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October 20, 2023

• How and why Mizzou basketball coach Dennis Gates became one of nation’s top recruiters
• Shopper listens to stranger’s lottery advice — and wins big Powerball prize in Missouri
• Autopsy moved up as Leavenworth police investigate suspicious death of child
• Ex-KU players Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa paid a price. Bill Self? Not so much | Opinion
• Morgue worker ‘altered’ sex doll as he returned to dead person’s home, Nebraska cops say
• Lottery player thought she was scammed when email revealed jackpot win. ‘Total shock’
• Outrageous property tax assessments will hurt Jackson County in multiple ways | Opinion
• Aaron Rodgers earned his lumps for bonehead idea to ‘debate’ vaccines with Travis Kelce | Opinion
• Hospice nurse stole pain medications meant for patients at Minnesota clinic, feds say
• Drivers should expect delays as I-70 to be reduced to one lane near downtown Kansas City
• DoorDash driver sexually assaults woman in apartment before she runs for help, cops say
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri request to enforce law invalidating federal gun rules
• DeValkenaere to wait in Missouri prison while court decides if he can go free on appeal
• 31-year-old man dies while held at Leavenworth penitentiary: Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Why Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce attended a news conference dressed as Iowa St. mascot
• Human body found ‘lodged’ inside apartment building’s chimney, Nebraska cops say
• Overland Park police seek Boston Terrier that bit a person, causing minor injury
• Live Kansas City traffic updates: Accidents, road closures, delays on KC-area highways
• KC Current close to hiring former USWNT, FCKC coach Vlatko Andonovski, per reports
• ‘We just want our van back.’ Thieves steal Honda from KC family with rare triplets
• Chiefs receiver Justin Watson will miss Sunday’s game, but Hardman & Omenihu could play
• Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert says he loves playing games at Arrowhead Stadium
• Farm to table: Participants at workshop in Olathe learned how chickens are processed
• From John-Boy to Atticus Finch: Richard Thomas a natural for ‘Mockingbird,’ now in KC
• Former KU star Gradey Dick on his ‘random’ appearance in music video from Drake’s son
• Meet the KC Star/810 Varsity Team of the Week: Shawnee Mission East girls tennis
• Former suburban KC police chief sentenced to 18 years for ‘brutally’ assaulting ex-wife
• Man threatens to shoot Muslim men he says don’t belong in America, Illinois cops say
• Meet journalists from The Star, explore KCK tonight at the Third Friday Art Walk
• Suburban Kansas City ex-cop indicted on federal charges of sexually exploiting teen
• 1 dead, 1 critically wounded in Kansas City shooting Thursday evening: Police
• Chargers have given Chiefs close games, but Kansas City has dominated the series
• ‘This is no longer a rescue.’ Blood, shovels found in search for woman, MI sheriff says
• Kansas City jazz legend Marilyn Maye is ‘The Talk of the Town’ at this performance
• Is that ’3’ on top of the Three Light building in KC permanent? The story behind the sign
• Johnson County transit needs reworked. Will officials ‘invest’ or do the ‘bare minimum’?
• KC-area weed district developer withdraws plans, zoning head resigns after Star report
• Kansas Jayhawks Q&A: On KU basketball’s rotation, Jalon Daniels’ return + the defense
• KU basketball has 3 talented freshmen competing for starting spot. Who has the leg up?
• Roger Brown, a rugged rebounder on Jayhawks’ 1971 Final Four team, dies at age 73
• Apply now for The Kansas City Star’s spring and summer newsroom internships
• Kansas Citians can now get doughnuts in this 1940s streetcar. And maybe someday a beer?
• Warmer days ahead? Here’s how to save your vegetable plants from one freezing night