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April 23, 2021

• ‘Cloudy, drizzly, misty’ Friday in Kansas City, possibly heavier rain by evening
• Gov. Laura Kelly rejects measure allowing 18-year-olds to carry concealed guns in KS
• Kansas Gov. Kelly vetoes GOP election bills, says they’re ‘designed to disenfranchise’
• This elusive fish — ‘oldest’ of its kind in Iowa — evaded capture nearly 2,000 times
• Kansas City, Kansas, school district names its first Black female superintendent
• Clay County eliminates social distancing requirements, outdoor mask mandate
• Chiefs pull big trade for a new left tackle. Details of the deal for Orlando Brown
• No timeline on Mathieu extension, but Chiefs hopeful for more dialogue after draft
• Here’s how COVID-19 vaccination rates compare among counties in the Kansas City area
• Kansas City police seek help finding missing 14-year-old girl last seen in January
• KCK discrimination verdict shows bias in firehouses is real, and must come to an end
• Missouri health director Randall Williams is gone, and he won’t be missed
• Medical marijuana firms awarded licenses by Missouri are raising money for Gov. Parson
• Kansas City civil rights groups renew calls for firing of Police Chief Rick Smith
• Could Johnson County allow mask mandate to end? Commissioners take up issue next week
• With over 150 new COVID cases, rolling average in KC rises for seventh day in a row
• Kansas City woman pleads guilty to federal gun charge after shooting, police chase
• McCloskey’s tale of ‘thousands...dead set on killing us’ refuted by St. Louis protesters
• SportsBeat KC: Chiefs GM Brett Veach dropped draft hints Friday. Then he dropped a bomb
• Driver charged with murder in fatal wrong-way crash on I-35 in Johnson County
• Major highway on Kansas City’s east side to close this weekend. Watch for this detour
• Rain, thunderstorms return to Kansas City Friday, forecast says
• I interned for both of Kansas’ US senators. This is what I learned about the GOP
• Even in Kansas, Asian Americans have long lived under a cloud of racism and violence
• Letters: KC readers discuss the Chauvin verdict, Pompeo’s conduct and swimming safety
• Carl Edwards on post-NASCAR life, retiring at 37, love of Kansas Speedway and America
• Posh properties: Looking for a golf course-sized estate in KCK? This one comes with an airstrip
• Guess who Kansas City Chiefs pick first in our final 6-round mock (hint: LSU receiver)
• Johnson County town makes way for industrial park expansion despite neighbors’ pleas
• Latrell Jossell to transfer to Stephen F. Austin: ‘I will always have love for KU.’
• Sooners sophomore De’Vion Harmon has Kansas on his list of transfer possibilities
• Royals send rookie Kyle Isbel to alternate site. Here’s why they made the move
• ‘Kansas City deserves it.’ B&B Theatres to reopen Mainstreet Theater downtown
• ‘I love working here’: New JoCo ice cream shop employs people with disabilities