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January 21, 2022

• After five years, Kansas City concrete house remains an empty ‘eyesore.’ Neighbors upset
• Outrage: No charges, no justice for Wichita teen killed in custody George Floyd-style
• Here’s why KC Chiefs’ Creed Humphrey is so good — and why he was an NFL Draft sleeper
• Here’s why the best days could still be ahead for Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid
• How KC Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill became more than just an NFL deep threat this season
• Rapper Nelly adds show date in Kansas City: Halftime of Chiefs-Bills playoff game
• How many kids are out sick at your school because of COVID? See what the data shows
• Here is how much money Chiefs players can make during each round of the NFL playoffs
• What KC barbecue is at stake for Chiefs vs. Bills game? Mayor Lucas places his bet
• Dispatch audio from arrest of Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay Jr. sheds light on charge
• Kansas City area district closes schools, goes virtual due to staff, student illness
• Bills’ Mitch Morse on the traits Josh Allen shares with Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes
• Kansas City Roos basketball teams sweep North Dakota State
• Kansas City police find 12-year-old reported missing Thursday afternoon 
• KC Chiefs running back Edwards-Helaire set to return vs. Bills. Not so sure on Williams
• From The Star’s archive: Louie Anderson knows, ‘Everything about me says Midwesterner’
• In town for the Chiefs playoff game? Make sure you eat some real Kansas City BBQ
• Construction could begin at decaying Johnson County ammo plant after decades of planning
• KS Senate advances congressional map reducing minority voter influence in 3rd District
• Some Kansas, Missouri lawmakers favor new stock rules. Mostly the ones without stock.
• Kansas City area hospital worker helps families grieve after unexpected COVID deaths
• Siblings kicked out of home on snowy, freezing day, cops say. Ohio mom faces charges
• Two officers sent to hospital after inhaling smoke as Overland Park crews battle fire
• Still need your COVID vaccine? Get $50 when you get a shot in Kansas City on Saturday
• ‘Monumental’: KC Council will give millions to housing trust fund instead of developer
• Wyandotte County is nothing like rural Kansas. Don’t redistrict urban needs away
• Fortune Feimster, coming to Kansas City, got into comedy for laughs but found more
• Suspected murder-suicide under investigation by Raytown police
• Man allegedly killed Raytown roommate with knife, confessed in 911 call: court records
• KC Chiefs-Buffalo Bills prediction: Will playoff rematch produce different outcome?
• ‘Massive scale’ tax incentives to lure a secret firm to Kansas? Be massively skeptical
• In Kansas, VA will take non-veterans as hospital ICUs fill up with COVID patients
• Report: Trump may endorse more than one Republican in Missouri Senate Primary
• Letters: Readers discuss the free press, Missouri’s COVID-19 fight, KC police budget
• Kansas Senate approves redistricting plan splitting Wyandotte County along I-70
• KCK man’s identity was used to arrest someone else. The police’s mistake follows him
• Four players to watch when KC Chiefs host the Buffalo Bills Sunday evening at Arrowhead
• The KC Chiefs can exact revenge Sunday against Bills, but not if they skip these keys
• Body found in river believed to be teen who went missing at Michigan State, police say
• Missouri AG Schmitt mixes up Kansas City, NKC districts in wave of school mask lawsuits
• Local COVID hospitalizations “going straight up,” not peaking, as KU Med breaks record
• Buffalo’s lost the sauce! Stores take KC BBQ sauce off shelves for Chiefs playoff game
• Days after arrest, Willie Gay will play in KC Chiefs’ playoff game Sunday vs. Bills
• Judge says she ‘made a mistake’ in shaming Michigan cancer patient for overgrown weeds
• Welcome to the new Star Politics newsletter
• ‘COVID parties’ spread the virus on purpose. That’s ‘Russian roulette,’ doctors warn
• New podcast: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills, thoughts on Willie Gay Jr. and more
• After arrest, should KC Chiefs’ LB Gay play Sunday against Buffalo? The answer is no
• Mizzou Tigers basketball freshman forward Sean Durugordon enters transfer portal
• Mizzou Tigers football hires LSU linebackers coach Blake Baker: reports
• A burger with Buffalo sauce: Arrowhead’s special for Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Bills
• Drive-thru coffee chain began 4 years ago. Now it plans over 20 Kansas City area spots
• Founder of Kansas City’s popular Il Lazzarone opens New York-style pizzeria
• Bill Self Sr., father of Kansas Jayhawks basketball coach, dies at 82
• ‘That game is going to be even harder’: Kansas Jayhawks seek second road win of week
• With heavy clay soils in KC area, this stuff is the gold that can help plants grow
• Science has done wonders. But here’s what delights those who love heirloom plants