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June 18, 2023

• Presenting the 2023 KC Star Scholar-Athletes, and how we determined this year’s winners
• Man found dead in residence, woman injured following shooting in Kansas City, police say
• Once an Underground Railroad stop, the Quindaro Ruins are languishing in Kansas. Why?
• At least 100 suspicious letters sent to Kansas leaders, KBI says as testing continues
• KBI says Garden City woman found safe in Liberal after statewide Silver Alert
• Blue Springs South’s Carter McIntosh is The Star’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Big stage, bright stars: Meet the 100-plus school-by-school Scholar-Athletes for 2023
• As The Star honors its 2023 Scholar-Athletes, let’s check in with our winners from 2013
• Technology issue at Kansas City International Airport causes long lines for passengers
• KC Star Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Taylor Cruse ‘lifts everyone up around her’
• Samad Taylor gave the Royals a reminder of what could be — and his parents of what was
• This Johnson County woman brings her recipe for success to TV cooking competition
• Saving the Quindaro Ruins: Fight to save Black Kansas history has dragged on for decades
• I got to my new Kansas City rental house — and someone else was already living there | Opinion
• Royals’ Samad Taylor got ball from 1st MLB hit thanks to fleet-footed Bobby Witt Jr.
• Restrict Missouri kids’ social media access now. We’ll wonder why we didn’t act sooner | Opinion
• Did comedian Todd Barry Twitter-shame Kansas City into building the new KCI terminal? | Opinion
• Meet the scholarship winners from KC’s Top Gun Invitational: ‘Best thing in the world’
• Sporting KC stunned in late loss to LAFC as Vermes blasts officiating ‘inconsistency’
• Man chased intruders away, but they returned, Ohio cops say. He was armed and ready
• Kansas county fair cancels show because singer is nonbinary? This is a pattern now | Opinion
• Did the Underground Railroad run through KC’s Swope Park? This historian thinks so | Opinion
• If the new Kansas City Royals stadium isn’t downtown, what’s the point of moving? | Opinion
• 5 things Kansas doctors must tell abortion patients — despite a lack of medical evidence
• No Kansas City Royals comeback this time. Ohtani, Trout blasts power Angels to 5-2 win
• Kansas City Royals summon pitcher, first baseman from Class AAA Omaha: call-up details
• MJ Melendez, Bobby Witt react as Kansas City Royals snap losing streak: ‘It’s huge’
• New model homes, estate-sized homesites and more await in western Shawnee
• In the garden, actions speak louder than words. Protect our valuable insects, birds