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June 7, 2022

• A one-tank guide to summer fun: Art, culture and history from St. Louis to Dodge City
• Here’s how Wyandotte County is fighting polarization to get young voters to the polls
• There’s a lifeguard shortage at Kansas City’s pools. Anyone can help — including you
• Improv, rockets, music production and, of course, books: KCPL launches summer program
• Kansas City police identify body found burning near Longview Lake
• Jackson County woman says she caught STD in car. Auto insurance could pay out $5.2 million
• ‘Dangerous’ inmates captured days after cutting through jail ceiling, Missouri cops say
• Charming house for sale in Missouri comes with ‘room size fish tanks’ you have to see
• Judge throws out $4 million verdict in transgender Blue Springs graduate’s discrimination case
• How long do COVID booster shots last, and can you get a new one? What local doctor says
• ‘There’s a dead body in my backyard.’ Ohio 911 caller reports finding shooting victim
• Royals will give fans something special if they get out the vote for All-Star Game
• Gov. Mike Parson throws his political weight into race to replace Vicky Hartzler
• USPS employee says Kansas City co-worker used racial slurs, threatened her with knife
• 5 killed when school van pulls in front of big rig on Arkansas highway, cops say
• Boy submerged in river is rescued when dad spots his orange shoes, Minnesota mom says
• ‘Old man’ was ready to go home, but fishing past midnight got him state-record catfish
• Feeling lucky? A new nonstop, cheap flight from KCI to Las Vegas is coming this summer
• Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters protest department leadership, working conditions
• Movie star chimp is found in Missouri basement after owner faked its death, PETA says
• ‘Unmatched’ impact: Kansas City meteorologist Gary Lezak to retire after 30-year TV career
• Designer who created concept for a Kansas City NBA team blown away by viral reaction
• Kansas woman allegedly robbed bank with fake bomb, authorities say
• Former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel announces retirement from the NFL
• Leawood names interim city administrator after sudden death of previous official
• ‘I don’t want to live like this’: Kansas City mayor calls for tighter gun laws after Uvalde
• Johnson County approves less strict set of regulations for solar power facilities
• Overland Park announces new city manager — a familiar face here from the early 2000s
• Dozens of flights delayed at KCI after FAA closes air traffic tower for COVID cleaning
• Three hospitalized in hit-and-run that sent vehicles crashing into Kansas City park
• Storms may arrive in Kansas City area Tuesday night, with heavy rain and flooding
• KCK police seize nearly 15,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl in two-day bust
• Lee’s Summit teen diagnosed with rare brain condition raises money to adopt therapy dog
• ‘Ridiculous’ and ‘egregious’: Kansas City panel rejects nine-story Plaza high-rise
• New Missouri law protects doctors, bars pharmacists from questioning controversial drugs
• Court rules Greitens’ texting app legal as Missouri Sunshine Law faces multiple threats
• Retrial begins for former Leavenworth police officer charged in fatal 2017 shooting
• Tyreek Hill points to Chiefs game with QB Matt Moore as reason he’ll thrive in Miami
• Ryan Fitzpatrick recalls comeback win over Patriots that clinched playoff bye for Chiefs
• Kansas state Sen. Dennis Pyle launches independent campaign for governor after leaving GOP
• Democrats think they can win the MO Senate seat. It just depends on who can beat Greitens
• Here are dates, times for the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2022 preseason games
• With shares of Kansas City’s Cerner turned over, sale to Oracle will close Wednesday
• Kansas Jayhawk Joseph Yesufu trying to up his game: ‘I have to knock down every shot’
• KU Jayhawks’ KJ Adams didn’t consider transfer portal: ‘I was always going to come back’
• Looking at Royals trade possibilities as season sinks away: SportsBeat KC podcast
• Join our Royals conversation. Never too early to think trades, especially this season
• Daniel Lynch victimized by home runs as Kansas City Royals lose opener to Blue Jays
• Mahomes loves it, but is Whataburger worth all the hype, Kansas City? Vote in our poll
• Kansas City restaurant updates for June: More Whataburgers, an oyster bar, gelato
• Isiaih Mosley is ‘coming home.’ Former Columbia prep star transfers to Mizzou Tigers