Kansas City Sunday Night Look: Games Of Chance, Nukes & Faith

Took a bit of time off today to go see a man about a horse and other things . . . Still, wanted to watch over these links tonight and share them with our most dedicated readers.

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Fighting For Tourism Comeback

NCAA Tournament weekend, other events bring in big business for Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It's been a big few months for Kansas City, to say the least. Not even three weeks ago was the Big 12 Tournament. Now, it's the Midwest Region's Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games that's bringing in more teams, and in some cases, more money.

Help Find Local Dude

Missing/Endangered: KCPD searching for 29-year old man

Posted: Updated: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City police are in search of a missing 29-year-old man. Divante J. Kernell was last seen driving his black 2013 Toyota Corolla near the area of 87th Street and Lane Avenue around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Kernell, 29, is a Black male, 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing 160 lbs.

Tonight's Teachable Moment

New William Jewell Center Embraces Spiritual Exploration

A couple of decades ago it would have been impossible to open the program that William Jewell College in Liberty just started - The Center for Faith and Culture. From its founding in 1849 until 2003, Jewell was a Baptist institution. It was supported by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), a network of some 1,800 independent Southern Baptist churches.

Wildcat Class On Display

K-State's Jerome Tang goes to FAU locker room to congratulate them after Elite Eight Win

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Emotions were running high after Kansas State's Elite Eight loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday. In the midst of trying to console his team, K-State head coach Jerome Tang went to the FAU locker room to congratulate the Owls on their first Final Four appearance.

Life Is A Risk

From server to executive: Woman's rise to top of casino industry

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Women make up 47% of the workforce in the United States. In Missouri, 33.6% of executives are women. And in Kansas, 32.1% of executives are women, per a U.S. News and World Report visual map using census data to illustrate the number of women in top executive positions compared to a state's female workforce.

Angel Candice Always Shines

Supermodel Candice Swanepoel wows in silver . . . .

MODEL Candice Swanepoel is a sight in shining armour in silver trousers. The South African mum-of-two, 34, matched her space-age bottoms with a tasselled bag and black crop top in a new campaign for Brazilian shoe brand Schutz. Last year she had short-lived romances with Kylie Minogue's model ex Andres ­Velencoso and Kanye West, both 45.

Prez Suffers Critics

Biden blasted for claiming GOP would slash border funding: 'Must be a parody'

President Biden felt the wrath of the Twitter ratio Saturday after he claimed "MAGA" Republicans want to cut federal funding for border security. "MAGA House Republican proposals would slash funding for border security - a move that could allow nearly 900 pounds of fentanyl into our country," the president tweeted.

TRUST THE SCIENCE?!?

In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them| Devi Sridhar

n 1959, at the age of 29, the promising England footballer Jeff Hall died of polio. His death sent shock waves across Britain, and caused an immediate change in attitudes towards vaccination, from complacency to a sudden rush to clinics. A polio vaccine had been available for three years, but takeup was low.

Vlad's Nukes Spike Risk

How the world is responding to Putin's threat of nukes in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that the Kremlin plans to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, drawing claims of "nuclear blackmail" from Ukraine and condemnation from the United States and NATO. Putin said the move would counter the U.S.'s deployments of nuclear weapons in different European countries, placing nuclear weapons across the border from...

Chaotic South Of Border Snubs U.S. Shade

Mexican president pushes back on US criticism on violence

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's president on Friday angrily rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Mexican government has lost control over parts of the country. However, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that Mexican cartels had placed people inside Mexico's drug regulatory agency to approve imports of fentanyl precursor chemicals from China.

Latest Holy Land Hot Mess

Protests Erupt in Israel after Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Israel overnight - including around Benjamin Netanyahu's home - after the prime minister fired his defense chief over a dramatic speech criticizing a contentious plan to reduce the power of the Supreme Court.

Church Dictates Terms Of Death

'Green' burial alternatives, human composting get a hard 'no' from Catholic bishops

A large faith conference is pushing back on "green composting" as a way to handle human remains. It is improper to compost human remains and the practice is disrespectful to the body of the deceased, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement released Thursday, March 23.

Lights Out Over Northeast

Scarritt Point Sunset

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Griggs Gives Us Hope Of Sunshine

A brief break from the rainy weather

Hide Transcript Show Transcript DAY FORECAST. SO YOU'LL KNOW FIRST, THIS IS FIRST ALERT WEATHER. WE GOT TO SEE THE SUN THIS WEEKEND FOR A LITTLE BIT THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF NICE THAT IT WILL BE UP IN THE AIR FOR A LITTLE BIT. TO DO YESTERDAY, A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for tonight . . . Hopefully, we'll have more for the morning update . . . STAY TUNED!!!