Kansas City News Layout: Taking Flight & Wartime Escalation

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Waiting Game Revisited

First flight to depart new KCI terminal to Chicago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first flight to depart the new Kansas City International Airport terminal on Feb. 28 will land at Chicago Midway. Passengers on Southwest flight 904, bound for the Chicago Midway International Airport, will depart at 5 a.m. The nonstop flight is expected to be an hour and 35 minutes.

Parents Should Be Smart Enough To Know Otherwise

Blue Valley School District voters overwhelmingly approve no-tax rate increase bond issue

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A new middle school is just one of the projects planned after Blue Valley School District voters approved a $251.25 million no-tax increase bond issue. The results from the mail-in ballots were released Tuesday by the Johnson County Election Office.

Urban Living Space Hard Times

Kansas City non-profit reviewing concerns after apartment fire in historic Northeast neighborhood

A local non-profit dedicated to affordable housing and combatting homelessness said it is "thoroughly reviewing" concerns raised last week after a fire at a property formerly owned by two members of its board of directors.Restart, Inc.

Metro Tragedy Aftermath

Man dies in fall from catwalk Monday at Clay County business

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Authorities are investigating after an employee fell "three to four stories from a catwalk, landing on rocks" in Randolph, Missouri. The Clay County Sheriff's Office confirmed Tuesday that it was investigating "an apparent fatal workplace accident," which occurred shortly before 5 p.m.

Hipster Drinking Games Almost Explained

Princess Bride pop-up features 24 cocktails pulled from the Kingdom of Florin

Princess Bride pop-up by Apparition at Deep Roots. // Photo by Sherry Lockwood "Farmboy, fetch me that liquor." "As You Wish," Apparition's third pop-up bar at Deep Roots (4601 Shawnee Dr., Kansas City, KS), is where drink-smith Matt Smith has found his stride.

Icon Shares Humility

Pamela Anderson thinks she's a 'little funny-looking' and not a 'great beauty': 'Can't wait to see myself old'

Pamela Anderson is getting real about how she sees herself. During a recent interview on the "Armchair Expert" podcast with Dax Shepard, Anderson spoke about her status as a sex symbol, revealing she never understood the conversation surrounding her appearance. "I never felt like I was any kind of great beauty, ever, no.

Prez Biden Handles Press

Biden grabs NBC reporter's hand as he steps underneath her umbrella to answer her question

President Biden got up close and personal with NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker as she asked him about his decision to end the federal COVID emergency. Biden announced Monday his administration is ending the public health emergency that was first put in place by the Trump administration at the beginning of the pandemic.

Money Talks

House GOP sets its expectations low for McCarthy-Biden debt meeting

But the GOP is also entertaining hope that the president shows a shred of openness to taking its demands seriously, even as very few of its members specify what they want Biden to negotiate on. A rare Republican with a concrete proposal was Texas Rep.

Ramping Up Euro War

U.S. readies $2 billion-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons, officials say

The United States is readying more than $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine that is expected to include longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons, two U.S. officials briefed on the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Hollywood On Trial

Alec Baldwin is formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 'Rust' shooting

New Mexico prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of their movie, "Rust." The announcement comes after First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said Jan.

Penning Plague Postscript

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

WASHINGTON - (AP) - The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests.

Cowtown Booze News

Tap List | Big Year Ahead For New KC Breweries

Before January ends, we figured now is a good time to provide an update on all of the exciting brewery developments coming up in 2023. There are several breweries we've written about in recent months that have made quite a bit of progress.

Kansas City Craves Winter Carbs

42 essential sweets in KC, from bonbons to apple fritters

February is short but sweet. This month, we share our picks for the city's best bonbons and a lot of other unique sweets that are baked, dipped and drizzled to perfection.

Chill Tonight . . . 

A cold night before warm second half of the week

Hide Transcript Show Transcript NINE-DAY FORECAST SO YOU WILL KNOW FIRST, THIS IS FIRST ALERT WEATHER. KELLY: I NEED TO THE SUNGLASSES BUT I WAS STILL FREEZING. LARA: THE SUNSHINE WAS WELCOMED. IN MEXICO WARMER, IT IS REALLY COLD -- IT MAKES IT FEEL WARMER. TODAY IS COLD -- WARMER THAN YESTERDAY.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.