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July 14, 2021

• Why doesn’t Kansas City control its own police? The story starts with the Civil War
• Vaccines, masks and the delta variant in Missouri: Answers to your COVID-19 questions
• Mystery from above. Can you identify this Kansas City-area landmark from the air?
• Timeline shows how students’ stories, Star coverage led to Missouri reform school law
• Jason Sudeikis opens up about his split from Olivia Wilde, hitting ‘rock bottom’
• As Nixa, Missouri, recalls its mayor over mask mandate, COVID-19 isn’t a huge worry
• Owner of KC area property where body was found in jail on alleged child sex crimes
• Human remains found on Jackson County property in missing person investigation with FBI
• George Floyd mural in Ohio reduced to rubble. Some say lightning caused the collapse
• Meet the athletes with Kansas City-area ties who’ll compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games
• Springfield, facing overwhelmed hospitals, asks Missouri to fund alternative care site
• Can Kansas City region’s hospitals handle the new COVID wave? Delta raises alarms
• Leaving a Missouri state House seat in suburban Kansas City vacant is unfair
• Kansas elections are getting organized, one year ahead of crucial primaries
• Northland prosecutors urge Kansas City police to keep sending them small drug cases
• ‘A big day’ for victims of reform school abuse as Parson signs Missouri oversight bill
• Could Kansas City return to COVID restrictions, mask mandates as cases rise?
• Here’s what we know about the COVID-19 surge in Missouri: variants, hospitals and more
• 2 dead, 3 others injured in Kansas City house fire that hospitalized kids, police say
• 3 kids, 1 adult taken to hospital after house fire in northwest Kansas City, KCFD says
• FBI assisting Independence police in Jackson County investigation
• Vaccines for your kids, immunity and incentives: We answer your COVID-19 questions
• NFL’s website notes two Chiefs stars have done something unseen in league history
• Overland Park’s image, quality of life at risk from the city’s ‘Dr. No,’ says council
• Kansas City police stop ‘banishing’ protesters from parts of city after lawsuit: ACLU
• Parson signs school choice bill: How big are the scholarships and who is eligible?
• If Mike Parson and Republicans are ‘pro-life,’ why is Missouri school funding 49th?
• Report of gun-toting bear sent wildlife officers scouring through Minnesota wilderness
• Things to do around Kansas City: Great Car Show, Virtual Fringe Fest, ‘Illusionists’
• Liam Hendriks threw a knuckleball in All-Star Game to raise money for shelter animals
• Chargers poke fun at Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes over viral comment about Justin Herbert
• While mic’d-up at Chiefs’ minicamp, Tyrann Mathieu explained why he hates golf
• Kansas Sen. Moran wants FBI, Justice to testify on mishandling of Nassar investigation
• Business, civic groups offer suggestions on Kansas City police — but not local control
• KS Board of Education: critical race theory is misunderstood and not in state standards
• Judge to decide if Kansas’ top election official can withhold records by altering software
• Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs NIL bill into law. It will go into effect Aug. 28
• Letters: Readers discuss misinfo about US 69 toll, robocalls and KC Board of Trade
• Former Missouri cop sentenced in beating of a Black, undercover officer at a protest
• Jayhawks considered one of country’s elite teams in Joe Lunardi’s ESPN bracketology
• Kansas City Royals’ Sal Perez, Whit Merrifield are winners with AL at MLB All-Star Game
• SportsBeat KC: Virus can’t be ignored as Big 12, Kansas State kick off media days
• What Kansas City area restaurants closed in 2021? This barbecue spot is the latest
• Johnson County BBQ closing after 32 years, blames price increases, lack of workers
• ‘Sad days’: Fans mourn loss of Smokin’ Joe’s, a Kansas City area barbecue mainstay
• Kansas City area health code violations: Shack Breakfast & Lunch, Sweet Siam, more