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Patrick Mahomes' younger brother accused of 'forcibly kissing' female bar owner

Jackson Mahomes, 22, has been accused of 'forcibly kissing' a 40-year-old woman in a bar in Overland Park just outside of Kansas City, but his lawyer has denied the allegations

Daily Mirror

Jackson Mahomes Accused of Assault by Restaurant Owner, Waiter

The allegations were reported Saturday by The Kansas City Star.

Sports Illustrated

Vahe Gregorian: Ned Yost enters Royals Hall of Fame as epitome of their rise from futility to glory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A few weeks before I started at The Kansas City Star in June 2013, I was getting acclimated to the Kansas City sports scene when I read of Royals manager Ned Yost’s rant in Oakland about the struggles of young Mike Moustakas.

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Missouri House faces backlash over women’s dress code. What are the rules for both genders?

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the GOP-controlled Missouri House are embroiled in national controversy this week over a rule that would have tightened the dress code for women lawmakers.

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Brittany Mahomes Unhappy With Controversial Letter to Editor Dissing Patrick

The quarterback’s wife was not pleased to see the opinion published by a reader of the Kansas City Star.

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The Busch family has influenced Missouri politics for decades. Can it sway the Senate race?

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Busch family, which founded Anheuser-Busch, one of the world’s largest beer companies, has loomed large in Missouri politics for decades before Trudy Busch Valentine launched her Senate campaign.

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Oklahoma 2-year-old found dead half a mile from home after crawling out of bed in middle of the night

Ares Muse, 2, made it through three locking mechanisms in the Oklahoma family’s home before escaping, officials said

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Kansas AG candidate Kris Kobach resigns from We Build the Wall nonprofit accused of money laundering

We Build the Wall looked to build parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall while Trump was in the White House.

Axios

Royals Identify Man Who Stole Home Run Ball in Viral Video

The person who took the ball out of the young fan’s glove stars in an online video series in which he pulls planes and cars.

Sports Illustrated

New questions in death of teen shot by police officer responding to family call about suicidal online posts

The FBI and the US Attorney’s Office have been investigating the possibility of a civil rights violation with the officer involved shooting of 17-year-old John Albers in January 2018

The Independent UK

Legendary Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, now 87, has entered hospice care

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Legendary quarterback Len Dawson, who led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl triumph and was with the Kansas City NFL organization for six decades as a player and broadcaster, has entered hospice care in Kansas City, a friend of the family confirmed Friday afternoon to…

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It’s official at long last: Buck O’Neil takes his place at Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

Buck O’Neil, the beloved late Negro Leagues baseball and Kansas City icon, was officially enshrined on Sunday at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

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Josh Hawley, senator who ran from Capitol mob, mocked by home paper

Kansas City Star editorial excoriates Republican as ‘laughingstock’ as memes based on January 6 video proliferate

The Guardian - US

Hawley roasted by hometown paper

"That will surely follow him the rest of his life," the Kansas City Star wrote

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The Independent UK

Josh Hawley’s home state newspaper calls senator ‘fleeing coward’

‘Josh Hawley is a laughingstock,’ wrote the editorial board for the Kansas City Star, the newspaper that covers the city where the Republican senator spent most of his childhood and adolescent years

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Chiefs, Orlando Brown fail to get long-term deal done before deadline

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs and left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. did not sign a long-term contract ahead of Friday’s 3 p.m. deadline, Brown’s agent, Michael Portner, confirmed to The Kansas City Star on Friday morning.

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Kansas Gov. Kelly ‘oughta change the lock on her office door,’ man tells GOP candidate for lieutenant governor at campaign event

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A video from a campaign event this week showed Katie Sawyer, a Republican candidate for Kansas lieutenant governor, laughing after a man suggested that Gov. Laura Kelly should “change the lock on her office door” during a discussion about transgender athletes.

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Missouri health system reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing Plan B.

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US: At least 3 dead after train hits truck, derails in Missouri

Amtrak says approximately 243 passengers, 12 crew were in train when it derailed en route to Chicago from Los Angeles.

The Independent UK

Amtrak train collides with dump truck, derails in Missouri

An air ambulance service official says at least eight helicopters are taking patients from the site of a passenger train that derailed in Missouri while traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago

Tribune News Service

Kansas GOP’s ‘parents bill of rights’ failed. So KC-area school board enacts its own

After Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a statewide “parents bill of rights” this spring, a school board in the Kansas City area passed its own — outlining a set of rights parents may employ over their child’s education, including reviewing and objecting to books and curriculum.

Daily Mirror

Mum left with broken nose and black eyes after protecting daughter, 16, from gang

Michelle Audo, 48, said she was punched several times and sustained a broken nose, two black eyes and a concussion during the horrifying incident in Blue Springs, Missouri, US

The Independent UK

Mother reveals gruesome injuries after she says she was beaten by teen girls who wanted to fight her daughter

‘These girls seem to have zero regard for anybody. And to me, it seems like they think they can do whatever they want’

The Independent UK

Community demands answers after Kansas City police shoot ‘pregnant’ Black woman

An eyewitness says Leonna Hale was pregnant and unarmed when police shot her, but investigators say just the opposite

The Independent UK

Pregnant Black woman suspected of carjacking is shot five times by Missouri police, witness says

‘They shot five times,’ says the witness. ‘I remember seeing her hit the ground and I froze’

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