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August 24, 2020

• Woman pronounced dead is found alive at funeral home, Michigan officials say
• Funeral services set for Olathe Mayor Michael Copeland, who died last week at 58
• Mizzou professor under investigation for mask remark to student from Wuhan, China
• A Brutus Hamilton sequel: Of popcorn, Al, Slim, Red and poignant snapshots of WWII
• This is what the first day of school looks like in 2020 in one Kansas City-area district
• Ramp from I-670 to I-35 on west side of KC’s downtown loop to close for bridge repair
• KC police board to meet on body cams, 1st Amendment. No in-person comments allowed.
• Missouri State announces 141 positives among those tested for COVID-19 last week
• Medical resident who tweeted she’d give Jews the wrong medicine loses license in Ohio
• 3,000-pound skull uncovered by Missouri students after rancher stumbles upon mystery
• Astros’ Zack Greinke kept close watch over groundskeepers fixing mound
• Videos show scenes from Wisconsin after police shoot Black man in back multiple times
• Kansas City Marathon canceled for this year, will become ‘Million Mile Challenge’
• Hot conditions this week in Kansas City; rain possible east of metro later this week
• Should KU disband its campus police department? This petition actually demands it
• Letter to the editor: There are both pluses and minuses to voting in advance in Kansas
• Kansas City metro adds more than 200 new COVID-19 cases, total now exceeds 28,000
• Fraternities that violate cease-and-desist order may be disciplined, KU officials say
• Postal worker stole drug shipments and sold them for ‘great profit,’ Ohio feds say
• Temps to stay in the 90s this week in Kansas City ahead of cooler weekend weather
• ‘Cutting’ victim dies Sunday night in Kansas City; homicide investigation underway
• KC mayor to introduce measures on excessive police force, citizen complaints 
• ‘It’s a big change.’ St. Louis Democrat Cori Bush poised to reshape Missouri delegation
• Here’s the deleted Earl Thomas video that may have contributed to release from Ravens
• Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes prepared for any blowback for his Black Lives Matter support
• Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes began and ended a hook-and-lateral play at training camp
• Shawnee Mission parents, teachers clash on district decision to start year online
• On first day of classes, more than 150 Mizzou students have COVID-19, university says
• What Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes enjoys about the grind of training camp
• Chiefs have an ‘impressive big guy’ in Jody Fortson, who is coming on with big plays
• SportsBeat KC: Chiefs tell fans if they’re coming to practice, gotta wear that mask
• Chiefs camp quotes: Patrick Mahomes on going 19-0, Andy Reid on COVID tests
• Royals’ Dayton Moore shares approach to MLB trade deadline in this very abnormal year
• It’s a match: Royals, newcomer Harvey join forces, try to find path back to prominence
• Nebraska combo guard Hunter Sallis includes Kansas on list of 12 schools
• MU’s Sterk on life with no sports during COVID: ‘It’s just been crap (for) 6 months’
• Mizzou basketball lands second commitment of 2021 recruiting class in Alabama guard
• Johnson County fast-food restaurant closes after nearly three decades at location
• KC Health Department: These 342 food operations had the cleanest inspections in 2019
• KU frat issued cease-and-desist order was praised for largest pledge class in years
• KU chancellor issues cease-and-desist order for fraternities for violating COVID rules