Kansas City Cloudburst: Comic Controversy & Praying For Crooks

Amid the rain we take a sec to share some of what we're reading via pop culture, community news and top headlines.

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Locals Prepare For Growing Season

Kansas City highlights technology in agriculture with the region's largest farm show

The American Royal complex in Kansas City hosted the Midwest's largest indoor farm show over the weekend.Sunday was the last day of the Western Farm Show in Kansas City's West Bottoms.The show highlighted the changing role that technology plays in the farm industry.Visitors could explore more than 400,000 square feet of new tractors, new farm equipment and new technology implementations.

Jobs For High Flyers

Hiring underway for staff at new KCI terminal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Restaurants and retailers at Kansas City International Airport's new single terminal have enough staff to open Tuesday, Feb. 28. However, there are still openings for employees ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft and the summer travel season. Vantage Airport Group oversees the concessions at the new terminal.

Tribute To Good Deeds

A Special Celebration at Operation Breakthrough

FOR APRIL 4TH. KIDS AT OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH HAVE BEEN LEARNING ALL MONTH ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, AND YESTERDAY THEY GOT TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED. THEY CELEBRATED THE END OF THE MONTH WITH A SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, COMPLETE WITH MUSIC, SINGING AND DANCING.

Fundamental Gift Of Books

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: KCMO library encouraging youth to read

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The team at Mid-Continent Public Library is encouraging young kids to love reading through the national program 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. The program helps establishes reading as a habit for kids up to five years old, teaching fundamental skills like letters and numbers, giving kids a head start to kindergarten.

Local Celebs Have Heart

Kansas City Heart Ball Raises Funds and Awareness for Life Saving Research

FOR THAT SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART BALL RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY LAST NIGHT. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE A FEW FACES THERE. OUR OWN BRIAN BUSBY SPORTING THAT RED BLAZER, EMCEED JAMIE WEISS. ALSO EMCEED THE EVENT. IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TO HELP CONTINUE ITS LIFESAVING WORK.

Cost Of Capitalism Rising

Migrant children labor in dire conditions for well-known US brands: report

A New York Times investigation found top U.S. brands are relying on the exploitation of migrant children, largely from Central America, to work some of the country's most grueling jobs. The COVID-19 pandemic fueled an increase in unaccompanied children who entered the country looking for work to send money back home to their families.

Prez Feels Economic Pain

Biden on economy: 'It's understandable why people are just down'

"I don't blame people for being down, you know," Biden said, "when you had the year, two years of the pandemic, kids out of school, the mental health problems in the country are seriously increased, especially among young people."

MAGA Can't Take Jokes

Trump White House Pressured Disney to Censor ... Jimmy Kimmel

In early 2018, the American national security apparatus was fixated on reports that North Korea was building nuclear weapons that could reach the U.S. or that Russia was plotting chemical weapons assassinations in Europe. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump was busy targeting his idea of an enemy of the state: late night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Brits Report Vlad's Troubles

Ukraine war: How Russia took the south - and then got stuck

When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, one of the biggest successes they achieved initially was in southern Ukraine. Within a few days Russian troops attacking from Crimea had seized an area of Ukrainian territory bigger than Switzerland. Ukrainian authorities are yet to explain what went wrong in the south in those early days.

Science Plagued By Doubts

What we know about Energy Department's lab leak conclusion

The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the Energy Department has concluded with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 virus emerged from a laboratory in China. The newspaper, citing a classified intelligence report, said the Energy Department's new position adds to divisions within the intelligence community on what was behind the pandemic, which first appeared...

Tesla In Defense Of Whites & Asians

Elon Musk Calls Media 'Racist' In Response To Newspapers Dropping Dilbert

Twitter CEO Elon Musk called the media "racist" in several tweets on Sunday in a strange reaction to the news that the country's biggest newspapers were dropping the Dilbert comic strip. Dilbert creator Scott Adams saw his strip pulled from the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, among a host of other newspapers, after he promoted racial segregation in a YouTube video.

Show-Me Powerful Faith

Missouri church foils armed robbery by praying for alleged assailants: 'Holy Ghost turf'

Armed robbers who allegedly stormed into a church in Missouri were reportedly foiled when the pastor and congregation prayed for them. Former police officer Marquaello Futrell, pastor of All Creation Northview Holiness Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, said that the alleged would-be robbers were apprehended by the Holy Spirit during the Sunday morning service on Feb.

Requiem For South Side

St. Catherine of Siena Parish to close

On February 5, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced the closing of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, with St. Thomas More incorporating the parish boundaries. St. Catherine is located at 4101 E 105th Terrace in Kansas City and will operate until its final Mass on April 29, the Feast Day of St.

Monday Rain Forecast

Severe storms are rolling in overnight Sunday in Kansas City

AND THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER AND THEY ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE. SO THEY WILL IMPACT US, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THEY ARE GOING TO IMPACT TO THE DEEP SOUTHWEST OF HERE. OKLAHOMA IS BASICALLY THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY THERE. BUT YOU COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO US.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.