Kansas City Contrast: Heroes Amid Wartime & Heatwave Forecast

Consideration of the angels for the late night & early morning inspires this quick peek at pop culture, community news and top headlines. 

For our most loyal readers, we share some of our reading along with our one-liner dumb headline snark.

Check TKC news gathering . . .


KC Dips Again In Bean Town

Rough start for Singer, failed ninth-inning rally lead to 5-4 loss to Boston

The Royals end the first half.


Downtown Hotel Hopes Workout Brings Guests

'Unique localized experiences': New program brings Kansas City community to Loews Hotels guests

Loews Hotels is bringing a piece of the Kansas City community straight to guests. Throughout the summer and fall, free workout classes will be hosted by Sweat Forum.


Show-Me Demand For Accountability

Hawley calls for congressional investigation into Trump assassination attempt security failures

The GOP presumptive presidential nominee left a Pennsylvania hospital on Saturday after a 20-year-old shot into the crowd at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.


Local Streets Remain Scary

KCPD investigating hit-and-run at 31st, Indiana

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run collision Saturday evening at the intersection of 31st and Indiana.


Local Squeeze Test

Peaches are bountiful again after last year's poor crop. But it's more mixed in one Midwest state

The peach crop across the U.S. is much better this summer than it was last year when cold temperatures affected crops in Georgia and South Carolina. Yet in southern Illinois, while some orchards are getting a bumper crop, others are having yet another year of low production.


Angel Turned Trad Wife Seems Happy

Lindsay Ellingson reveals she's pregnant with her THIRD child

Former Victoria's Secret Angel Lindsay Ellingson and her husband Sean Clayton are expecting their third child together.


Hero Well-Remembered

Man killed at Trump rally identified as Corey Comperatore by Pennsylvania governor | CNN Politics

Firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday.


Statement From Prez

Biden says politics must never be 'a literal battlefield' or 'killing field' in post-Trump shooting address

President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office Sunday night, saying the attempted assassination of former President Trump forces Americans to "take a step back" and "lower the temperature in our politics."


Demand From MAGA

Trump follows Biden remarks with 2-word post

Former President Trump and President Biden seemed to be sharing similar messages on Sunday. Just minutes after Biden finished remarks on the attempt on Trump's life the day prior, Trump posted "UNITE AMERICA!" to his Truth Social account. A gunman fired shots into a Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.


Holy Land War Rages

Israel conducts deadly airstrike targeting Hamas' top military leader

It's not yet clear if Hamas' number two was killed.


Europe War Cont'd

Ukraine war briefing: 'Hottest situation' around Pokrovsk, says Ukrainian military

Russians claim capture of Urozhaine village; Zelenskiy says 700 glide bombs hit Ukraine last week. What we know on day 873


Vatican Documentation

The synod working document isn't edgy - but it's exciting

Specific agendas will frustrate the synodal process because it is well-nigh impossible to listen to the Holy Spirit if we insist on trying to achieve our particular goals, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.


Life Lesson Regarding Dwindling Resources

A summer food assistance program for kids started this year, but 13 states declined the funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's SUN Bucks doles out $40 per month over the summer for each eligible child. This is the first year for the program, and it's expected to reach about 21 million kids. Yet 13 states, including Oklahoma and Iowa, turned down the funding.


Forecast For This Week . . .

Alert Day tomorrow, storms Tuesday

Relief from the heat moves in later next week

Somebody Up There Likes Me by Perry Como was our campy Sunday song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.

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