s dime
• Clay County to end COVID-19 shutdown early. Kansas City mayor blames ‘political winds’
• Kansas City nurse says she caught coronavirus from a patient, and her co-worker died
• Family of deceased Riverbend resident files first lawsuit against KCK nursing home
• SportsBeat KC: One last pre-NFL Draft podcast ... Who will the Chiefs select tonight?
• The Star hires 3 reporters covering Missouri gun violence in partnership with RFA
• Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy furloughs 575 workers as COVID-19 keeps patients away
• Royals prospects could be forced into a ‘redshirt season’ due to COVID-19 stoppage
• KU basketball to play Creighton in next Big 12-Big East Challenge at Allen Fieldhouse
• This prospect could be KU’s top NFL Draft pick this decade. He likes the Chiefs, too
• Basketball score: Mizzou Tigers land transfer Ed Chang, a 6-foot-8 sharpshooting wing
• Here’s the latest on Mizzou men’s + women’s basketball recruiting (including rosters)
• Plaza restaurant blames permanent closure on ‘loss in business’ from COVID-19 shutdown
• KC restaurants gear up for reopening that won’t be so grand: half-full dining rooms