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June 11, 2020

• Mayor’s thank-you letter to KCPD ignores tear gas, riot gear and racism, critics say
• Andy Reid’s views on racial justice get Claire McCaskill’s support (for president)
• Finally, Kansas conservatives fight back after Wichita State slight against Ivanka Trump
• Pooping dog spurs shooting that left woman dead, boyfriend injured, Colorado cops say
• Kansas City, Kansas, man charged in fatal shooting that left young father dead
• Here’s how you can social distance without damaging your relationships, experts say
• Keep wearing face masks if you want to avoid coronavirus second wave, study finds
• Lady Antebellum changes name over slavery reference. How are country fans taking it?
• Johnson County health officials report COVID-19 case from Lake of the Ozarks parties
• Key metrics show number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Missouri on the decline
• Why didn’t she leave? No bed available for 84% of KC domestic violence hotline callers
• Worried about COVID-19 contact tracing and privacy? Kansas has the right approach
• Parson poised to further ease Missouri COVID-19 restrictions. Here’s what it might mean
• Missouri Sen. Hawley opposes measure to drop Confederate names from military bases
• Plan would give Kansas City’s city employees paid days off to volunteer at elections
• Hawley quotes Lincoln in speech defending Confederate-named military bases
• Johnson County attractions, playgrounds, libraries to open after COVID-19 shutdown
• Pro-Missouri Medicaid expansion committee advised by Parson ally, aided by dark money
• Wyandotte County DA is left out of law enforcement task force seeking ‘objective’ view
• Cold case: $100K reward offered in case of man found dead in a Kansas creek in 2004
• Alligator spotted in Manhattan, Kansas, is sought by animal control officers
• Here are highlights of Royals’ first-round pick, Texas A&M pitcher Asa Lacy
• Ohio senator asks during hearing why ‘colored population’ is hit harder by COVID-19 
• Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in crash on U.S. 40 in Kansas City
• Near 90-degree weather expected in Kansas City area for next few days
• CVS opens 10 free COVID-19 test sites in Kansas, including 5 in Johnson County, KCK
• ‘Stand Up for Black Lives’ march, rally draw large crowd in Prairie Village 
• Bob Kendrick, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum are needed now, perhaps more than ever
• J.C. Nichols was a racist. Kansas City shouldn’t honor him with a fountain or a parkway
• American Jazz, Negro Leagues Baseball museums to reopen next week in KC
• Disabled Kansans could go to the back of the health care line amid coronavirus
• Letters: KC readers discuss gassing protesters, Kent State and saying no to kneeling
• Despite no charges, accusers in ex-KC priest sex case still credible: Wyoming bishop
• Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz loves KC so much he decided to call it home when career ends
• Teams aren’t practicing, but Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is working out with Travis Kelce
• Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill asks for prayers after family member is diagnosed with coronavirus
• Chiefs coach Andy Reid stands with, for the growing call to ensure Black Lives Matter
• Parson will lift Missouri’s COVID-19 restrictions next week. Local orders still in place
• More than 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in KC metro for second day in a row
• Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes, Tyrann Mathieu vow to head up voter-registration effort
• SportsBeat KC: Chiefs news conference becomes call to action by Reid, Mahomes, Mathieu
• Superstar Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes to the ‘Stick to sports’ set: ‘We are people, too’
• Royals use three Day 2 draft picks on pitchers and add Alabama outfielder Tyler Gentry
• As MLB draft continues, the Royals select high school pitcher Ben Hernandez at No. 41
• SportsBeat KC: How the Royals wound up with a guy many thought would be off the board
• ‘Optimism grows each month’: Mizzou’s Jim Sterk sees path to on-time football season
• Meet the Mizzou football player behind the Tigers’ peaceful walk, voter registration
• How Mizzou’s new football strength coach is getting the Tigers ready for kickoff
• Here’s how much KU has been billed by lawyers while defending itself in Beaty lawsuit
• Devonté Graham, Hornets teammates ‘Zoom’ with Jordan; Coleby finally exits Italy
• Johnson County restaurant, movie theater combo still dark. Landlord won’t comment
• What’s up with the Johnson County Chuy’s? Readers want to know when it will reopen