Kansas City Northern Lights & News Tonight

A quick glimpse of sound & fury for our late night denizens on this STILL kinda chilly Spring evening.

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Sign From Above . . . 

The northern lights may be visible over Kansas City on Sunday night. Here's what to know

Kansas Citians may have a chance to witness the colorful phenomenon known as the aurora borealis on Sunday evening. Northern Kansas and Missouri are among the southernmost points where the northern lights may be visible. "A moderate, strong, or severe geomagnetic storm is possible," Space Weather Watch wrote on Twitter Sunday afternoon.

Kansas City Neighborhoods Turn Into Hotels

Kansas City short-term rentals prepare for NFL Draft with full bookings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City is set to host more than 300,000 people for the NFL Draft between April 27-29. "Just anticipation," said Chiefs fan Danielle Garneau. "I think who we pick, and who do we get to see that's around?"

Local History Of Violence

A Quantrill Raider's Revenge on the Border and Beyond

Gangs. Violence. Vendettas. Harbored feelings blossomed into hatred when torches were lit, shots were fired and families were forever torn apart. Even before the Civil War, men were willing to sacrifice everything over the institution of slavery. During the Civil War, some Southern sympathizers didn't comfortably "fall" into the Confederate ranks; their ideals, ethics and morals were more questionable.

EPIC PIX OF ICONIC TOWN

KC Skyline From The North And From The West

Photography Blog

Sporting Career Victory

KMBC 9 sports anchor and reporter Karen Kornacki inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Sunday, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame honored sports stars in the metro area for achievements on and off the field. One inductee is near and dear to our hearts at KMBC Channel 9.The HOF inducted several sports heroes in downtown Kansas City.

The Caravan Returns?!?

3,000 migrants begin walk north from southern Mexico

But in the past, many participants in such processions have continued on to the U.S. border, which is almost always their goal. The migrants are mainly from Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia. Mexican authorities have used paperwork restrictions and highway checkpoints to bottle up tens of thousands of frustrated migrants in Tapachula, making it hard for them to travel to the U.S.

GOP Wing & Prayer Begins

GOP candidates pitch Iowa evangelicals with promises to restrict transgender and abortion rights

DES MOINES, Iowa - More than a half-dozen Republicans who are or may be running for president took their pitches to religious conservatives at an Iowa cattle call on Saturday that's long been one of the premier stops on the GOP primary calendar.

Gig Economy Endangers Us All

DoorDash driver kidnapped, raped in Florida: cops

A DoorDash driver was kidnapped and raped in Florida - by a creep who opened fire on her family when they came to rescue her, police said. Joseph Killins, 38, was arrested Saturday in connection to the April 18 horror involving the female delivery worker in Tampa, according to police.

MAGA Trumps Values

The GOP Civil War Over Abortion Is Just Getting Started

They know extreme abortion policies are unpopular and will cost them at the ballot box, yet any step they might take to the center on the issue risks angering evangelical voters, a key GOP constituency that is bent on banning the procedure nationwide.

AOC Against Freedom Of Speech

'Incitement Of Violence': Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Regulating Conservative News

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for regulating Fox News and other news organizations in a Sunday interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki. Psaki asked Ocasio-Cortez for her thoughts on Fox News' settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million minutes before a defamation trial was set to begin.

War Of Words Cont'd

Russia 'will not forgive' after claiming US barred journalist visas

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blasted the US on Sunday after alleging Washington barred journalists from joining him on a trip to the United Nations - and vowed Moscow "will not forgive" the denial.

Celeb Pens Forgiveness 

Matthew Perry is removing controversial mentions of Keanu Reeves from future editions of memoir | CNN

The one where Matthew Perry tries to make amends with Keanu Reeves. The "Friends" star appeared at the LA Times Festival of Books on Saturday and during a panel, told the audience that he plans to remove Reeves' name from future editions of his 2022 memoir "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing."

For Those Out & About Tonight

KCPD searching for missing/endangered 83-year-old man

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Police Department is searching for a missing 83-year-old man. Calvin Norwood was last seen walking north from his home in the 5800 block of Stateline Road in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a Black male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 170 lbs, has brown eyes and is bald.

Starting The Week With Griggs

Cool temps and lots of rain chances in the week ahead

BUT I GUESS WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE GOT THE DRAFT COMING UP THIS WEEK. HOW'S THE WEATHER? WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE COOLER THAN NORMAL. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SO BAD, BUT IT'S THE RAIN CHANCES.

And this is the OPEN THREAD for tonight.