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August 7, 2020

• Cubs’ Ian Happ answers a young fan’s wish by taking selfie with a cutout in KC
• COVID-19 deaths in KC rose by 60% in late July and early August: health department
• Kansas City metro adds nearly 400 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths reported
• Officials announce 59 more arrests in KC as Operation LeGend expands in Missouri
• Trucker gets maximum sentence for causing crash that killed five on Kansas Turnpike
• After a recount, candidate goes from losing badly to winning easily in Clay County
• Funeral linked to 30 coronavirus cases in Minnesota, friends say. ‘I took a chance’
• Here’s how Kauffman Stadium looked with virtual fans in stands during Fox’s broadcast
• County official uses racial slur, blames Black people for COVID-19 spread in Michigan
• Motorcyclist dies after losing control of his vehicle in Overland Park, police say
• Orioles pitcher committed a comically awful balk on Thursday night
• Rain showers, thunderstorms likely as heat, humidity returns to Kansas City area
• Judge to decide whether battery case against Wyandotte County sergeant moves forward
• KC health director says evidence is unquestionable that masks slow coronavirus spread
• ‘No reason ... no benefit’: Review chides Clay County for spending on law firms
• Fugitive tries to escape cops through a chimney, Indiana cops say. It didn’t end well
• Education builds wealth. This new Kansas City solution can help Black students excel
• ‘Winning the battle’: Kansas health official says mask mandates decrease COVID cases
• Police investigating homicide after man is found shot in Kansas City, Kansas
• Low minority, women participation drive officials to get new bids from KCI contractors
• A’s coach: ‘I absolutely apologize’ for Nazi salute after Oakland’s game
• Traffic delays expected this weekend along I-435 on Kansas City’s east side
• Letters: KC readers discuss remembering history, COVID-19 in schools and ‘Chief’ Bartle
• Friday may bring storms, hotter temperatures in Kansas City that could last through weekend
• ‘Reckless and dangerous’: Why did Kansas House speaker keep COVID-19 diagnosis a secret?
• Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? Bad press getting in the way of KU finding out
• KC-area voters endorsed hate, bigotry in primaries. Why would they back these candidates?
• The Broncos online store removes caps that had the team’s name spelled wrong
• Mill Creek Parkway is back on the map. So let’s rewind with KCQ on the historic roadway
• Kansas congressional candidate Adkins to test for COVID after party guest is positive
• Chiefs are loaded at receiver. Here’s our prediction for the depth chart this season
• Mizzou football faces reigning national champ LSU and Alabama in updated 2020 schedule
• A possible casualty of Mizzou football’s new league-only schedule: contract incentives
• SEC unveils COVID-19 protocols, testing at least twice weekly for MU football players
• Brandon Huntley-Hatfield cuts recruiting list to 11; updates on KU’s Withey, Lawson
• Royals’ young pitchers benefiting from having Salvador Perez as a security blanket
• SportsBeat KC: Young starters, Heath, Thursday’s win bright spots in Royals’ rough week
• Royals jump all over Cubs as Merrifield, Franco, Soler each homer in 13-run outburst
• Add a world war to a pandemic and you’ve got the 1918 college football season