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August 5, 2021

• ‘A straight up monster.’ World record 125-pound bighead carp caught by Missouri man
• ‘Disastrous:’ Emails show WyCo health official’s frustration with political leaders
• ‘Masks optional’: Platte County rejects mask mandate amid latest COVID-19 surge
• Billy Long birthday invite lists Hawley, Blunt, Parson. They say they haven’t endorsed
• ‘Purposefully neglected’: Lawsuit seeks building repairs in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine
• Mark McCloskey sues to get guns back, citing pardon ‘absolving’ him of wrongdoing
• Here is what national media is saying about potential Big 12 Conference realignment
• University of Missouri Health Care requiring COVID-19 vaccine for employees, students
• Basehor police officer won’t be charged on sexual battery allegation, prosecutor says
• One killed during Thursday night shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, police say
• Pleasant Hill man found guilty in fatal stabbing, convicted of murder a second time
• A mic’d-up Steve Spagnuolo on Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes: ‘I’m glad he’s on our side.’
• Kansas City, Kansas, police investigate homicide Thursday morning
• ‘Going for gold’: KC NWSL Canadians elated for teammate Desiree Scott in Tokyo
• Latest COVID news: Springfield hospital deaths up; Shawnee Mission mandates masks
• Man killed in shooting, standoff at townhomes in south Kansas City
• Missouri’s incompetent attorney general wears no mask — and has no clothes
• Wyandotte County leaders pass new mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases
• Kansas City Council directs city manager to look at pay of all city employees
• Here’s how Kansas City Chiefs fans can appear on ‘Sunday Night Football’ this season
• Carl Lewis unloads on U.S. 4x100-meter relay team after failing to qualify for final
• SportsBeat KC: Coordinators’ camp observations of KC Chiefs; mostly good, work to do
• Underwater weeds entangle father who drowned rescuing son, Iowa cops say
• Southbound I-49 closed in Grandview after one person killed in crash
• ‘Does Frank White even care?’ Jackson County displacing 100 families to build new jail
• Warplane lands on Michigan highway in historic training exercise, video shows
• On The Vine: That ain’t DaBaby
• After missing a day of on-field work, KC Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill returns to full practice
• Mom seen in sex act in front of 3-year-old son on social media video, Oklahoma cops say
• KC Chiefs undrafted rookie free agent safety Devon Key turning heads at training camp
• ‘I was petrified’: In lawsuit, Kansas City attorney says KCPD held him at gunpoint
• Want to avoid being harassed for wearing a mask? Try putting this symbol on it
• If NBA considers Kansas City for expansion, guess whose hand is up: He wears No. 15
• Toast to Our Towns Gala gives a nod to volunteers in eastern Jackson County
• More than half of COVID patients in Springfield ICU died in July: hospital official
• Up to five kids per day hospitalized with COVID in Springfield area; cases double
• Blue Valley mandates masks in elementary, middle schools, follows Johnson County order
• As residents protest, Lee’s Summit school board OKs mask rule for all students, staff
• Shawnee Mission changes course, mandates COVID masks for all schools, all grades
• At a packed marathon meeting, Olathe approves COVID mask mandate for all schools
• ‘It is real’: With COVID rising, Johnson County to require masks in all grade schools
• North Kansas City under COVID mask mandate regardless of vaccination status
• ‘Profanities and shouting’: Anti-mask protesters gather at City Hall in Kansas City
• Staffing issues blamed for hundreds of flights canceled on Spirit, American airlines
• Daniel Lynch exorcises demons against the White Sox as Kansas City Royals win series
• Salvador Perez more dangerous than ever in middle of Kansas City Royals’ lineup
• Former KU guard Devonté Graham puts on 3-point shooting display at Roundball Classic
• Ex-KU Jayhawk Silvio De Sousa’s not guilty verdict ignites emotions outside courtroom
• KU football coach Lance Leipold discusses QB battle after first practice of season
• Former KU guard Marcus Garrett’s double-double follows his stellar NBA summer debut
• New Mizzou Tigers football player transformed from soccer star in Idaho to SEC lineman
• See why Mizzou football thinks its offense can take an ‘explosive’ jump in 2021
• Here are the Mizzou Tigers’ early takeaways on new coordinator Steve Wilks’ defense