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Local Group Think Amid Historic Violence Spike

26 organizations come together in effort to prevent violence

Partners for Peace is working each week to try to intervene in neighborhoods where violent crimes are happening in Kansas City. Tonight, KCTV5's Emily Rittman shows you how more than 26 organizations are coming together to take a closer look at each homicide and shooting in KC.

Tasty Booze Debuts

New hard cider brewery in Crossroads plucks inspiration from family farm, Midwest fruit industry

The back room operation features four, 500-gallon fermenting tanks, each one holding the juice from 36 tons of apples. It's a big leap from Russ John's days growing up on a Nebraska farm outside Lincoln where his folks had a modest orchard of 300 apple trees.

Hosting New Allies

Stranded Ukrainian FCA staff in Kansas City slowly planning return to Europe

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States comes just as 30 Ukrainians who have been stranded in the Kansas City metro for 10 months are planning to start returning to Europe. They were in the United States for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Conference when Russia invaded.

World Series Throwback

Exploring the viability of an Eric Hosmer reunion with the Royals

The Kansas City Royals are rather notorious for bringing back former players to reunion tours in some capacity. Joakim Soria, Zack Greinke, and Greg Holland are just a few notable names who reappeared with the Royals after their initial careers with the team came to a close.

Baller Best Named

7 Chiefs voted to 2023 Pro Bowl Games

Seven members of the Kansas City Chiefs have been voted to represent the team in the inaugural year's Pro Bowl Games. They are left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., center Creed Humphrey, defensive tackle Chris Jones, tight end Travis Kelce, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, punter Tommy Townsend and right guard Joe Thuney.

Never Too Late To Show Support

Alicia Silverstone poses nude for PETA | CNN

Alicia Silverstone is going nude in the name of animals. The actress stars in a PETA campaign against the use of leather with the slogan, "Wear Vegan. Buy cactus, mushroom or apple leather instead!" PETA released a behind-the-scenes video featuring Silverstone being photographed for the campaign.

White House Trumps Democracy

Biden expands immigration tool that doesn't require Congress - Roll Call

Posted December 22, 2022 at 5:00am Two years into an administration that faces legislative inaction and numerous legal challenges to its immigration agenda, the Temporary Protected Status program has emerged as a key tool for President Joe Biden. The program allows immigrants who cannot safely return to their home countries to work legally and avoid deportation for 18-month periods.

MAGA KEEPS MONEY!!!

How Trump paid $0 in income tax in 2020

Donald Trump paid no income tax during his last year as president, according to his tax returns, which were released to a congressional committee and are set to be made public within a few days. Despite pulling in nearly $11 million in interest from investments in addition to his nearly $400,000 salary, Trump did not...

Spending Cash As World Burns

Congress Stuffed Billions Into Massive Spending Bill To Combat 'Climate Crisis'

The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package, which must be passed to avoid a government shutdown, will spend billions of taxpayer dollars to combat the "climate crisis."

Mean Tweets Await New Boss

Who Will Succeed Elon Musk as Twitter CEO? Let's Guess.

Elon Musk is destroying Twitter and Twitter is destroying Elon Musk's life and fortune. Now that the man himself has publicly agreed to switch horses midstream, who will be the next CEO of Twitter? "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job," Musk tweeted on Tuesday.

Pandemic Redux Reported

India on alert for new variants as Covid wave sweeps China | CNN

India's health minister has advised the public to take precautions against Covid-19, including getting vaccinated and wearing masks, as the country remains on alert for potential new variants that could emerge from the wave of infections sweeping neighboring China.

Bottom Line On Backdoor Health Problems Emerging For Young Women: Ouch!!!

Why are so many women having unsafe anal sex?

"Bad technique and the lack of sexual education leads many people to experience some form of trauma." When 26-year-old campaign manager Ellie first had anal sex, she was 22 years old. Her boyfriend (of the time) was really into it, and although she had reservations and knew very little about how it would be done and how it would feel, she wanted to please him.

Cowtown Conversation

Four Inane Questions with 106.5 The Wolf's Codie & Zeke

Courtesy Patrick Moore Unlike Donny & Marie, 106.5 The Wolf's Codie Allen and Zeke Montana are both a little bit country. The popular hosts of Wakin' Up With The Wolf with Codie & Zeke joined forces about a year and half ago. Since then, they've seen quite the uptick in ratings since launching their eponymous morning radio show.

More Weather Deets . . . 

Alert Day: Heaviest snow ramping up now, through 9 a.m.

Hide Transcript Show Transcript INCLUDES AN ADVANCED MISSILE SYSTEM. CODY: CHECKING IN WITH NICK ON THE FIRST ALERT WEATHER FORECAST DAY. THIS IS NOT AN OUTSIDE DAY FOR FAMILIES. NICK: WHEN THAT SNOW COMES THROUGH, IT IS NOT AN OUTSIDE PLAY DAY, NOT TODAY, NOT TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.

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