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August 20, 2020

• Chiefs fans have mixed opinions about whether ‘Arrowhead Chop’ should remain
• Police first thought man hurt in hit and run, but fatal injuries were ‘suspicious’
• Letters: KC readers discuss slighting Trump, supporting Coleman and overblown voting risks
• Cooler temperatures will soon be replaced by usual August heat in Kansas City
• Suit alleges Missouri laws ‘burden the right to vote’ with confusing rules, deadlines
• Royals played a Mike Moustakas tribute video before his first game back in KC
• After striking out, Reds’ Jesse Winker flashed a thumbs up at Royals’ Matt Harvey
• ‘Honey Buns Bandit’ nabbed after string of gas station robberies, Arkansas police say
• Airbnb bans parties at all rental properties due to coronavirus pandemic
• KU reports COVID-19 cases from initial testing at Lawrence, Overland Park campuses
• KC Health Department shuts down U-Haul store after staff, patrons refuse to wear masks
• Smugglers stashed large insect eggs in computer mouse to sneak them into US, feds say
• Driver killed after being ejected from SUV during rollover crash in Independence
• Reds broadcaster uses homophobic slur during Wednesday afternoon game at KC Royals
• ‘Tired of Poverty?’ Billboards with tips to ‘cure’ poverty spark backlash in Wisconsin
• Ample sunshine as Kansas City treated with another beautiful day in August
• Police seek owner of ‘tank’ parked on a Nebraska interstate and get unexpected answer
• After man pleads guilty to Kansas City murder, prosecutor urges people to ‘wake up’
• Johnson County voters are suspicious of vote-by-mail ballot requests. Should they be?
• ‘I wish we were all more like Michael Copeland:’ Community mourns loss of Olathe mayor
• Online? In person? See how each Johnson County district will start school amid COVID-19
• Kansas City Council OKs furloughs, but protesters interrupt over police killings
• Olathe Mayor Michael Copeland dies at 58. He was the city’s longest-serving leader
• Entire Blue Valley West High School football team in quarantine after 3 COVID-19 cases
• KC Mayor Quinton Lucas gives up on November vote on police local control. Now what?
• Is Kansas City complying with COVID-19 mask order? Here’s what citizens are saying
• ‘We can’t control those students’: K-State COVID cases show perils of in-person classes
• Kansas City metro sees 367 additional coronavirus cases, 3 deaths Thursday
• Chiefs’ Tyrann Mathieu raves about Patrick Mahomes’ leadership skills, work ethic
• Bannon, leaders of border wall group advised by Kobach, face federal fraud charges
• Chiefs to ban fans from wearing headdresses and will review ‘Arrowhead Chop’ at stadium
• Camp quote sheet: What Chiefs coach Andy Reid said at Wednesday’s news conference
• Chiefs running back Darwin Thompson to fantasy football owners: ‘Go ahead and draft me’
• Chiefs’ Nick Keizer making case to be No. 2 tight end while working with first team
• Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill suffers hamstring injury Thursday, does not finish camp practice
• What Mizzou football’s 4 graduate transfers can bring to table in one year with Tigers
• Why the success of KU football’s offense could come down to four letters: ‘WWDD’
• SportsBeat KC: Let’s talk about another dazzling performance by Royals’ Brad Keller
• Royals fall to the Reds in Matt Harvey’s debut and Jesse Hahn’s return
• Moustakas finally returns to KC, but Keller’s dominance helps Royals shut out his Reds
• Plaza restaurant closed for the ‘remainder of the day.’ That was more than a week ago