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August 6, 2021

• Former Kansas House candidate selected to fill seat vacated by Ron Howard’s death
• Royals manager Mike Matheny believes a former Cardinals coach resurrected his career
• ‘I think we’re ahead of the game’: Kansas City Chiefs cap week with a light Friday
• Johnson County ranch gives old dogs a place to roam — and find a new home
• ‘At a tipping point’: Why Missouri medical marijuana prices are dropping
• Kansas, Missouri holding hundreds of millions in unspent money that could help renters
• Kelce or Kels? CBS Sports’ Ian Eagle has unique plan for what to call Chiefs tight end
• Ex-Chiefs GM Scott Pioli praises Patrick Mahomes for having a ‘champion’s mentality’
• Police find statue of Osage Indian woman stolen from Chouteau Heritage Fountain in KC
• Officer hit by his own stun gun shoots illegal dumping suspect, Missouri police say
• Kansas City Zoo to vaccinate lions, tigers and others animals against COVID-19
• Ambulance ‘strike teams’ coming to relieve Kansas City region hospitals stretched by COVID
• ‘Masks optional’: Platte County rejects mask mandate amid latest COVID-19 surge
• There’s not much time to let lawmakers hear your voice before they redistrict Kansas
• Skeletal remains found months ago in Kansas City woods investigated as homicide
• Nationals’ Alcides Escobar falls through a gate after ball knocks open a latch
• University of Missouri Health Care requiring COVID-19 vaccine for employees, students
• Video: Suffer a driving tour of Main Street construction on Kansas City streetcar expansion route
• 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
• Letters: KC readers discuss mask refusal, AG Eric Schmitt and lawless gun criminals
• The Chiefs have an opening at WR2. Demarcus Robinson is throwing his hat in the ring
• UG Mayor Alvey blocking a vote on badly needed municipal ID and immigration reform
• Liberty school board member rejects equity work, disrespects district diversity officer
• ‘Are we doing the right thing?’: Garth Brooks readies for sold-out Arrowhead concert
• Statue of Osage Indian woman stolen from KC park was cut into pieces; Charges filed
• ‘On the precipice of becoming Springfield’: KC metro adds nearly 750 more COVID cases
• Time to ‘get going’ on Medicaid expansion, attorney says as Missouri asks for two months
• Rep. Sharice Davids tests positive for COVID-19. She’s vaccinated, with mild symptoms
• 6-year-old Kansas City boy drowned in Elk River in southwestern Missouri, police say
• Unvaccinated Kansas residents should quarantine after Garth Brooks show: KDHE rules
• ‘Frustration, anger, annoyance’: Readers share experiences with COVID-19 delta surge
• Suspected dynamite found in pickup after man fled arrest, Cass County Sheriff says
• Latest COVID news: Kansas City area county rejects masks; schools bringing them back
• ‘Healthcare crisis’: KU health system to hold staff town hall about COVID-19 capacity
• Wyandotte County leaders pass new mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases
• Reversing course, KU to require mask use indoors regardless of vaccination status
• 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
• At a packed marathon meeting, Olathe approves COVID mask mandate for all schools
• Watch our discussion on trauma, opioid addiction and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Take a look inside Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield’s house
• Kansas City area restaurant, brewery, coffee shop updates: August openings, coming soon
• Whole Foods in Johnson County to move to larger spot, join 2 eateries, developer says
• New Mizzou Tigers football player transformed from soccer star in Idaho to SEC lineman
• ‘We got to improve’: Eliah Drinkwitz on Mizzou Tigers’ first preseason practice
• Former KU guard Devonté Graham puts on 3-point shooting display at Roundball Classic
• All-Star Salvador Perez not in Kansas City Royals’ lineup for first time this season
• Jake Brentz earns first save with Kansas City Royals as he heads home to St. Louis
• Daniel Lynch exorcises demons against the White Sox as Kansas City Royals win series
• What is ‘clean produce’? Here’s why natural or organic doesn’t always mean safer