Kansas City Saturday Morning News Gathering: Warm Up & Mask Up

For our early morning denizens of the discourse we share just a few local links that we're checking right now along with nice news about the temperature.

Here's our quickie news collection . . .

Naming The Local Dead

Victim identified in Wednesday shooting, crash near South Benton Avenue in KCMO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City, Missouri, police have identified the man who died after a and vehicle crash Wednesday. Officers responded to the 3500 block of South Benton at approximately 10:30 a.m. on reports of gunfire. Upon arrival, KCPD determined that a disturbance between several people led to a man being shot.

Unwanted Chill For New Year

Several people at KC apartment try to cope with no heat

Hide Transcript Show Transcript I mean first she showed us how she's heating her apartment And you want to see where the furnaces furnaces back here, Caroline Meyers, then opened the door to her broken furnace. Look a little closer you could see the rust and rot for her Central heat.

Plague Protocols Return To Cowtown

With COVID spike, what counties, school districts in Kansas City area have mask mandates?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - As the Kansas City area continues to see a spike in COVID-19 cases with the rapid spread of the omicron variant, some counties and school districts are strongly looking at keeping or bringing back indoor mask mandates.

Lesson In JoCo Masking

3 Blue Valley schools to mask for at least 2 weeks

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Blue Valley North High School, Blue Valley Southwest High School and Blue Valley Academy will have to mask for at least two weeks beginning Monday, Jan. 10, according to a district spokesperson. The mask mandate was reinstated due to the total percentage of positive student cases and quarantines reaching above 3%.

Golden Ghetto Stops Keeping Track

Johnson County schools no longer contact tracing, notifying families of COVID-19 exposures

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If a child is exposed to a positive case of COVID-19 at school, parents might not know about it. In Johnson County, many families received letters via email explaining why the districts are no longer contact tracing and notifying families.

Student Training In The Dotte

Kansas City, Kansas, Police try something new to get unlicensed cars off the road: Teach driver's ed

Ulisa Arreola-Campos had a lot on her plate the day she was supposed to attend court on the charge of driving without a license. The Kansas City, Kansas, teenager had only recently been discharged from a month-long hospital stay after being felled simultaneously by COVID-19 and appendicitis.

Good Deeds From Baller Help Doggies & Community

Chiefs player's campaign to get KC shelter dogs adopted proves successful

Many Chiefs players have charities to support causes they believe in. One of the more popular ones is defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi's partnership with KC Pet Project.Three-year-old pit bull mix Stella might be wanting the Chiefs to win this week more than she even understands. Stella is a Nnadi dog.

Forecast According To Katie

Patchy drizzle and warmer temps Saturday

Hide Transcript Show Transcript HORNER. WE ARE TRACKING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FREEZING MIST IN KANSAS CITY LATER ON RIGHT? AHYE THIS MORNING POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING MISSED. IT'LL BE VERY LIGHT VERY PATCHY. IT BECOMES MORE OFN A AS YOU TRAVEL EAST INTO CENTRAL, MISSOURI AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THAT FOR YOU THIS MORNING.

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