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Cowtown Climate Change Warnings By The Dozen

Smog warning issued as poor air quality expected in Kansas City for 12th time this season

For the 12th time this year, a poor air quality alert has been issued for the Kansas City area.

South Side Projects Debut

Meeting will present new housing development south of Martin City

Center Planning and Development Council will hold a special community engagement meeting Tuesday night regarding Arrowhead Lake Development housing located at Holmes Road and 150 Highway. The development will include 350 acres that will allow for 549 lots. The meeting will be held by Zoom. Click here to join the meeting which starts at 6...

Show-Me More Dem Deets

State Representative Quade holds gubernatorial kickoff event in hometown

Democratic candidate Crystal Quade held her first event since announcing her run for governor in her hometown Monday morning.

Classic German Auto Rolls On In Kansas 

A Kansas College Restored a Mercedes. It's Now Headed to Pebble Beach.

A class at McPherson College worked on a 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300S for about six years. It then got a rare invitation to the big time.

Toy Train Still Shut Down

Kansas City's streetcar line still 2 to 3 weeks out from re-opening as emergency repairs continue

Part of the track rail buckled on Tuesday, shutting down the entire line

Cheeky Golfer Stays Winning

Paige Spiranac shows off bum in tight shorts and asks fans their number of holes

Paige Spiranac is no stranger to a cheeky double entendre on her social media posts, and she provided fans with one of her most obvious to date

White House Family Drama Cont'd

Biden 'yells' and shuns 7th grandchild. Now, the most unexpected people are waking up

It's taken a long time for the liberal media to recognize what many average Americans concluded years ago. Joe Biden is not who he appears to be.

More MAGA Tactics . . .

Trump seeks to delay classified documents trial until after 2024 election

Lawyers for the former US president argue a December trial would deny them reasonable time to prepare.

Legal Life Lessons Examined

Justices teach when the Supreme Court isn't in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip

For decades, the University of Hawaii law school has marketed its Jurist-In-Residence program to the Supreme Court as an all-expenses-paid getaway, with the upside of considerable "down time" in paradise.

Fighting Over Semper Fi

Republican's hold on nominations leaves Marines without confirmed leader for 1st time in 100 years

The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen. David Berger stepped down as commandant on Monday and a Republican senator is blocking approval of his successor. Berger took over as the 38th commandant in July 2019, and is required to leave the job after four years.

GOP Prison Talk For Primary

Christie: Trump goes to bed every night 'thinking about the sound of the jail cell door closing'

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said Tuesday that former President Trump goes to bed every night thinking about the threat of going to jail over his 37-count federal indictment in the classified documents case. Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, said based on the indictment, he believes Trump would be convicted if he went...

Eastern Europe Fighting Words

Zelenskyy blasts 'absurd' draft text that hedges on Ukraine's NATO membership timeline

The Ukrainian president's outrage is raising eyebrows at the NATO summit.

Rocket Sis Claims Victory

North Korea threatens 'shocking' consequences after claims of US spy plane incursion

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kim Jong-un, has claimed North Korean planes repelled a US spy plane

Zero Sum Game After All

China's economic woes may help lower U.S. inflation

The world's second-largest economy is on the brink of deflation.

South Of Border Ablaze

Armed, masked attackers set fire to public market in Mexico, leaving 9 dead

An attack carried out by armed and masked individuals resulted in the deadly arson of a public market in central Mexico, which killed nine people as the attackers opened fire.

Simians Don't Seem Picky When Practicing Dirty Deeds

Same-sex mounting in male macaques can help them reproduce more successfully

Male same-sex mounting occurred in 72 percent of sample males, compared to only 46 percent participating in different-sex mounting.

More Than Mouthful Of Science

Scientists in Japan Have Developed an Experimental Tooth-Growing Drug

The team plans to conduct early human trials of the antibody-based drug by July next year.

Home Team Works Future

MLB Draft Day 2 Recap: The KC Royals switch gears

The KC Royals, by all accounts owners of one of baseball's worst farm systems, needed to make a big talent splash in Days 1 and 2 of the MLB Draft. So it seemed

Sneak Peek At Paddy's Glory

WATCH: First four minutes of Netflix's 'Quarterback' featuring Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes

Netlfix has unveiled the first four minutes of its soon-to-premiere "Quarterback" docuseries featuring Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes.

Soccer Party Times Distract From Boring, Boring Game

Blue Note: KC Blue Crew is the fan-powered heartbeat of the Current

KC Blue Crew. // Photo by Brooke Tramel It's a warm evening in early June, and the crowd at Children's Mercy Park is charged. KC Current is set to play North Carolina Courage, and the stadium is decked out for Pride Night.

Temperature Spike Starts Now

Feeling the heat build in the metro today

Air quality alert is in effect

Marshmello, Farruko - Esta Vida is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.