Site Map | June 2021 | June 24

June 24, 2021

• Kansas approves the state’s first-ever express toll lanes on Johnson County highway
• Kansas City area man tried to buy sex with agents posing as underage girls, FBI says
• Kansas City man gets life in prison for stabbing father to death: prosecutors
• Two teens arrested in Kansas City, Kansas 15-year-old’s fatal shooting, police say
• Kansas City council members urge Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to pardon Kevin Strickland
• Threat of severe storms remains for Kansas City. Here’s what to look out for
• Gov. Parson unsure if Kevin Strickland is innocent. Here’s why prosecutors say he is
• MLB makes change to All-Star Game uniforms and Kansas City Royals fans are unimpressed
• Gladstone man faces federal charges of possessing, producing child porn: court records
• Missouri conservatives, empowered by GOP control, seek more ideological victories
• Kansas Gov. Kelly grants clemency to Johnson County man, 7 others in rare use of power
• ‘This is how we get change’: Kansas City schools limit student suspension, discipline
• New research: Kansas counties with mask mandates avoided 500 COVID-19 deaths
• Stoplights removed at Johnson County crossing. 10 crashes later, it’ll get stop signs
• Behind the grass: Baseball to soccer transition no easy feat at Legends Field in KCK
• ‘Just want my voice to be heard’: Former Kansas City VA worker files discrimination lawsuit
• Kansas City fire crews battle blaze at former Catholic school on Swope Parkway
• On The Vine: Black as hell
• Kansas City police officer ‘violently’ threw man to ground in wrongful arrest, lawsuit says
• Teenage girl found shot to death in Independence residence, police say
• In microcosm of season, Kansas City Royals pitchers squander opportunity amid 11 walks
• Police investigate after 2 people were shot overnight near gas station in Kansas City
• Sen. Hawley, hiring more cops won’t bring down murder rate without gun restrictions
• Letters: Readers discuss NCAA athletes, leaving the Catholic Church and Royal Mondesi
• Ready for some water jumping? Take in these tours in Lee’s Summit, Cass County
• Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster yells at infielders who make bizarre mental mistake
• NBC commentators: Britt Reid crash was ‘huge factor’ in Chiefs’ loss in Super Bowl LV
• ‘It’s our right.’ Residents seek their own town outside controversial JoCo warehouses
• CDC: Missouri has highest rate of COVID delta variant in US. State officials disagree
• KS Board of Regents held tuition flat. They want student governments to do same with fees
• Kansas Attorney General defends emergency management law from challenge by JoCo judge
• Kansas City Council kills incentive plan for Katz drugstore redevelopment in Westport
• Can you launch fireworks in Kansas City metro on 4th of July? Here’s a city breakdown
• ‘Entirely preventable’: Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated
• Jim Bakker and his Missouri church settle over health supplement COVID-19 cure claims
• Downtown KC hotel is latest to reopen amid ‘pent up demand’ for travel, staycations
• Kansas City Royals lose rubber match 8-1 as New York Yankees hit three homers
• Kansas City Royals, Greg Holland fall victim to Yankees walk-off win after late rally
• Why time is on side of KC Royals’ rookie pitchers ... even through their struggles
• Salvador Perez exits Kansas City Royals game after being hit in mask by foul ball
• SportsBeat KC: In times of change across college sports, Kansas State will be ready
• Former KU Jayhawk Kenny Gregory’s NBA Combine record falls after two decades