Kansas City Lookout: Career Advice, Debt Deal & Late Night Martini

For late night & early morning denizens we wanted to share just a quick glimpse at pop culture, community news and top headlines.

Check TKC news gathering . . .

New KCI Needs Workers

$29 per hour? Kansas City is trying to fill these 14 positions at the new KCI airport

Looking for a gig at the new KCI? City job listings show the airport is seeking applicants for at least 14 different roles. While none of them involve hopping on the many flights out of the newly-renovated terminal, they all play a part in keeping the city's biggest passenger travel hub running smoothly.

Journalism Life Advice

Neal Jones' Top 5: Ways cancer changes your life

We're used to getting a laugh from Neal Jones on Wednesday nights. Tonight, he's making us think. Here he is with tonight's Top 5.

Show-Me Dry Season

Drought Alert declared in Missouri following executive order from Gov. Parson

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring a Drought Alert in the State of Missouri. The Drought Alert is the state's first step to provide state agencies to work together to provide "as much assistance as possible" to those impacted across the state.

Rock Chalk Faith Life Divided

103 United Methodist churches in Kansas, including one in Topeka, are leaving denomination

The United Methodist Church is seeing the exodus of more than 100 conservative Kansas congregations over theological matters, including same-sex marriages and ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy. The denomination's Great Plains Annual Conference will hold an online session at 7 p.m.

Streaming Cash Winning

His KC shirts earned a walk-on 'Ted Lasso' role; now this OP teacher's side hustle is off the sidelines

The series finale of "Ted Lasso" this week doesn't mean end credits for a Kansas City teacher whose T-shirt side hustle scored big throughout the show's run - thanks to a notable assist from his childhood friend Jason Sudeikis who began wearing his designs in early episodes.

Hip-Hop Adventures

Saweetie sizzles in pink bikini and confirms YG romance in Cabo

Saweetie put her enviable hourglass curves on display in a hot pink bikini while enjoying a getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with rapper YG on Sunday. The Tap In hitmaker, 29, wowed in the sizzling two-piece that showed off her trim midriff and ample cleavage, and featured rhinestone details.

Push Back Against Debt Deal

'Cruel and reckless': Student loan payments are set to resume shortly as part of President Biden's debt deal - but experts warn it could push Americans off a 'student loan cliff'

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy came to terms on lifting the country's debt ceiling May 28 - and in doing so set up tens of millions of Americans to be put back on the hook.

GOP Gamesmanship

House passes McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal, sends to Senate five days before funding crunch

The House passed legislation late Wednesday to implement the debt ceiling agreement negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, putting Congress on track to allow more borrowing just days before the government is expected to run out of money.

MAGA On The Record

EXCLUSIVE: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House | CNN Politics

Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where Trump describes a Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran.

Spending Big Bucks For Euro War

US announces $300m arms package for Ukraine - with a caveat

The United States has announced a new $300m arms package for Ukraine, including air defense systems and tens of millions of rounds of ammunition - but warned Kyiv that US weaponry should not be used to attack within Russia.

South Of Border Compromise

President of Mexico Agrees To Make Peace With Cartels

President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would support an agreement with the cartel to stop the bloodshed that has taken over the country. This came after an activist searching for her missing brother published an open letter directed at 10 organized crime groups calling for them to stop the practice of forced disappearance, where a person is not just killed but vanished, by dissolving their body in acid.

Toast To The Nasty

Haute Cocktail Alert: Introducing the Fashionable Pornstar Martini

If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that gatekeeping culture is becoming increasingly harder to conceal. So it's only fitting, the time has come to break my silence on my favorite cocktail. Enter: the Pornstar Martini. The cocktail has long been reserved for fashionable Parisians and aristocratic Londoners.

Baller Goes Hollywood

Look out, Hollywood: Travis Kelce has signed an off-the-field agent

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for off-the-field representation, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter . News of his new agency comes on the heels of a well-received turn as host of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in March, a showing that made him the 34th athlete to front the NBC sketch comedy series.

Latest Forecast . . .

Daily chances for spotty storms continue

NINE DAY FORECAST SO YOU'LL KNOW FIRST, THIS IS FIRST ALERT WEATHER. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE STILL NEED SOME RAIN AND A LOT OF FOLKS GOT SOME NEVEL IT CERTAINLY DID. YES, THEY DID. AND REALLY, IF YOU LIVE ON THE KANSAS SIDE, ESPECIALLY IF SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP BEHIND ME HERE, THIS IS OUR 24 HOUR ESTIMATED RAINFALL.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.