Kansas City News Glare: Restaurant Week & 2023 Year Of Pegging Declared

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Cowtown Face Stuffing Starts

Over 200 Kansas City eateries dish up deals, special menus for Restaurant Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Over 200 restaurants across the Kansas City metro are taking part in KC Restaurant Week, which kicks off Friday and extends through Jan. 22. The big thing to me is that people have fun with it and enjoy," Bill Teel, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association, said.

Life Lessons In The Dotte

Guns and fentanyl at high schools is a community problem, Kansas City, Kansas, officials say

As drug overdoses and gun deaths have been increasing on both sides of the state line, they've spilled into area schools - prompting administrators to look for solutions. In December, a student was arrested at Wyandotte High School for possession of a loaded gun with an extended magazine and fentanyl.

Meth Town Talks Cash Crop

Independence City Council discusses where to spend revenue from marijuana sales tax

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Independence city leadership discussed at a meeting Thursday night how they might use money brought in by a city marijuana sales tax. It's the latest example of conversations taking place in dozens of city halls across Missouri.

Locals Play Moneyball Again

Chiefs to roll over roughly $2.8 million in salary-cap space into 2023

The Kansas City Chiefs will carry over the majority of their remaining 2022 salary cap into the 2023 NFL season. Buy Chiefs Tickets The Chiefs declared $2,866,615 million in unused salary cap space for rollover at the conclusion 2022 NFL regular season according to ESPN's Field Yates.

Cost Of Fandom Rises

Price of going to possible Chiefs, Bills AFC Championship game in Atlanta

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A lot has to happen between now and then, but we do know a possible AFC Championship game site is Atlanta. If, the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills advance to the title game, Mercedes-Benz Stadium would host as part of the NFL's readjustment in light of the canceled Bills-Bengals game.

Triumph In Pix

Selena Gomez returns to Instagram after Brooklyn and Nicola 'throuple' claims

Selena Gomez took to Instagram to ask users if they could tell she was back on the platform following a short break away from social media Selena Gomez made her return to Instagram following her jokes that she was in a "throuple" with newlyweds Brookyln and Nicola Peltz-Beckham.

Prez Biden Confronts Border Crossroads

Biden still faces uphill immigration battle after new policy, Mexico visit

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden turned his focus toward making an impact on the challenges facing the United States on its border with Mexico but failed to satisfy critics on either side of the aisle.

Newsies Critique White House Comz

CBS anchors call out Karine Jean-Pierre's transparency on Biden docs: 'She has not answered a single question'

CBS hosts Errol Barnett and Lana Zak called out Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday for lack of transparency. The CBS News Streaming Network co-anchors hit the White House press secretary for being opaque about President Biden and his team mishandling multiple sets of classified documents.

Progressively Worse Burning Sensation

AOC fires back at 'Republican meltdown' over gas stoves: 'There is very concerning science'

New York Democratic Congresswoman and environmentalist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again weighed in on the heated gas stove debate on Instagram Thursday.

Intelligent Life Undiscovered

Pentagon's New UFO Report: 247 New UAPs Just Dropped

Image: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Motherboard explores UFOs, UFO culture, and the paranormal. This new report is a high-level summary of the U.S. military's investigation into UFOs since its initial report on the matter in 2021 .

College Course In Switch Hitting

Penn State Professor Tells Students To 'Watch Gay Porn' And Confront That They Might Be Bisexual

A sociology professor at Penn State University suggested during a class that straight students should watch gay porn to open up their sexuality. In a lecture from his Sociology 119 course from the end of the fall semester, Penn State Sociology professor Sam Richards challenged students to watch same-sex pornography and confront the fact that they might be aroused by it.

Backdoor Shenanigans Trending

Pegging named 2023's fetish of the year | Mashable

Pegging, the act of anal penetration with a strap-on - usually a cis woman penetrating a cis man - has been named the 2023 fetish of the year by porn site Clips4Sale. On Clips4Sale, search volume for pegging doubled since the beginning of the year - and that was before the unsubstantiated rumors about a certain "Prince of Pegging."

Cowtown Jamboree Awaits

Dixie Longate Returns With Brand-New Stand-Up Show at the Cohen Community Stage House

Starlight Indoors fan favorite Dixie Longate returns to the Cohen Community Stage House February 3-4 only for her first ever stand-up show, Cherry Bombs and Bottle Rockets. Dixie previously visited Kansas City and Starlight Indoors with Dixie's Tupperware Party (2016, 2020) and Dixie Longate's Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull (2018).

Kansas City Winter Cont'd

Typical January cold sticks around for your Friday

Hide Transcript Show Transcript WON? A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE WINNING WITH THE WEATHER IF MARCH, APRIL ARE THE MONTHS YOU WANT IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND MOST OF NEXT WEEK ARE WELL ABOVE NORMAL. IT IS COLD THIS MORNING. IT IS JANUARY COLD WITH AN OVERCAST SKY.

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