Kansas City News Cloud Now

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More Deets On Big Bucks

$3-million in Affordable Housing Funds pledged to Urban Core Neighborhoods

Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver announced today from the lobby of Central Bank of Kansas City Tuesday morning the procurement of roughly $3 million in Community Project funding to help provide affordable housing in some of Kansas City's low-income neighborhoods.


Election Sadness Postscript

Independence councilwoman, recently re-elected, dies from lung cancer

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri councilwoman, who was just re-elected one week ago, has died. The City of Independence said At-Large Councilmember Karen DeLuccie, 64, died Tuesday afternoon following a battle with lung cancer. "Councilmember Deluccie was a staunch advocate for the citizens of Independence and committed to a balanced budget," City Manager Zach Walker said.


Rock Chalk Dividing Lines Debated

Arguments heard in Kansas congressional map gerrymandering lawsuit

CODY: THE CONTENTIOUS FIGHT OVER HOW KANSANS ARE REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS HEADED TO COURT NOW. THE BILL IS PASSED. CODY: NEARLY TWO MONSTH AGO, THE REPUBLICAN-LED LEGISLATURE PUSHED A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP THROUGH TOPEKA, OVERRIDING THE GOVERNOR'S VETO IN FAVOR OF THEIR PLAN, BREAKING UP THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC LEANING DISTRICT AND MOVING LAWRENCE INTO KANSAS FIRST DISTRICT, HEAVILY REPUBLICAN.


Show-Me Haxxorz Taking Aim

Why Missouri has a target on its back for cyberattacks

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Could Missouri's electric power grid be at risk of a cyberattack? It's not commonly discussed inside the Missouri Capitol, but an expert from Washington D.C. is warning lawmakers about the protection the state needs. Dr. Peter Pry is the executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security.


Dirty Deeds Downtown Earn Not That Much Hard Time

Officer sentenced for accepting bribes to smuggle drugs into Jackson County Detention Center

A former corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for taking bribes to smuggle illegal drugs to inmates of the facility.Daniel Coach, 27, was sentenced to one year and two months in federal prison without parole.


Marriage & Professional Courtesy Reconsidered

Adult star couple watch each other have sex - but don't get jealous

A couple who met on set while shooting adult films have spilled the beans on how they've managed to keep a healthy marriage while still taking part in steamy scenes. Mark Wood and Francesca Le are both veterans of the porn industry - having starred in hundreds of films and also turning their hands to directing.


Prez Biden Suffers Bad Gas

Biden says he's doing 'everything' in his power to reduce gas prices

President Biden on Tuesday said he is doing "everything" within his power to "bring down the price" of gas across the nation, saying family budgets and Americans' abilities to "fill up" their gas tanks should not "hinge on whether a dictator" like Russian President Vladimir Putin "declares war" or "commits genocide."


MAGA RISING AROUND GLOBE!!!

Analysis: Trump-style populism rises in US and Europe as Putin assaults world order

A fresh tide of extreme populism -- feeding on economic strain, hostility to immigrants and cultural warfare -- is challenging key democracies from the inside at the same time Russia escalates the most brutal assault on the liberal Western order in decades.


Tinseltown Suffers Criminal Turnabout

17 L.A. gangs have sent out crews to follow and rob city's wealthiest, LAPD says

More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city's wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry, according to police.


Plagued By Tragic Memories

A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID's cruel US toll

On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of pandemic data that's been swirling ever since is the fact that 43-year-old Fernando Morales was one of them.


Bugs Spiked During Lockdown

STDs like syphilis, gonorrhea increased amid COVID in 2020

While the world was contending with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, sexually transmitted diseases were causing their own brand of stateside chaos, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Salvy Couldn't Save Home Team

Salvador Perez's two-homer game not enough to overcome starting pitching in 6-5 loss

In my pregame thread for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals tonight, I wrote this: Anyway, the story of tonight will undoubtedly be how Daniel Lynch performs. His fellow 2018 draftees were very, very bad on Sunday.


Toast To Functional Alcoholism

15 cocktail spots in Kansas City

The people are thirsty. | Photo by @toms_town Tom's Town Distilling Co., 1701 Main St. Prime Social, 4622 Pennsylvania Ave. #1600 Mean Mule Distilling Co., 1733 Locust St. SoT, 1521 Grand Blvd. The Campground, 1531 Genessee St. Julep, 4141 Pennsylvania Ave. The Monarch Bar, 4808 Roanoke Pkwy. The Mercury Room, 1800 Walnut St.


About Boomers Tonight

Kansas City-area preparing for severe storms Tuesday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eyes in the Kansas City-area are on the skies Tuesday night. FOX4 is Weather Aware, keeping track of the potential for severe weather later this evening. FOX4 Meteorologist Joe Lauria forecasts the potential for significant storms beginning around 11 p.m. Tuesday, with possible high winds and small hail.

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