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July 1, 2020

• Weeks after crash that killed 6 in Lawrence, accident report offers few details
• June 2020 will go down as the month of college football activism ... and social change
• Amazon driver quits, abandons van in Michigan. ‘I just couldn’t do it anymore’
• Man shot, killed following verbal argument Tuesday night, Kansas City police say
• Man who aimed gun at St. Louis protesters says he feared they’d kill his wife and pets
• Local control of the Kansas City Police Department wouldn’t change a thing
• The pandemic has impacted those with mental illness. This Lee’s Summit group helps
• Teenager fatally shot, two others injured outside Raytown Plaza Tuesday evening
• Morning storms make way for triple digit heat index Wednesday in Kansas City
• North Kansas City joins growing list of places requiring masks in public indoors
• Judge reduces bond for man jailed more than five years awaiting trial in Lawrence
• Will Johnson County mandate COVID-19 masks? Officials call special meeting to decide
• The dinosaurs are back! Kansas City’s Union Station goes prehistoric with new exhibit
• Kansas City mayor says Missouri GOP ‘spewing lies’ about local control of police
• No mess hall, daily temp checks, fewer kids: Welcome to scout camp in the COVID era
• Airline complaints took off — more than 1,500% — as coronavirus hampered the industry
• Groups demand action from Kansas City VA on ‘disturbing’ number of discrimination claims
• Group to urge VA secretary to review claims of racial discrimination at KC hospital
• Bicyclist, 15, killed in collision with U.S. Postal Service vehicle in Kansas City
• Independence settles sexual assault lawsuit against police chief for $100,000
• Kansas City man sentenced to life in prison for shooting on Overland Park playground
• Kansas City police release video of suspect vehicle in killing of 4-year-old boy
• The Royals plan to have plastic cutouts of fans in the stands at Kauffman Stadium
• Outdoors report: Prospects looking good for a long July 4th weekend. And what a fish!
• J.C. Nichols’ plaque removed from County Club Plaza memorial fountain Wednesday
• Kobach, Lindstrom and Hamilton threaten to boycott Kansas GOP debate over format switch
• Unified Government Mayor David Alvey says a return to COVID-19 lockdown isn’t possible
• ‘Now, it’s allowed’: KC Mayor Lucas sees racist threats escalate amid protests, pandemic
• Surely Johnson County wouldn’t be foolish enough to overturn Kansas mask order — right?
• Letters: KC readers discuss Mike Sharp’s redo, careless Democrats and masks in Kansas
• How bad is coronavirus in Missouri? A new tool allows you to find risk of each county
• U.S. Treasury to loan $700 million to Overland Park company, gets equity in return
• Cubs pitching coach, a KC native and former Royals player, ‘got crushed’ by COVID-19
• This Bo Jackson home run, hit 30 years ago Wednesday, remains a favorite memory
• We’ll see if baseball’s restart can last. There’s no doubt athletes’ empowerment will
• Chiefs fans have mixed reaction to Chris Jones’ threat to sit out 2020 season
• Salary cap expert sees key difference in possible Chris Jones holdout and Le’Veon Bell
• Douglas County to close bars ahead of 4th of July weekend as new COVID-19 cases rise
• Shawnee Indian Mission wasn’t always in Johnson County. KCQ finds the forgotten story
• Breaking another record, KC metro adds more than 300 new coronavirus cases Wednesday
• NFL to cut its preseason in half, per report. Here’s what that would mean for Chiefs
• Chiefs’ Sammy Watkins, Tanoh Kpassagnon among notable players entering contract year
• ‘Or I won’t play.’ Chiefs star Chris Jones mentions possibility he could sit out
• Pizza Hut’s decline, coupled with pandemic, pushes Leawood franchisee to bankruptcy
• The Royals’ greatest on field challenge of 2020, and the strategy they’ll employ
• Health and safety will be constant theme as Royals near ‘Spring Training 2.0’ at The K
• SportsBeat KC: Kansas State’s role in college football’s social-justice movement
• KU’s infractions case reaches ‘line in the sand’ landmark. Here’s what’s next
• Former KU wing Oubre, who will continue knee rehab, won’t resume season with Suns
• ‘I wanted to score touchdowns’: Mizzou pledge Gavin McKay has his eyes set on Tigers
• Need help celebrating July Fourth? KC restaurants offering shrimp boils, steak kits
• Legends Outlets Kansas City adding Mexican street food, upscale barbershop to lineup
• Kansas State student defends tweet as ‘joke’ on talk show, refers to ‘St. Floyd’
• ‘We cannot violate the law’: Kansas State won’t expel student who made racist tweets
• High number of crashes where six died on stretch of K-10 near Lawrence, data shows
• After promising to join protest, Kansas State president to miss Black lives rally