Kansas City Tuesday News Peek: Gas Price Fight, No MAGA Beef & Fight Against Vlad

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Billboards going up in Kansas City to spread message about deadly fentanyl poisonings

A group of mothers and their family members gathered Tuesday to raise awareness about billboards going up across the Kansas City area for at least the next month.Each of the mothers has lost a son or daughter to fentanyl.

Save The Date For Democracy

Kansas City Election Board announces locations for early voting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Election Board announced two additional satellite locations for early voting. The early voting for the additional location will start on October 25 and will remain open through November 5. Early voting will continue to be available at Union Station on November 7.

Sign Of The Times

Buck O'Neil Bridge Project crews to close Interstate 70 ramp to 6th St./Broadway Blvd. beginning Oct. 24

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Missouri Department of Transportation crews will close the ramp from Interstate 70 to 6th Street/Broadway Boulevard beginning Oct. 24. The ramp will be closed from approximately 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. through Oct. 28 for bridge work. Drivers are recommended to seek alternate routes during this time.

Contorted Holiday Drama Ahead

Kansas City tickets for Cirque Dreams Holidaze on sale

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Get ready to be dazzled with a new option to fill the holiday season in Kansas City. Cirque Dreams Holidaze will come to the Music Hall for four shows over three days beginning Nov. 25, 2022. The production includes all of the magic of the holiday season and adds aerial circus acts, jugglers, and breath-catching acrobatics.

Front Office Keeps Kegger Cash

Chiefs restructure Travis Kelce's contract, clearing 2022 cap space

On Tuesday, ESPN's Field Yates reported that the Kansas City Chiefs have restructured the contract of tight end Travis Kelce, creating $3.455 million in cap space in 2022.

Discrete German Hottie Exposed

Inside Caroline Vreeland's Intimate (But Expectedly Glam) Secret Wedding

The singer and socialite is off the market!

PREZ PASSES MORE GAS!!!

Biden administration to tap oil reserve again ahead of midterms

The administration is also considering another release that would be separate from the previously authorized one, though a decision hasn't been made on whether to do so, the two people said. "It's on the table, but they haven't made a go or no-go decision," one of the people said.

MAGA Charges Skimpy???

'Where's the beef?': special master says Trump's Mar-a-Lago records claims lack substance

Donald Trump's assertions of executive and attorney-client privilege over certain documents that the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort appeared to lack evidence sufficient for him to rule in the former US president's favor, the special master reviewing the records suggested on Tuesday.

Life Fight Redux

Biden to pledge legalizing abortion on Roe anniversary if Dems expand majorities

Biden has increasingly escalated his attacks on Republicans over abortion rights since the high court's ruling this summer overturning Roe. He's repeatedly predicted that there will be a massive surge of voter activity in the midterms pushing back against the decision - particularly from women voters.

Parents Just Don't Understand

Opinion | In Defense of TikTok

New forms of media and communication have attracted suspicion and hostility ever since Plato denounced writing as something corrosive to memory. When the telegraph arrived in 1858, the New York Times denounced it as "superficial, sudden, unsifted, too fast for the truth," and others declared it was a new way "to cheat, steal, lie, and deceive," as historian Tom Standage put it.

Iran From Tech Weapons

U.S. to take "practical, aggressive" steps to make sale of Iranian drones harder

The United States will continue to take "practical, aggressive" steps to make it harder for Iran to sell drones and missiles to Russia, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday, adding that Washington had a number of tools to hold both Moscow and Tehran accountable.

Ukraine Takes Tragic Loses

Death toll from Russian warplane crash into city rises to 15

MOSCOW (AP) - The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city rose to 15 on Tuesday, including three people who died when they jumped from a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze, authorities said.

Brits Rebel Against New Leader

The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread, as party members call for her ouster

LONDON - After a bruising first six weeks in office, Britain's still very new Prime Minister Liz Truss is having to bat away repeated questions about her future at No. 10 Downing Street. After serving as a Cabinet minister for more than a decade under three predecessors, Truss took office Sept.

Nobody Likes Limey Mercenaries

UK warns China is recruiting British pilots to train its military | CNN

The UK government has warned that current and former British military pilots are being lured to China with large compensation packages to train the country's armed forces, and said it would take measures to stop such recruitment schemes amid national security concerns.

Will Zuck Ruin Work At Home???

Mark Zuckerberg has a $10 billion plan to make it impossible for remote workers to hide from their bosses

At least digital humanoids don't get Zoom fatigue -yet. During the Meta Connect 2022 live keynote last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed his new plans for Meta to bring avatars-uncanny digital stand-ins for human workers-to video chats. They would be customized to match a person's exact skin tone, hairstyle, and outfit choices.

Going Out Overrated

Netflix reports earnings after the bell

Netflix is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the bell Tuesday.

Kegger Gives Back!!!

Travis Kelce teams up with Lowe's to renovate and beautify Overland Park community space

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and the Lowe's Home Team have partnered with InterUrban Arthouse to beautify and renovate the outdoor community cultural arts and event space.The Overland Park community center is getting a mural painting, landscaping and repair work.

Kansas City Zebra Crisis Cont'd

Going 360: Examining impact of referee shortage on Kansas City-area

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Amateur sports is tackling a new problem on the field, the diamond, the pitch and the court. The roster of referees, officials and umpires is getting smaller. It's impacting the present - and the future - of what youth, club and high school games will look like.

Gourmet Waldo Debuts

Wild Rose Bistro takes root inside a familiar Waldo space

Wild Rose Bistro. // Courtesy Wild Rose Bistro When new ownership takes over a beloved institution, there's a bit of a balancing act to go through. You obviously want to make it your own, but any change that's too dramatic may break what was already successful.

Local Booze Revisited

American Beer Festival Names Three KC-Made Beers Among Nation's Best - In Kansas City

Looking for a new brewery to try soon? According to the Great American Beer Festival, Kansas City is ripe for the picking in the craft brewery scene. For the last 40 years, America's beer brewers have gathered for the Great American Beer Festival to celebrate the best beers made in the U.S.

Katie Predicts Another Freeze

IMPACT DAY: First hard freeze of the season in KC Tuesday

This Morning: IMPACT : Hard Freeze warning until 10 AM.. Record-breaking cold this morning. Old record 28°. Morning low expected to drop to near 23°, wind chill: teensThis Afternoon: Sunny & Cold. High 44. Wind Chill 30s. Wind: NNW 10 g20. High Fire DangerOvernight: Another Hard Freeze.

JVKE - golden hour is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.