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August 20, 2021

• Kansas City area adds 10 COVID deaths Friday, with 39 reported in the past week
• 2 dead, 1 hurt in apparent random shooting on Lake Michigan beach town pier, cops say
• Five things that stood out in Kansas City Chiefs’ preseason win at Arizona Cardinals
• Kansas City Chiefs’ starters saw more action in win over Cardinals. Some observations
• Missouri elementary school teacher charged in Capitol riot 6 months after her husband
• Chiefs grades: When starters were playing, the Kansas City defense dominated at Arizona
• Federal COVID relief money shouldn’t go to fix Jackson County’s courthouse mistakes
• SportsBeat KC: Another goal for Daniel Salloi, and Adrianna Franch comes home to Kansas
• Those individualist anti-mask, anti-vax KC protesters sure read from the same script
• This NHL team will soon seek a new home, but don’t look for a Kansas City relocation
• Kansas City hospitals turn away record numbers of patient transfers as COVID surges
• With so many quarantines, Kansas City area school district finally mandates masks
• Former Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith: ‘I cherish my time in Kansas City’
• Kansas City tenants bring complaints to a landlord’s front yard in Mission Hills
• Two cops, other driver injured in crash involving Kansas City squad car, police say
• ‘A horrible agreement’: New union contract for KCPD leaves 48-hour rule in place
• COVID-19 news: KC hospitals refuse patient transfers, Missouri AG sues over mask rule
• Feds say Kansas City pharmacy filled hundreds of forged narcotic drug prescriptions
• Dad released from prison to attend daughter’s funeral is now a fugitive, Ohio cops say
• Couple finds mysterious bones in attic of 125-year-old Illinois home. ‘It was weird’
• Sporting KC player’s prank went awry, left teammate’s car with smashed windshield
• Letters: KC readers discuss Nazi parallels, pregnant COVID patients, Evergy shutoffs
• The Kansas GOP is trying to draw Sharice Davids out of her congressional district
• Gov. Kelly to leaders spreading virus misinformation: ‘Your actions hurt your neighbors’
• Who was Kansas City’s mob boss during Prohibition? Corruption ran rampant during his reign
• Sal Perez homers twice for the Kansas City Royals then leaves game with a head injury
• Kansas City Royals ride five-homer outburst to a victory over the Cubs in Chicago
• These four Kansas City Royals should be in Gold Glove contention, their manager says
• Blue Valley High basketball standout isn’t leaving KC area for prep school after all
• Looking for blooms in the heat of summer? This tough, bold shrub is sure to delight
• Veteran in town for pushup campaign helps thwart kidnapping, Kansas police say
• Maple-honey salmon, jackfruit Southwest bowl: New JoCo shop’s healthy meals to-go
• Kansas City restaurants, shop are temporarily shut down for health code violations