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July 24, 2020

• It’s all about heat, humidity as Kansas City ends work week, begins weekend
• Lawson district ends summer school after coach, students test positive for COVID-19
• Is this a joke? Douglas County DA running on his appalling record with rape victims
• One person dies, another injured following double shooting in Independence
• Looking for some drivers to watch in the two NASCAR trucks races at Kansas Speedway?
• Drivers to watch in Friday night’s ARCA Dawn 150 at Kansas Speedway? Try these ...
• Letters: KC readers discuss overreaching protests, COVID-19 tests, supporting Rick Smith
• If businesses really care about Black lives, let’s see action, not public relations
• Meet a few of Kansas City’s TikTok stars. Here’s how they got so many followers
• At Mizzou, our class helps students turn American history into an equitable future
• 2 injured when vehicle and motorcycle collide in Kansas City, Kansas
• ‘Everybody needs to talk’: Family asks witnesses to speak up about shooting
• ‘Sorry for people in Wyandotte County’: Crime victims denied justice, empathy by DA
• ‘Home is your safe place’: KCK man shot in his garage was mentoring friend’s son
• Seven ways Royals baseball will look different on Opening Day and in the 2020 season
• Royals release hype video ahead of the 2020 season opener
• Big teen party in Lee’s Summit linked to more COVID-19. Officials want everyone tested
• ‘Avoid further shutdowns’: KC health officials make plea to curb COVID-19 spread
• Former KU athletics massage therapist charged with six counts of sexual battery
• KC man charged for meth, illegal firearms in fourth known Operation LeGend arrest
• After 23 years wrongfully in prison, Kansas City man has a new chapter: TikTok star
• KC man accused of shooting 3 people Wednesday arrested as part of Operation LeGend
• Opposing coach punches 15-year-old girl at Wisconsin basketball game, video shows
• New felony charges suggest KCPD knew officers acted improperly but protected them anyway
• Kansas City schools won’t start until after Labor Day — online only, board decides
• The Star endorses state Sen. John Skubal in this Kansas Republican primary
• Minus boisterous fans, NASCAR visit to Kansas Speedway is delivering a dose of normalcy
• KU’s wastewater testing project could give Kansas communities early COVID-19 warning
• Kansas City removes badly damaged memorial for Black man lynched in 1882 by mob
• Kansas Troopers Association calls KHP’s termination of two majors retaliatory
• KU Jayhawks coach Bill Self will ‘tip off’ Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race at Speedway
• Rain early next week could bring temporary relief from the weekend heat in Kansas City
• Five drivers to watch in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Lottery 250 at Kansas Speedway
• Hamlin is lights-out in recording third career NASCAR Cup victory at Kansas Speedway
• As preseason guarantees go, it was a bold one. But this NASCAR racer is delivering
• Kansas City police investigating homicide behind apartment complex off I-49
• SportsBeat KC: First busy weekend for KC sports, and the show goes on for Royals’ voices
• Tyreek Hill says Chiefs are chasing Michael Jordan-type success
• Chiefs’ Eric Fisher calls Patrick Mahomes ‘the heartbeat of our team’
• Kansas City woman says feds pointed guns at her family during Operation LeGend arrest
• Health officials fear more deaths as key COVID-19 numbers rise in Missouri, Kansas
• Two KC police officers’ misdemeanor charges upgraded to felonies after new testimony
• KC metro adds nearly 500 new COVID-19 cases, raising total to more than 16,000
• Chiefs, other NFL teams officially get green light to begin training camps next week
• ‘I’m still holding up deuces,’ says Tyreek Hill, the Chiefs’ peace sign-waving wideout
• No NBA Draft: Mizzou announces return of Pinson, Tilmon, Mitchell Smith to hoops team
• Olathe’s Garmin suffers massive technology outage in a suspected ransomware attack
• Jayhawks were in his final five, but this NY prep hoops star picks Georgetown instead
• This site ranks KU preseason No. 10 in projecting a dominant year for Big 12 basketball
• Young right-hander Singer saw himself being ready for majors with Royals this season
• Finally, time for baseball: Royals ready to roll with punches in MLB’s season of COVID
• Royals close to deal with former All-Star pitcher Matt Harvey
• UMKC’s Brandon Martin to co-chair Black AD Alliance, geared toward providing opportunities
• Westport Asian restaurant relocating nearby, ‘adjusting to the COVID-19 environment’
• Black Restaurant Week kicks off in Kansas City at more than two dozen eateries