Kansas City Warmup: Power Plays & Holidays

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Locals Earn More Cash From Powerful Corporate Rulers

Utility companies in Kansas City region expand assistance programs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The largest natural-gas utility companies serving the Kansas City area are expanding assistance programs designed to help customers pay their bills this season. The Kansas Gas Service donated an extra $100,000 to its " Share the Warmth " program. The Salvation Army oversees the program for the utility company.

Local Furball Healing

Therapy dogs lift cancer patients' spirits over holiday week, more volunteers needed

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The 7th floor at the Siteman Cancer Center in the Central West End fills with smiles when dogs, Jackson and Gibson, stroll the hallways. With their humans, Candace and Ryan Metcalf, this doggy duo walks the infusion floor.

Kansas City Inferno Overnight

6 adults, 2 kids displaced in overnight fire in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Six adults and two children were displaced in a fire early Tuesday morning near East 43rd Street and Jackson Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. KCFD crews were called to the home about 2:30 a.m. to put out the fire.

Hipster Party Never Stops

"Who's Holiday Party" Dr. Seuss pop-up continues through Dec. 31 in Shawnee

Who's Holiday Pop-up. // Photo by Anna Perry-Rushton Situated at The Social (13410 W 62nd Terrace) in Shawnee, "Who's Holiday" is quite literally a well-wrapped pop up experience and a wonderful, awful idea for a quick festive getaway with the me to your Who or your jolliest crew.

Cowtown Shroom Biz Growing

Urban farmer finds a niche in sprouting mushroom market

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - There's a booming cash crop sprouting in a warehouse just north of the Missouri River. Robin Moore has been growing in the space for nearly a year now, painstakingly growing one of the most notoriously difficult types of produce.

Hottie Shares Fashion Victory

Dana Hamm Is 'Chasing Waterfalls' In A Tiny Gold Bikini

Model Dana Hamm is not leaving much to the imagination in her latest social media snaps! On Monday morning, the "Trouble Is My Business" star shared a trio of snaps that featured her "chasing waterfalls" from her vacation in Tahiti while wearing nothing but a tiny gold bikini. Take a look!

Prez Biden Against Haterz

President Biden celebrates Hanukkah, condemns rise in antisemitism

President Joe Biden condemned the rise in antisemitism around the world during a menorah lighting at the White House.

Feel The Burn Of Compromise

Bernie Sanders' new challenge: Bipartisanship

And he's conspicuously aware that holding one of the top gavels in Congress won't entitle him to muscle his own agenda through. What's more, many Democrats don't support all of Sanders' policy prescriptions. So the gruff 81-year-old is planning to be a chair who can do both: embrace his activist roots while also working across the aisle on incremental gains that could actually become law.

Lil Don Talks Strategy

Trump Jr. Says Republicans Have 'No Chance Of Winning' Against Joe Biden Unless GOP Plays Democrats' 'Game'

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that the "greatest candidate in the world" could not defeat President Joe Biden unless the Republicans build the same "operation" as the Democrats and beat them at their own "game." "You can have the greatest platform in the world, you can have the greatest candidate in the world.

Snail Mail Charged Up

Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden

The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation, Biden administration officials will announce Tuesday, turning to one of the most recognizable vehicles on American roads - boxy white mail trucks - to fight climate change.

Vlad Admits Wartime Troubles

Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits frontline as Putin concedes situation 'extremely difficult' in annexed regions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to one of the most dangerous battlefronts in the war against Russia Tuesday when visiting with his troops on the front lines in Bakhmut.

HE'S STILL GOT IT!!!

WWE legend 'Hacksaw' holds home intruder at gunpoint with .44 pistol

WWE legend 'Hacksaw' held a man that entered his home at gunpoint with a .44 Jim Duggan, 68, was in his S.

Party Time Preview

Your Guide to New Year's Eve in Kansas City-Hello 2023! - In Kansas City

It's almost time to bid adieu to 2022-have you planned your New Year's Eve yet? If not, don't sweat it, that's why we're here. Whether you want to party with the whole family earlier in the day, dance it out all evening long, find a smaller crowd to party with, or even celebrate on a...

Forecast For Now . . . 

Patchy freezing fog possible through the morning in the metro

ROCKING AND IT WILL BE PACKED. NICK: THIS ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL WARM BY THEN IT WILL STILL BE BETTER COLD WITH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING AND WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN THE WORST WILL HAPPEN.

Dan + Shay - Pick Out A Christmas Tree is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.