Kansas City Afternoon News Choice Links

We start this afternoon newsie selection inspired by the fitness and suspect choices of 21-year-old hottie Hailey Baldwin as she captures news and promo headlines:

Egotastic: Hailey Baldwin Does Harpers Bazaar In Sexy New Tommy Hilfiger Looks

Peeps: Justin Bieber Shows Off His Man Bun During Outing with Hailey Baldwin

Hollywood Life: Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin Considering Wedding Band Tattoos To Commemorate Love

Closer to home, we've picked these news links for our most dedicated readers:

Kansas City Booze Biz Booming

Tom's Town Distilling starts nationwide distribution - Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City-based Tom's Town Distilling Co. signed several new distribution agreements that will deliver its spirits coast to coast. Founded in 2015 by David Epstein and Steve Revare, Tom's Town previously was distributed only in Kansas and Missouri. New distribution agreements bring it to 10 new states: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.

Cowtown Artsy Documentation

This Artist Came To Kansas City To Record People Because A Diamond On Vinyl Is Forever

Ted Riederer's art makes him part of strangers' intimate moments for three hours at a time. But he's not so much a voyeur as a cultural witness. He records people on vinyl, doing or saying whatever they'd like, for free.

Kansas City Company Chugging Along Without Prez Trump Border Wall

Kansas City Southern Sets Revenue Record in Third Quarter

Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News Kansas City Southern on Oct. 19 reported record revenue for the third quarter, buoyed by a 17% increase in chemical and petroleum products and an 8% jump in automotive and intermodal shipments. The Kansas City, Mo.-based railroad said it had revenue of $699 million, an increase of 5.9% compared with $660 million for the same period in 2017.

Mystery Illness Heartland Threat

Forty Percent Of Rare 'Polio-Like' Cases Are In The Midwest

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't know why young children across the country are coming down with a rare condition called Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Many are calling AFM a "polio-like" illness, because it causes weakness and paralysis in childrens' arms and legs.

Newspaper Artsy Presser

Giant poppies on Liberty Memorial for Armistice centennial | The Kansas City Star

Red poppies have symbolized the First World War since the poem "In Flanders fields the poppies blow ..." was published in 1918. But seldom, if ever, have they been this big.

More KCMO Tech Money

Idle Smart posts funding round with KCRise, multimillion-dollar support

A multi-million dollar investment round has Kansas City-grown Idle Smart revving its engine and accelerating toward rapid growth in 2019, revealed , company president. "I think it's a reflection of what the team has been able to create over the past few years," Lynch said of Idle Smart's completion of a milestone Series A funding effort.

Kansas City Hip-Hop Highlight

Boom! Chance the Rapper will headline Thundergong! this year at the Uptown Theater - In Kansas City

Get it on! Bang a gong! Kansas City's own Jason Sudekis just trumped his own ace. As if the number of TV and movie stars appearing at his upcoming Thundergong! benefit isn't good enough for you, it was just announced that Chance the Rapper will be headlining the upcoming event.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .