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August 17, 2021

• Kansas City metro sees dip in new COVID-19 cases, but deaths rise with 54 in past week
• Johnson County Sheriff’s office won’t require weekly COVID tests for unvaccinated staff
• Missouri announces COVID-19 booster shots for those with compromised immune systems
• Kansas City police seek help to find 38-year-old man missing for the past week
• The Star wins prestigious national journalism award for ‘The Truth in Black and white’ series
• Inmates to now be called ‘residents’ at Wisconsin jail, sheriff says. ‘Titles matter’
• Sheriff IDs 30-year-old man found fatally shot in car at Kansas City, Kansas, park
• COVID-19 news: KU vaccine incentive, mask mandates, candidate flips script on masks
• Here’s why Mecole Hardman won’t be returning kicks for Kansas City Chiefs in preseason
• The Kansas City Chiefs cut five players from their roster as training camp nears end
• Why the Kansas City Chiefs haven’t yet signed Tyrann Mathieu to an extension
• Soldier who went missing while kayaking in Missouri found dead, officials say
• ‘This guy is crazy.’ Patrick Mahomes has fun in mic’d-up video from Chiefs camp
• Raiders say fans attending games in Vegas will need to show they’ve had COVID vaccine
• Chiefs’ Travis Kelce pokes fun at people who freaked out about his lack of facial hair
• The science behind vaccines in Missouri schools hasn’t changed. But the GOP has
• This Johnson County city mandates COVID masks, but vaccinated people might be exempt
• Independence City Council rejects proposed mask mandate amid COVID-19 surge
• Want a trash-free Missouri River? You can help clean up this huge community asset
• Field invader at Giants-Mets game makes it to the mound, mimes getting catcher’s sign
• How Patrick Mahomes, Orlando Brown found a connection. And why it’s key for Chiefs
• For their contributions in education, music and social services, they deserve a toast
• It’s no secret the college experience is pricey. Here’s how smart students save money
• Can you buy your daily cup of coffee without the dollop of guilt? Yes, and here’s how
• SportsBeat KC: Why Adalberto Mondesi can’t play ... and Whit Merrifield can’t not play
• Kansas City Royals prospect MJ Melendez is back on the rise with 30-homer season
• Join us on SportsBeat Live to discuss KC Royals’ approach to season’s final weeks
• Kansas City Royals stop losing slide with a win over the AL West-leading Astros
• Kansas City Royals place Greg Holland on IL. Plus, the latest on Adalberto Mondesi
• New KU hoops assistant Jeremy Case ready to recruit: ‘It’s all about relationships’
• Former KU center Joel Embiid strikes it rich with Sixers on $196 million extension
• Nigerian center Ernest Udeh Jr. considers Kansas Jayhawks as well as turning pro
• Former KU guard Jeremy Case promoted to Jayhawks’ assistant men’s basketball coach
• New brewery long searched for a Kansas City spot. Now it is opening in Johnson County
• Jerk chicken bowls and tacos, jumbo wings: Caribbean restaurant opens in Kansas City