Back To The Kansas City Monday Grind

AND WE'RE BACK!!!

The Summer is soggy so far but as thing head up we focus on what's important. For now, that includes the big booty of one of the most audacious performers influencing the popular culture i.e. your kids . . .

Yahoo: Nicki Minaj flashes her booty in racy BET Awards performance

Hollywood Life: Nicki Minaj Twerks & Flashes Her Butt In Sexy BET Awards Performance

Daily Star: Nicki Minaj twerks her infamous booty for eye-watering new music video

Closer to home, these news links are worth a look for the mid-morning . . .

Latest Kansas City Teachable Moment

UMKC Partnership To Prepare Urban Principals Is 'Missing Piece' From Teacher To Leader

Asha Moore just finished her ninth year teaching. She loves being an educator, but she isn't returning to the classroom in the fall. Instead, she'll be taking over the dean of students job at the Academy for Integrated Arts, a Kansas City charter school focused on the arts.

Inner Suburban Nasty Talk

Profanity-laced graffiti on playground slide shocks parents, kids

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - Profanity-laced graffiti lined one of the blue slides at Railroad Park in Blue Springs Sunday afternoon. The bad words caught the eye of 11-year-old Kaden Thomas. "I was running around playing tag with my siblings and I just found some words on the slide that aren't kid-friendly," said Kaden Thomas.

Golden Ghetto Redux

Lake Olathe Park to receive $15 million renovation

Johnson County will soon have more outdoor activities for the entire family. Lake Olathe Park is the largest park in Olathe and will soon look very different, thanks to a $15 million renovation. Those visiting the park Monday will see large amounts of construction around the park and will hear blasting.

Kansas City Change Up

KC surgeons link four kidney donors with strangers in need

Doctors at Research Medical Center in Kansas City are celebrating the successful completion of an eight-person kidney transplant chain that they say saved four lives. "It took one anonymous donor to get the chain started, and then there were other individuals that matched up from all over the region," said Dr. Joe Cates, one of the surgeons.

Agenda Inside The Loop

Hot town! Buckle up for a rockin' week in Downtown

From the 8th annual Middle of the Map Fest on 10 urban stages to the 30th anniversary KKFI concert celebration at the Folly to a Red, White & Bluegrass party at Kauffman, Downtown will be rockin' all week long. Let's roll the highlight reel for the week ahead in arts and entertainment - Monday to Sunday, June 25-July 1.

Celebrate One Decent Song

Lee Greenwood, Dailey & Vincent to perform Sunday in Kansas City

Grammy award recipient Lee Greenwood and Grand Ole Opry members Dailey & Vincent will perform in Kansas City on Sunday. The two music acts join forces on July 1 for Red, White and Bluegrass, a celebration of country music, at the Kaufmann Center for Performing Arts. Tickets range from $39 to $69.

Home Team Admits The Obvious

Kansas City Royals: The Royals are in the Process of Rebuilding

All the fanbase has heard is how the Kansas City Royals are going through or should be going through, the rebuilding process. That's fine. It happens to every team in every sport at some point. However, the patients will wear thin very quickly.

Halsey - Strangers ft. Lauren Jauregui is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .