Town Topics: Your daily roundup of shocking displays

Stabbed Baby Dies: A three-week-old infant who police said was stabbed by a mentally disturbed relative last weekend has died.

The early bird gets parole: Repeat offenders in Missouri to get chances for earlier paroles.

It's okay to be shocked about all of the asshattery going on at The County Courthouse but being stunned is completely unacceptable.

Sad: SouthSide Senior found Dead

Standoff solved

Nightclub shooting makes for even more depressing last call for 2 at prospect nightclub.

Eastern Jackson County is "on the cusp of a renaissance" . . . I know I see racism everywhere but is this a nice way of saying that all the Black people are moving out and the neighborhood is out of the "Dark Ages?" I know, it's a stretch but nothing is out of the question as far as Star headline writers are concerned.

Everything is okay as long as all crime stays in the womb or has to do with conception . . . JoCo folks soon to have a prosecutor who (like me) doesn't really care much about what's happening any other place than a woman's vagina. Today's embarrassment for Kansas Republicans: Attorney General Phill Kline will go before a judge today seeking the reinstatement of criminal charges against Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller.

Noland Road littered with frustration: When did they start calling mullets "frustration?"

Coach Herm's new column will guarantee even more sources for flimsy explanations regarding The Chief's play